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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.
Florida Birding 101 — How to Start Without Buying $2000 of Gear, and the 10 Birds You'll See on Day One
Florida is the busiest birding state in the Lower 48 — 500+ species, roseate spoonbills wading next to alligators, scrub-jays you can't see anywhere else on Earth. A $25 pair of binoculars and a free Cornell app, and you're a birder. Here's the on-ramp.
Snorkeling 101 in Florida — Gear, Spots, and How Not to Wreck the Reef
Florida holds the only living coral barrier reef in the continental U.S., plus springs, grass flats, jetties, and wrecks — four ecosystems on one license plate. Here's a beginner's guide written by someone who lives here: gear, best spots, water-reading, and the etiquette that keeps the reef alive.
Oleta River — How to SUP Through Mangrove Tunnels in the Middle of Miami
Oleta River State Park is fifteen minutes from downtown Miami. It has 1,000 acres of mangrove tunnels, an outfitter that rents SUP and kayak by the hour, and visibility most weekday mornings of nobody-but-you. The full paddle is two hours.