• English
  • Deutsch

Search

Google Search

Login Form






Lost Password?
No account yet? Register
West Point ( ID west_point )      Hits: 729
You are here: North America > Florida (USA) > West Point ( ID west_point )
Continent: North America
Country: Florida (USA)
Next Big City (Airport):  Miami
Next Town: Key Biscayne
Latitude:   25.7089
Longitude: -80.1787
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurfing
- Windsurfing
Features:
- None

 Map
Near Beaches
Key Biscayne / Crandon Beach Park (2.94 km) Best Direction: N NNE NE SE SSE S Type: Shallow Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
Hobie Beach (3.35 km) Best Direction: SW Type: Shallow Flat Chop
Windsurfer's Beach (4.58 km) Best Direction: SE Type: Shallow Flat Chop
Miami Flats (4.63 km) Best Direction: N NE E SE S SW Type: Shallow Flat Chop
Virginia Key (5.26 km) Best Direction: NE SE Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
Stiltsville (7.8 km) Best Direction: NE SE Type: Shallow Flat Chop
Matheson Hammock Park (8.43 km) Best Direction: ENE E ESE SE SSE Type: Shallow Flat
Beach Pictures
Click here to add a picture for this beach.
 Pictures of the Day
No Picture of the Day entered for this beach. Click here to add your Picture of the day.
Water
Type:
- Shallow
- Flat
- Chop
Hazards:
- Animals
- Ships/Boats

Quality:
- Clean
Best Tide:
- Tide Independent


Flat butter by the mangrove side, chops in the bay side. Huge sandbar at the tip of the mangrove. Bring diving shoes to protect your feet from stingrays or sea urchins.

Edit
 Beach
Type:
No Information
Size:
- None

Hazards:
- None
Beach crowds:
- None


No beach, just in the middle of the bay by the most westerly point of Key Biscayne.

Edit
 Weather
Spring:
- Shorts
Summer:
- Shorts

Fall:
- Shorts
Winter:
- Shorts
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit


Miami air: 18-32°C, water: 24-29°C in season. Bring a wetsuit for cold days, but only a few days is it necessary. Season is October to April. From October to February the water temperature will go from 79-60°F if we get a cold front, so bring a wetsuit if you get cold on this kind of weather. From March to June the water will be at 75-80°F so a wetsuit is not necessary.

Edit
 Wind

Wind Statistic   Wind Forecast   Wind Report   


Best Months:
No Information
Wind Type:
- Thermal Winds
- Frontal Winds

Best Direction:
- N
- SW
- NW
Main Direction:
- NE
- SE


Only good when Southwest to North winds. Usually the perfect spot when a cold front passes over Miami.

Edit
 How to get there
Transport:
- Boat
Access:
- No Walk


Only accessible by Boat. Water-taxi to the sandbars available.

Edit
 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- None


No rules or restrictions here, free water, free ride. Just respect other riders or the local school when teaching. Don't cut in ahead of boats heading back to Crandon marina as the channel passes. But enough room for everybody. Don't litter from your boat. Be careful at low tide, when anchoring.

Edit
 Nightlife
Great nightlife in Miami Beach and Miami.

Edit
 Local Riders
No local riders for this beach. Click here to add yourself as a local rider.
 Comments
 Beach-Log
 Webcams
 Weather Links
 Videos
 Blogs

© 2008 Kitebeaches.com