Sailor T.

1 Reviews

Sweet state park!We parked our live aboard on the west sid…

March 28, 2023 2:06 AM

5.0^{/ 5}

Sweet state park!

We parked our live aboard on the west side of Key Largo and took in our dinghy. There is a great canal to the east side into the mangroves. There are several boat launches for public use and we were able to park our dinghy and go check out the park after checking in with the harbor master, who is excellently nice.

The docks are under construction so there may be little to no boat parking.

The harbor master is in a small dive shop and the nearby is a bigger gift shop with some great selections of clothing and swim gear. Tons of snorkel gear. If there isn’t something in your wanted size, adult or child, ask and they have more available.

They have tours for snorkeling, glass bottom boats(closed Monday and Tuesday) multiple swim areas, a small aquarium that was left me wanting more! The swimming was fun but beware, creatures are abound including a beach iguana garbage disposal 🙂

There is camping but we didn’t see the facilities though everything we saw was pretty great.

I will definitely return! Thanks for a great experience. – via

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Ed W.

1 Reviews

So much to like about this state park! Excursions were fun a…

January 18, 2023 10:23 AM

5.0^{/ 5}

So much to like about this state park! Excursions were fun and well done, local exhibit was informative, and the beach area was great to snorkel at while waiting for our snorkel tour.

The reef exhibit was a great place to take a break from the sun and learn about the nature of reefs and the creatures that live there.

There is a bath house for rinsing off and changing clothes that’s spacious and well located

The check-in shop sells a lot of things and we picked up a great tip that if you rented gear for a snorkel tour you have paid for the whole day so we grabbed the stuff and went out to cannon beach.

The beach stand isn’t really loose sand until you get to the water, there’s plenty of rock an the mangroves offer a shaded side in the afternoon.

There was MASSIVE Iguanas living in the mangroves and I posted a video of one that was about 3ft long just hanging out where we were sitting with our towels.

Cannon beach is called that because if you swim out to the marker in the water and have snorkel gear there are a few cannons sunk out there with other maritime items and a plaque that explains the living museum… very cool. Tons of great creatures to see .. we loved it and it was a great way to be comfortable with the gear before heading to the reef off shore!

Easy parking, but it is busy! – via

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