Snorkeling trip out to a reef

Today, we go on a boat trip out the reefs off the coast of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Leaving the park involved passing through weaving channels of mangroves until we got out into open water.

 The ride out was pretty smooth.  

 The reef was 2 miles offshore and filled with fish and coral.

The reef is surrounded with sand and grass about 15 feet deep. It was very shallow in some areas almost to the surface in places.  We saw so many fish and coral.

We were in the water as long as we could and relaxed on our trip back to the park.