West of Sand Key about 3 miles you come across Western Dry Rocks.
Being it is just a little further it as not drove on as much. The reef has
not been damaged as much over the years. Unless there has been a
bad weather recently it is usually much clearer than the other reefs close
by. The reefs structure is much like most all of them in the lower keys.
Cliff- like corals with sandy gullies between them. In this area their is
more cracks, cervices, and caves then at the other reefs. It is not unusual
to see a good number of sharks in the area. Closer examination and you
find that a lot of the gullies are littered with debris from ship many years
ago.