Beach Guide

What’s On

This week on the beach

Something
every night

7 AM

Backcountry Fishing

Sugarloaf Sound flats · Active

Hire a guide or launch a kayak into the Sugarloaf Sound backcountry for snook, redfish and tarpon.

9 AM

Key West Day Trip

Old Town Key West · Family

15 min south: the full Key West experience - Duval Street, Hemingway House, snorkel and sailing.

10 AM

Perky Bat Tower Visit

Sugarloaf Key, US-1 MM 17 · Family

The 1929 Perky Bat Tower is one of the strangest landmarks in the Keys - free to visit and photograph.

6 PM

Mallory Sunset

Mallory Square, Key West · Active

15 min south: the nightly Mallory Square sunset celebration - street performers, arts and the Keys' best view.

Big Days

annual
Aug

Mini Lobster Season

Two days of recreational spiny lobster diving - the Sugarloaf area reefs are excellent lobster habitat.

Jan

Lower Keys Birding

Annual birding festival celebrating the rich wading and shorebird populations of the lower Keys backcountry.

Dec

Holiday Keys Drive

The Overseas Highway lower Keys corridor has quiet holiday events as the snowbird season peaks.

see you out there

Real recurring local happenings — schedules can change, so check the venue. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.