Once hidden coral reef near South Beach sparks effort for marine park

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Once hidden coral reef near South Beach sparks effort for marine park

Just hundreds of feet from the beats and bustle of Ocean Drive is a veritable natural treasure that not many people, including scientists, know is there.Schools of tropical fish in all shapes and colors abound, as nurse sharks, sea turtles and eagle rays swim stealthily through an underwater forest of lush Gorgonians and large mounding corals, 15 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, and just 600 feet off the shores of South Beach.“On a clear day yo…