Gray's Reef
National Marine Sanctuary
Multimedia Gallery

Journey off the coast of Georgia to a vivid “live-bottom” reef.

Northeast and Great Lakes Region

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Monitor Stellwagen Bank Thunder Bay

West Coast Region

Channel Islands Cordell Bank Greater Farallones Monterey Bay Olympic Coast

Pacific Islands Region

American Samoa Hawaii Humpback Whale Papahānaumokuākea

Southeast Region

Florida Keys Flower Garden Banks Gray's Reef
An urchin and anemone on a rock

Invertebrates
fish swarm around a reef

Live-Bottom Reef Habitat
Black Sea Bass

Black Sea Bass
barracuda swimming through a fish ball

Barracuda
two diver swimming with cameras, flashlights and measuring tape

Research in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
diver documenting fish swimming by

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
moray eel

Nancy Foster Cruise
pview of a sunset from the stern of a boat

Sunset Over Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
A gray fish sits on the seafloor

Dive into Gray's Reef

Coming Soon!

NOAA divers collect photographs at a low relief ledge within the Research Area of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Photo Time!
a typical ledge feature in the gray's reef national marine sanctuary, including an overhang under which Loggerhead sea turtles are often found resting

Cozy Nook in the Ledge
Three Great barracuda hover above a ledge

Barracuda
A school of spade fish

Schooling Fish
The ledges of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary are covered with marine organisms

Ledges of Biodiversity
large schools of different species of fish all moving in various directions

Fishes Galore!
low relief ledges attract schools of fish

Low-relief Community
acoustic receiver suspended in the water column

Acoustic Receiver
large purple sponge (Dysida fragilis)

Dysida Fragilis
large sponge in the center of a reef

Barrel Sponge
large ledge covered in sponges

Large Spongy Ledge