Music fans and divers alike headed way down below the ocean six miles off the Florida Coast on Saturday for the annual Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival.<br /><br />Around 400 people gathered for the underwater ‘concert’ on the sea floor at the Looe Key Reef, where a local radio station pumped an ocean themed soundtrack into the deep on waterproof speakers for the divers to sway to.<br /><br />Underwater Music Festival Takes Over Florida Keys https://t.co/eStN5RdvVR pic.twitter.com/aC45XX2dO9— wishing well (@BocaIrishPub) July 12, 2017<br /><br />Festival co-founder Bill Becker said: “The Underwater Music Festival is a way to celebrate the coral reef and we celebrate it by looking for a balance between protection of the reef and public enjoyment.”<br /><br />“We have a captive audience down there,” he continued. “We have divers and snorkelers listening to public service announcements about reef preservation, coral reef etiquette and diver awareness.<br /><br />“It’s things that they can do to lessen their impact on the coral reef.”<br /><br />The aquatic playlist featured numbers such as The Beatles’ ‘Octupus’ Garden’, ‘Under the sea’ from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and even the theme from ‘Jaws’.<br /><br />The festival aims to encourage the preservation of the Florida Keys’ coral reefs.<br />
