Florida Keys Recreation
and Activities Guide

Most who visit the Florida Keys do so because of our climate, year round boating and water recreation. Here are some useful websites to help you with your outdoor activities.

Many of these outdoor activities are predicated on weather conditions. Visit the National Weather Service in Key West. Make sure you click on the observations tab for up to the minute conditions on both land and sea.

Planning fishing, a boating excursion or even a beach walk to look for shells? This saltwater tides website has the most comprehensive tidal and celestial information for over 150 Florida Keys locations.

Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Keys are part of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. They're mission is to protect America's only living barrier bank reef and the ecosystems that support it. They also have information on the latest fishing and boating regulations, and how to measure a fish and if that fish is measured overall or at the fork length.

Find a full list of Florida State Parks at Florida Keys State Parks. You will find these parks and more.

• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park with it's underwater trail.
• Bahia Honda State Park named one of the top 10 beaches in the world.
• Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park which has one of the prettiest beaches in Key West.

The National Park Service manages two of the worlds most famous parks, Everglades National Park which boarders Florida Bay in the Upper Keys, and Dry Tortugas National Park, a civil war Fort built on Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, 70 miles west of Key West. Definitely one of the last pieces of paradise.

• Key Largo, FL Chamber of Commerce
• Marathon, FL Chamber of Commerce
• Lower Florida Keys Chamber of Commerce
• Key West, FL Chamber of Commerce

Find Out What is Happening in the Florida Keys: Keys Calendar of Events and Florida Keys Council of the Arts