Miami’s shallow waters, calm waters and unique marine ecosystem make kayaking and canoeing a natural way to spend a day in nature.
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne is a water sports paradise and Crandon Park with its two miles of beach is a great place to start. Here you can rent kayaks and canoes to explore beautiful Biscayne Bay. Crandon Ruckus also boasts many different ecosystems, including dunes, mangroves, coastal hardwood hammocks and algae thickets. Feeling adventurous? Join a sea kayak adventure as you kayak through the mangrove forest from Crandon Marina .
Coral Gables
Matheson Hammock Park in Coral Gables is right on Key Biscayne. The Coral Gables Waterway is an engineered canal system that added 40 miles from the waterfront to Coral Gables from Biscayne Bay. Walk 3.5 miles with a Coral Gables guide. Take a canoe tour along the waterway to explore the surrounding area. Or take a naturalist-led kayak tour of Biscayne Bay or a guided canoe tour of the mangroves with the tiniest birds and other native animals and marine life.
Homestead
At Homestead , Black Point Marina This is a great vacation spot with scenic kayak and canoeing trails. Walk through the mangroves and take in the view of Miami from the water alone. You may even spot manatees and dolphins, so watch out!
Sunny Isles Beach
Enjoy the natural splendor of Oleta River State Park, a 1000 acre green space located across Biscayne Bay near Sunny Isles Beach. It’s a great place to explore the mangrove estuaries on the water through the many canals that wind through the mangroves on the Oleta River. Oleta River State Park jet ski rentals and tours offer Miami visitors incredible experiences such as sunset kayak tours and full moon kayak tours once a month. Keep your eyes peeled for tiny black crabs roaring along mangrove roots, young fish and wet birds like geron, snapper and ibis.
South Beach.
Located in South Beach’s trendy Sunset Harbor neighborhood, South Beach Kayak is a family-owned kayak rental business in Biscayne Bay. Swim around the Venetian Islands and float on Flagler Memorial Island for a fun day on the water.
Biscayne National Park.
Biscayne National Park is a water sports paradise.
The optional kayaking and canoeing trails at Miami Biscayne National Park are 95% water, making it the perfect destination for all water sports, including canoeing and kayaking through some of the clearest waters you could ever hope to see.
Deering Estate with Moonlight Kayak Tour is another popular nature tour with a stop at Chicken Key, a seven-acre mangrove island and bird rookery about a mile offshore. These tours give you a chance to see local marine wildlife such as manatees and sea turtles, and campers who want to go moonlight canoeing can enjoy a campfire on Chicken Key.
Everglades National Park boasts 99 miles of lush wilderness waterways with plenty of canoe and kayak trails near Miami for all levels of experience.