Green Businesses
Choose Businesses That Care for the Keys
The natural beauty of the Florida Keys is part of what makes being here so special. Across the island chain, local businesses are taking steps to conserve natural resources, reduce waste and help protect the waters and ecosystems around them.
You can be part of that effort. Use the listings below to find accommodations, restaurants, marinas, dive operators, fishing guides and other businesses recognized for environmentally responsible practices.
Find Green Businesses in the Florida Keys
Ready to make your trip a little greener? Browse the businesses below and use the filters to find participating places to stay, eat, dock, dive, and fish.
Green Lodging
Rest easy knowing your stay can make a difference. Florida Green Lodging properties are recognized for efforts to conserve resources such as water and energy and reduce waste. Look for the Green Lodging leaf when choosing where to stay in the Keys.
Blue Star Operators
Heading out on or under the water? Choose a Blue Star-certified dive operator or fishing guide. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary’s Blue Star program recognizes operators that help visitors enjoy diving, snorkeling and fishing while following practices that safeguard the Keys’ marine resources.
Clean Marinas
A day on the water starts at the dock. Clean Marina businesses help make environmentally responsible boating part of the Florida Keys experience. Use the listings below to find participating marinas throughout the island chain.
Ocean Friendly Restaurants
Make your next meal a little friendlier to the ocean. Ocean Friendly Restaurants are recognized for making choices designed to reduce waste and support healthier oceans.
Skip the Stuff
Sometimes less really is more. Restaurants and food trucks participating in Skip the Stuff help reduce single-use waste by providing items such as plastic utensils, straws and condiment packets only when customers ask for them.
Visitors can help, too. Simply say “no thanks” to the extras you don’t need.
Plastic Free Key West
Plastic Free Key West celebrates Key West businesses taking action to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, single-use plastics. Participating businesses make voluntary commitments to reduce plastic use through more sustainable choices.
Protect Our Seagrass
Seagrass beds are part of what makes Florida Keys waters so special. They also need a little help from boaters. Propellers can damage shallow seagrass beds, leaving scars behind. Check tide and navigational charts before you head out, and steer clear of shallow areas. A handy local reminder is: “Brown, brown, run aground. Blue, blue, sail on through."
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Islamorada
First Choice Charters
First Choice Charters offers private, all-inclusive fishing trips in Islamorada Florida Keys.
Key Largo
Rainbow Reef Dive Center (Boats)
Rainbow Reef Dive Center is a top-rated PADI 5-Star Dive Center in Key Largo offering daily dive and snorkel trips, customized dive/hotel packages, gear sales and service, dive training, and full-service support for divers of all levels.
The Lower Keys
Looe Key Reef Resort & Dive Center
Looe Key Reef Resort offers beachfront accommodations, daily scuba and snorkeling trips, a full-service dive shop, and a Tiki Bar with live entertainment in the Florida Keys.
Key West
Namaste' Eco Excursions
Namaste’ ECO-Excursions delivers immersive, eco-focused reef and mangrove snorkeling adventures in Key West—small-group, “citizen science” tours with expert guides, coral assessments, and hands-on ecology presentations.
Key Largo
Pirates Cove Watersports
Pirates Cove Watersports, located at Reefhouse Resort & Marina in Key Largo, is a top-rated watersports hub offering jet ski rentals, scuba diving & snorkeling, parasailing, eco-tours, sunset cruises, dolphin swims, fishing charters, and more—all under one roof.
Key Largo
MarineLab Environmental Education
Founded by undersea pioneer Ian Koblick, MarineLab in Key Largo delivers immersive, hands-on marine science education focused on the Florida Keys ecosystem.
The Lower Keys
Mile Marker 27 Fishing Charters
Mile Marker 27 Fishing Charters offers personalized backcountry and inshore fishing trips in the lower Florida Keys. Captain Jim Loftus, with over 30 years of experience, provides a tailored experience for anglers of all ages and skill levels. All necessary gear, licenses, and fish cleaning services are included.
Key Largo
Sea Dwellers Dive Center of Key Largo
Sea Dwellers Dive Center, established in 1974, is a PADI 5-Star Resort Facility in Key Largo offering daily dive and snorkel charters, PADI certification courses, equipment sales and service, and Dive & Stay hotel packages with the Holiday Inn Key Largo Resort.
Key West
Off the Charts!
Off the Charts! offers personalized fishing charters, eco-tours, and sandbar excursions aboard a 32' Whitewater center console in Key West. Led by a captain with over 40 years of experience, they provide all necessary gear, safety equipment, and fishing licenses are included.
The Lower Keys
Captain Hook's Looe Key Reef Adventures
Explore vibrant reefs, snorkeling, diving, and fishing adventures at Big Pine Key!
Islamorada
Dog House Charters
Dog House Charters sets out from Whale Harbor Marina in Islamorada aboard a 53-foot Hatteras, taking up to six anglers offshore into the sportfishing capital of the world. Chase sailfish, mahi, tuna, and wahoo with Capt. Jesse Cromer, from half-day reef trips to full days trolling the bluewater.
Key Largo
Amoray Dive Resort
Amoray Dive Resort: Dive into adventure and relax in stunning Key Largo bayside rooms.
Weddings Max
60
Meetings Max
60
Key West
Captain Hook's Dive Key West
A NOAA Blue Star dive operator running two trips a day out to the Vandenberg, Sand Key Lighthouse and the reefs off Key West, with a divemaster in the water on every dive. Snorkelers get their own departures and all the gear, and no experience is required.
Key West
Rusty's Bucket Charters
Rusty's Bucket Charters offers private fishing trips, snorkeling, sunset cruises, and sandbar adventures aboard a 24' Sea Hunt center console. Led by Captain Russ, they provide a hands-on experience for up to six guests, with trips tailored to your preferences.
Key West
Purple Heron Charters
Purple Heron Charters offers private flats, backcountry, and eco-tour fishing charters out of Key West with Captain John Hoover, specializing in fly fishing, spin fishing, and sight fishing for a wide variety of inshore species.
