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Kitesurf Location - Dania Beach ( ID Dania_Beach )      Hits: 1088
 
You are here: North America > Florida (USA) > Kitesurf Location - Dania Beach ( ID Dania_Beach )
Continent: North America
Country: Florida (USA)
Next Big City (Airport):  Miami, Ft. Lauderdale
Next Town: Hollywood
Latitude:   26.0595
Longitude: -80.1115
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurfing
- Windsurfing
Features:
- Shower
- Toilet
- Food
- Parking

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Water
Type:
- Chop
- Small Wave (< 1m)
- Medium Wave (1-3m)
Hazards:
- Bridge

Quality:
- Clean
Best Tide:
- Tide Independent


Small choppy waves, can get a decent size with stronger winds and swell.

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 Location
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Medium

Hazards:
- Trees
Location crowds:
- None


Long sandy beach to the North. A long and high wooden pier with a restaurant to the South. Few bigger trees at the beach.

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 Weather
Spring:
- Shorts
Summer:
- Shorts

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


Normally warm and sunny. During winter it can get colder with cold fronts, then anything between shorts and long wetsuit will be used.

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 Wind

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

Best Direction:
- NE
- SE
Main Direction:
- NE
- SE


Best winds during winter with fronts. Look out for squalls with dangerous gusts.

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


Exit I-95 at Sheridan Street and drive east until you hit the beach. Turn left after the bridge onto N Ocean Dr. Then drive until you get to Dania Beach. Before E Dania Beach Blvd turn right onto Cambridge Street and first left onto N beach Road, which will end in the parking lot. Drive to its north end and park. Walk for about 200 yards to the water.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- Restricted Zones


Keep distance from the pier. Do not come within 100 yards of shore or land in John U. Lloyd Park immediately to the North where kiteboarding has been banned for years. Do not come within 100 yards or land on the guarded beaches to the south of the fishing pier either. If you can't stay upwind, this is not an acceptable launch.

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 Nightlife
Small nightlife in Hollywood, big nightlife in Miami Beach.

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