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Tide, wind, wave, water temp. Verdict-first call on whether to dive, snorkel, SUP, kayak, freedive, or swim. South Beach Miami today, more spots coming.

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A boardwalk through the pristine cypress swamp of Fakahatchee Strand
Blog

Leave No Trace, Florida Edition — The 7 Principles, Adapted for Springs, Sand, and Swamp

Leave No Trace was written for mountains and backcountry. Florida runs on tides, eelgrass, dunes, and gators you must never feed. Here's all seven principles, translated for the place we actually live in.
Surfer on a small clean wave at Cocoa Beach with the iconic pier in the background
Outdoor Sports

Cocoa Beach Surf 101 — Where Kelly Slater Learned and You Can Too
Open Atlantic bay scallop showing the row of bright blue eyes along the mantle of the shell
Outdoor Sports

Apalachee Bay Scallop Season — Snorkel-Grab Florida's Best Summer Seafood From Your Own Boat
Snorkeler floating above shallow coral reef with sergeant major fish
Blog

Snorkeling 101 in Florida — Gear, Spots, and How Not to Wreck the Reef
02 Hidden Florida

From the back country

Aerial-style view of Fort Jefferson on Garden Key surrounded by turquoise Gulf water
Hidden Spots

Camping at Dry Tortugas — Seventy Miles Off the Mainland, No Cell Service, Bring Water

There are ten tent sites on a small island reachable only by ferry or seaplane, surrounded by a 19th-century brick fortress and one of the most intact reef systems in the Caribbean. It's the most remote place in the continental U.S. you can sleep without backpacking. Here's how it actually works.
Aerial view of Cedar Key fishing village and the surrounding Gulf island chain
Hidden Spots

Cedar Key — Florida's Last Fishing Village and the Forgotten Gulf Coast
Wide Gulf-facing Marco Island beach at low tide with shallow water in the foreground, pale sand and a thin tree line on the horizon, no crowds
Hidden Spots

Tigertail Beach + Sand Dollar Island — Wade Across the Lagoon, Walk the Sandbar, and Find Out Why Marco Hides Its Best Beach
Aerial view from Turtle Mound looking southeast across Apollo Beach with the Atlantic on the left and Mosquito Lagoon on the right
Hidden Spots

Canaveral National Seashore — 24 Miles of Undeveloped Atlantic, the Closest Beach to Apollo Lift-Off, and Why Klondike Beach Has No Cars
03 Wildlife

Eye level with the locals

Cabbage palms and still water of Mosquito Lagoon at Canaveral National Seashore
Wildlife

Mosquito Lagoon Bioluminescence — Paddling Through Living Light on Summer Nights

On a new-moon night in Mosquito Lagoon, every paddle stroke draws a blue swirl, every fish flashes a tracer, every dolphin pass outlines itself in cold fire. Here's when to go, where to launch, and what it actually looks like.
Adult Florida black bear walking through sand pine scrub habitat, triggered by a biologist's remote camera
Wildlife

Florida Black Bear in Apalachicola — Where to Spot the State's Largest Land Mammal Without Becoming a Trail Story
Florida burrowing owl perched at the entrance of a sandy ground burrow in late afternoon light
Wildlife

Cape Coral Burrowing Owls — Florida's Most Photographed Threatened Raptor
Two monarch butterflies nectaring on goldenrod during fall migration
Wildlife

Monarch Migration at St. Marks NWR — Florida's Last Gas Station Before Mexico
04 Sports

Out there moving

Surfer on a small clean wave at Cocoa Beach with the iconic pier in the background
Outdoor Sports

Cocoa Beach Surf 101 — Where Kelly Slater Learned and You Can Too

Kelly Slater grew up paddling out at the Cocoa Beach Pier. Six miles of coast, fourteen named breaks, sand bottom forgiving enough to fall fifty times in a session, and 78°F water by May. The East Coast's surf capital is the easiest place in America to learn to surf.
Open Atlantic bay scallop showing the row of bright blue eyes along the mantle of the shell
Outdoor Sports

Apalachee Bay Scallop Season — Snorkel-Grab Florida's Best Summer Seafood From Your Own Boat
Aerial view of the long, low concrete fishing pier of Skyway Fishing Pier State Park stretching across Tampa Bay with cars parked along the rail and the cable-stayed Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the background
Outdoor Sports

Skyway Fishing Pier — The World's Longest Fishing Pier, $4 to Park All Night, and Tarpon From a Walkway
Snorkeler floating above a healthy Florida coral reef with brain coral and tropical fish in clear turquoise water
Outdoor Sports

Looe Key — The Best Coral Reef Snorkel in the Continental United States

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