Sentence examples for small reefs from inspiring English sources

Small reefs offshore create perfect snorkeling conditions and natural swimming pools.

Such tropical and subtropical shelf seas were warm and often supported small reefs, the forerunners of the more extensive coral reefs of today.

The Central Basin Platform remained relatively high in elevation and accumulated deposits of coarse-grained, shallow-water sediments and saw the development of small reefs.

They consist of innumerable small reefs, cays, and atolls between the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland and longitude 157°10′ E, and several remote and diverse islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Some of the small reefs have vigorous thickets of coral, including the elkhorn and staghorn corals that once dominated reefs throughout the Caribbean, but declined precipitously in the 1970s.

Our results suggest that, at least at the scale investigated here, multiple small reefs may provide similar habitat benefits to a single, larger oyster reef.

It is closing two small reef patches near Key Largo, part of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

The Feathers is a small reef of 18th-century buildings in one of Woodstock's historic main streets.

Guests can also snorkel on a small reef just off the beach, or lounge at the main lodge, where the kitchen serves up seafood caught the same day.

Before afternoon tea we collected the snorkel gear that we would use during our visit and I swam to a small reef a few yards offshore.

My one close encounter with a shark in the water was unforgettably unnerving, even though it was a small reef shark.