Brent_P - 16-11-2012 at 07:35 AM
SO I just booked my spring vacay and looking for some pointers:
I have kiteboarded in Matanzas and is a given that I will be going back there as my parents live in palm coast (10 mins away)...
I want to go to the Keys to kite, and seen a nice ad on Facebook yesterday from SBC Kiteboarding about "Hawks Cay"... Any feedback? (Hawks Cay)
I will take my own gear so rentals is not necessary, however i need a nice place that my wife and 3 year old will enjoy themselves.
Questions:
- I am from Canada, will I really need a wetsuit i'm used to COLD water...
- What are the average winds in the Keys during Mar5-19(a 12m is my goto kite which I use from 15mph up to 30mph).
Any other tips or pointers or places of interest?
Thanks
Brent
powerzone - 16-11-2012 at 09:19 AM
call dean at paradise wind sports. he's a buddy of mine and can probably hook you up with all sorts of info. i always stay at my dads place in Ft
Myers so i kite there and dont go to the keys
macboy - 16-11-2012 at 01:14 PM
Otherside Boardsports in Islamorada will hook you up with locations du jour. I think I was at Anne's Beach? PLUS they now have a cable park running!
oTHErside Boardsports
Stay here. Trust me. Best bang for the buck and Key Largo is WAY more relaxing than all the rest of the Keys IMO. We wanted to do the whole Key West
thing so we only stayed at the Rock Reef for a week then carried on. HATED the second spot we stayed on the Atlantic side and the spot in Key West
though nice and all was right in the middle of bustle - which is what Key West is all about.
If you want a nice quiet town, good shops and restaurants nearby and super shallow, bath tub warm water for the family Rock Reef is the best bang for
the buck. Period. And we rented the beach front cottage sparing no expense yet it was still affordable (it was supposed to be our last BIG trip before
we had to pay for our little ones' seat on the plane).
(And yeah...bathtub warm water....you WON'T need a wetsuit at all. Bring booties though.)
Don't fall for the "but Key Largo is only the first of the Keys". We did - that's why we moved on. Our entire view of the "Keys" was so skewed after
Key West that we stayed back at Rock Reef for one last night before heading home.
You're more than close enough to explore all the way down to Key West from Key Largo.
There's a GREAT kid's playground in Marathon - our daughter loved it.
rtz - 16-11-2012 at 01:34 PM
Here is a map with the spots: http://www.kiteboardingflorida.com/KiteboardingSouthFlorida....
Brent_P - 22-11-2012 at 05:45 AM
Thanks for the pointers guys, looks like I have a week in Hawks Cay. Otherside Boardsports will pick me up at the marina at the resort and go from
there!!!
I'm super stoked!
Mostly Harmless - 25-1-2013 at 07:33 AM
In what season does the keys get the most consistent wind?