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Lower Keys Guide

Big Pine
Key

Key Deer Country

Everything for a day in the Lower Keys - conditions, Key deer spotting, No Name Pub and the pristine backcountry fishing.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, tides & water temp

Parking Finder

Big Pine & Bahia Honda lots

Big Pine Shore

Lower Keys & live cam

Dining

No Name Pub & Keys local spots

Things to Do

Looe Key reef, backcountry & fishing

Events

What's on this week

Beach Rules

Dogs, drinks, fires, drones

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Bahia Honda SP

10 min north, Florida's best beach

State park fee

Big Pine Key Beach

Limited county ocean access

Free county

No Name Key

Remote island by road, bay access

Free access

Looe Key Reef

Best reef in the Keys, by charter

Charter boat

Spanish Harbor Wayside

County picnic and bay access area

Free county

Blue Hole

Freshwater lake with alligators inland

Free wildlife area

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

No Name Pub

No Name Key

The most famous dive bar in the Florida Keys - cash only, dollar bills everywhere

Bahia Honda SP

10 min north

Florida's most beautiful state park beach with Sandspur Beach and the old railroad bridge

Key Deer Refuge

Big Pine Key

The only place on Earth to see wild Key deer - the world's smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer

Looe Key Reef

6 miles south

The Florida Keys' most biodiverse reef in the National Marine Sanctuary

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Big Pine Key. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

Not a beach day today. The National Weather Service has a Coastal Flood Warning in effect for Big Pine Key until 5 AM Friday. High tides will flood the beach, the dunes and nearby low roads. Forecast: waves to 2 ft. Right now at Big Pine Key, the water is 83°F, surf is running 2–3 ft and the air is 83°F but feels like 90°F. Wind is 12 mph from the ENE and the UV index peaks at 7 (high) today. Unprotected fair skin burns in about 24 minutes right now, and the strongest stretch runs 1 PM to 4 PM. Today’s tides: Low 6:43 AM, High 1:39 PM, Low 5:43 PM. Dogs are allowed right now, on a leash.