The local boat rental companies and professional dive charters such as Quiescence Diving run daily dive and snorkel trips, offering some of the best diving and snorkeling locations the Keys are known for.  Also, many world-famous artificial reefs such as the massive USS Spiegel Grove, and the former Coast Guard Cutters, the Duane and the Bibb, can easily be reached from Shadow Point. The spectacular offshore coral reefs of John Pennekamp State Park and the famous undersea Christ of the Abyss statue are also just a short boat ride away.  Because of this, many of our guests are avid ocean lovers who return yearly to explore, fish, dive, and to hunt for Florida spiny lobsters during the August 6th - March 31st season.  Birders and wildlife enthusiasts will appreciate one of the nicest, main-gate entrances to the Florida Everglades National Park, just over an hour’s drive.  Groceries are available close-by on US-1 (Overseas HWY) at Winn Dixie (north) and Publix or K-Mart south).  Island Liquors is adjacent to Publix.  There is a movie theater on near-by Tavernier for rainy day entertainment.