Key West Eco Tours

Welcome, esteemed colleagues and environmental enthusiasts, to the bustling Kee West Marina, the operational headquarters for Kee West Eco Tours. We stand at the precipice of a highly educational maritime journey, one that will…

As the Java Cat achieves a cruising velocity across the open expanse, you are now traversing the immense, submerged plains known colloquially as the grass flats. To the untrained eye, this vast, unbroken stretch of turquoise…

Rising from the expansive flatness of the surrounding seagrass beds, the distinct, brilliant green silhouette of Myool Kee now dominates our forward view. We have cut the primary engines, allowing the Java Cat to silently drift…

As we navigate the shallow exterior perimeter of the island, direct your visual attention directly downward into the crystalline water. Moving steadily across the sandy patches between the roots, you may observe what appears to…

Having completed our exterior survey, Captain John now guides our flotilla directly into a narrow, shadowed fissure in the dense foliage, leading us into the absolute center of the man-grove island. The transition is…

Resting comfortably in this sheltered interior cove, we now turn our intellectual focus to the incredible botanical engineering of the man-grove tree itself. Captain John offers a comprehensive explanation of how this single…

Having completed our intensive kayak exploration of the man-grove labyrinth, we have returned to the Java Cat, retrieved our anchor, and sailed a short distance to an entirely different benthic ecosystem: the shallow sponge…

Our formal ecological observations have concluded, and the Java Cat is now under sail, utilizing the steady trade winds for a silent, mechanical-free return to the Kee West Marina. The cessation of the engine noise allows for a…