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Virginia Key ( ID virginia_key )      Hits: 648
You are here: North America > Florida (USA) > Virginia Key ( ID virginia_key )
Continent: North America
Country: Florida (USA)
Next Big City (Airport):  Miami
Next Town: Miami, Key Biscayne
Latitude:   25.7442
Longitude: -80.1438
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Windsurfing
Features:
- Rescue
- Shower
- Toilet
- Parking

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Near Beaches
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Key Biscayne / Crandon Beach Park (3.29 km) Best Direction: N NNE NE SE SSE S Type: Shallow Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
Miami Beach / 4th St (3.29 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
West Point (5.26 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Chop
Windsurfer's Beach (5.51 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Chop
Miami Flats (9.42 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Chop
Stiltsville (The Sandbar) (11.75 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Chop
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Water
Type:
- Chop
- Small Wave (< 1m)
Hazards:
- Wave Breakers / Groynes

Quality:
- Clean
Best Tide:
No Information


Flat to choppy water. Further outside small waves breaking on a sand bar. Rocky waves breakers every 50m. Further south is a channel which has stronger currents. Watch out on coming low tide not to get sucked out to the ocean.

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 Beach
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Small

Hazards:
No Information
Beach crowds:
No Information


Small sandy beach, limited space.

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 Weather
Spring:
- Shorts
Summer:
- Shorts

Fall:
- Shorts
Winter:
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit


Warm and sunny all year. Only during winter northerlies a shorty is useful.

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 Wind

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Best Months:
- January
- February
- March
- April
- September
- October
- November
- December
Wind Type:
- Frontal Winds

Best Direction:
- NE
- SE
Main Direction:
No Information


Summer has light winds. Best from fall to spring with southerlies and northerlies. Best in NE and SE.

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 How to get there
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk


From Miami drive towards Key Biscayne. Pay toll and get onto Virginia Key. Turn left into the park, pay a fee, and drive further until the road curves and then turn right. Drive all the way to the beach and park.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- Restricted Zones


Kitesurfing has been banned here. Windsurfers go well to the east away from occupied beaches get beyond the swim buoys and stay there until time to come in. Do not routinely approach or land on guarded beaches. Work to preserve access at this rare ocean launch in Miami.

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 Nightlife
Great nightlife in Miami Beach.

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