Continent |
North America |
Country |
Florida (USA) |
Next Big City |
Tampa |
Next Town |
Tampa |
Type: |
Lagoon |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Parking |
Continent |
North America |
Country |
Florida (USA) |
Next Big City |
Tampa |
Next Town |
Tampa |
Type: |
Lagoon |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Parking |
Type: |
Flat, Chop |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Flat to choppy water. Broken glass in some places, wear booties! Definitely kiteable on offshore wind with flat water, need to wrap up lines and water launch.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Shells, Road, Other |
Beach Users: |
No information |
Wide sandy beach, but: aside from the parking lot and highway here, one must use caution to avoid destroying their kite on the many obstacles here. Pieces of broken glass can be found in the sand as well. You won't find people riding this spot very often.
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Spring:
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Shorts |
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Summer:
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Shorts |
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Fall:
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Shorts |
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Winter:
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Shorty, Normal |
Floridian weather. Summer hot and winter nice and warm. Shorty or wetsuit needed during winter northerlies.
Best Months: |
No information |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
E, W |
Main Direction: |
No information |
Out of the SE or SW giving you a sideonshore wind direction. Out of the West or East is more ideal, giving a sideshore wind direction.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
From Tampa take I-275 South to the Clearwater/Tampa Airport exit. Follow signs pointing to Clearwater. They will direct you to the causeway. Once on the causeway, Ben T. Davis Beach will be on the left/south side of the street.
Rules |
None |
This is not a good place to ride at all. Parking lot and highway being so close make riding this spot in dead onshore winds (blowing from the South) a hazard.