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'''Deep Keep''' is the first level of [[Sea Breeze Cove]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. This level takes significance as the first underwater level in the game. Unlike in the previous ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' games, [[Donkey Kong]] must either exit the water or swim into bubbles in the water in order to breathe. Aside from various underwater enemies, common obstacles in this level include moving spiked structures and strong currents that can push Donkey Kong and the others into the spikes. The currents are generated by '''Giant Underwater Fans'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide. Page 26.</ref>, which are a part of the underwater ruins that make up the background of much of the level; when these currents are operating, the ruins emit a green stream of light. The level contains seven [[Puzzle Piece]]s.

The level begins on the beach, where the [[Kong]]s can find a [[Tucks]], a [[Papa Painguin]], and a [[Tuff Tucks]], as well as some collectibles such as [[banana]]s and a [[Banana Coin]]. The beach soon ends and the Kongs can enter the underwater portion of the level. The first underwater section is wide and does not contain any unique obstacles. Here, the Kongs can find fish enemies and bananas that float through the water. A treasure chest containing bananas is located on a beach section above this area, and collecting them all yields a Puzzle Piece. The [[K-O-N-G Letters|letter K]] is also within this area, as well as the first [[DK Barrel]]. After passing urchin enemies, the path leads to a massive room with underwater ruins through much of the background. Here, Donkey Kong and the others can find bananas in the seaweed and within a water current that is created by a Giant Underwater Fan. Another Puzzle Piece is hidden behind a sunken ship in the top-right corner of this room. To advance from here, the Kongs are required to pound into a large switch that opens a path within the ruins in the background. This path is entered through a [[Blast Barrel]]. The room beyond here contains a set of three yellow buttons, which are projected from the ruins in the background. By passing through the three buttons within a short period of time, the path ahead opens. The main obstacles through this path are large, spiked bars that slowly rotate. The first checkpoint is nearby.

===K-O-N-G Letters===

In the section following the first checkpoint, the Kongs enter an area where they are closed in by two walls and must progress by swimming over three yellow buttons in the background. Once they do so, the path opens ahead. However, if they travel left instead, a new path opens, which leads to a portal that opens the level [[Rockin' Relics]]. The portal is preceded by a current that can only be crossed with assistance from [[Dixie Kong]]'s propeller abilities.

DKCTFNS Funky Swimming.jpg|[[Funky Kong]] swimming in the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of the game

==Names in other languages==

|Fra=Pièges pélagiques

|FraM=Pelagic Traps

[[Category:Bodies of Water]]

[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Levels‎]]