Keys' waters are great for boating and fishing, not so much swimming... although there are some nice looking, small beaches tucked in here and there from Key Largo to Key West.
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Keys' waters are great for boating and fishing, not so much swimming... although there are some nice looking, small beaches tucked in here and there from Key Largo to Key West.
I've never been, so this is second hand, but Key West, apparently isn't for beach lovers, few or none to enjoy there is what I heard, hard to believe, right?
No, not a great beach destination. But not awful either. There are a few small beaches that are nice.
Best of the bunch is Smathers Beach on the way into (or out of ) town.
Fort Zachery Taylor Beach near downtown is very pretty, very small but rocky.
Despite all that, KW is still my favorite place in the U.S.
Bermuda beaches are winners in my book too: Elbow Beach and Horseshoe Bay, among others, not in the Caribbean by any stretch, so far north of the Caribbean, pretty much off the coast of North Carolina, not Florida and south of Florida like the Caribbean.
Fun fact, if you fly out of Boston and your friend flies out of NYC you will get there first.
Boston is so much east (out into the Atlantic) than NYC, the flight time from BOS to Bermuda is quicker.
Speaking of New England, Nauset Beach on the elbow on Cape Cod is nice, open ocean, the beaches on the islands Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard can be nice too.
One last beach to mention, Block Island, far out in Atlantic, quiet as all get out, no traffic lights, 750 people is the year round population.
Fun fact, if you fly out of Boston and your friend flies out of NYC you will get there first.
Boston is so much east (out into the Atlantic) than NYC, the flight time from BOS to Bermuda is quicker.
Speaking of New England, Nauset Beach on the elbow on Cape Cod is nice, open ocean, the beaches on the islands Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard can be nice too.
One last beach to mention, Block Island, far out in Atlantic, quiet as all get out, no traffic lights, 750 people is the year round population.
Sal, my mom grew up in Belle Harbor with the McGuire boys and her mom's maiden name was Maguire (she maintained that was the proper spelling and she was born in County Mayo). Mom didn't much like the McGuire boys in the Rockaways, they were known to be big drinkers and rabble rousers. Mom and her parents were not drinkers and thought guys like them gave the Irish a bad name. Al was especially irascible according to mom.
guinness77
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Greatest thing about that story is that none of those bodies were found anywhere near the actual beach.
guinness77
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We went to Nausett Beach four years ago when my younger daughter had a dance comp in Hyannis. Nice beach, decent waves, cool water. Sea lions were cool to look at but also why there was a shark attack a week after we were there. It was pretty crowded too. I liked it, I’d go back.
Girls seem to get lost there
guinness77
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I’d say more like Oak Beach, west of Cedar Beach and Hemlock Cove, but what do I know?
Gilgo77I’d say more like Oak Beach, west of Cedar Beach and Hemlock Cove, but what do I know?
Rex is a big guy and Guinness is like 6 ft 7
carmineabbatiello
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Bingo! My go to and Abbatiello family fav for decades now.
guinness77
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Shhhhhh
And Rex buries the three!!
When I went to the tropics of Queensland, Australia for the first time in the early 2000s, I noticed something weird on the beaches.
There were these red columns every few hundred feet with a bottle of vinegar inside them.
I was dumbfounded until a local explained it to me: The area is prone to "stingers" aka deadly box jellyfish during the warmest months every year (our winter months).
The vinegar is there for emergencies. It is used to counteract the venom in the stingers from the unfortunate swimmer who gets stung.
Anyway, just another reminder that Australia is, ahem, different.
There were these red columns every few hundred feet with a bottle of vinegar inside them.
I was dumbfounded until a local explained it to me: The area is prone to "stingers" aka deadly box jellyfish during the warmest months every year (our winter months).
The vinegar is there for emergencies. It is used to counteract the venom in the stingers from the unfortunate swimmer who gets stung.
Anyway, just another reminder that Australia is, ahem, different.
who knew???
Luckily you don't see many box jellyfish out at the reef. Many of the beaches have netted off areas for jellyfish "free" swimming (nothing in life is guaranteed but death, and taxes if you're not a billionaire), at least in the area I tend to stay, Palm Cove mostly.
Yep, been to the reef twice and thankfully no sign of jellyfish.
And yes, I've taken a swim within the confines of the stinger net on the beaches just south of Palm Cove - Clifton Beach and Trinity Beach. I'm pretty sure the vinegar photo is from Clifton Beach.
Palm Cove is beautiful. Otherworldly, really. One of my favorite places on this planet.
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