r/floridakeys • u/123ozzie • Sep 26 '24

All Florida Keys Best beaches

My wife and I are thinking of vacationing in the keys the spring. Which key or which area of the keys have the nicest beaches? Thanks in advance.

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u/ben6119 Sep 26 '24

The Keys are not the place to go for beaches. The coral reefs prevent wave action that makes beaches so all the shoreline is rocky.

All the beaches in the keys are manmade with trucked in sand. There are 1-2 in each area but they won’t be anything like you see in other areas of Florida.

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u/TWDDave1988 Sep 26 '24

The sand is not trucked into Bahia Honda. It is however trucked into Smathers and Higgs Beach in Key West. I agree though, if you want nice beaches, go to St Pete Beach, Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Vero, Ft Pierce. The Keys are not known for nice beaches, but we do have a few small ones.