Continent |
North America |
Country |
Florida (USA) |
Next Big City |
Tampa |
Next Town |
St. Petersburg |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Parking |
Skyway Bridge North Rest Area Search Add Picture Edit
Water
Type: |
Shallow, Flat |
Hazards: |
Animals, Buoys, None |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Shallow and flat waters. Shoes are recommended due to sea urchins. Watch out for stone crab buoys, your lines can get tangled.
Beach
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Road, Cars |
Beach Users: |
None |
The sand here has some patches of grass that contains an unreal amount of sand spurs, so bring your shoes and watch where you lay down your kite.
Weather
|
Spring:
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Shorts |
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Summer:
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Shorts |
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Fall:
|
Shorts |
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Winter:
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Shorts, Shorty |
Usually just shorts. A couple of cold weeks in the winter, but very warm compared to anywhere not tropical. Then a shorty should be fine.
Wind
Best Months: |
No information |
Wind Type: |
Thermal, Frontal |
Best Direction: |
NE, SE |
Main Direction: |
No information |
Winds out of the NE or SE are sideonshore here. Winds out of the East would be dead onshore and winds from the West would be offshore.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
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Access
|
No walk |
From Tampa, I-275 South, crossing the Howard Frankland bridge. Continue South through St Petersburg. After you pay the toll for the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, you will start watching for your exit. You do not cross the Skyway bridge, but instead exit right before it. Turn left at the stop sign at the end of exit ramp and follow the road around to the beach. Park directly next to the water.
Extra information
Rules |
Zones |
Due to Homeland Security regulations there is a 300 yard distance restriction from the bridge which applies to watercraft, swimmers, divers, non motorized boats, kites, etc.
Nightlife
No information