Key Biscayne Boat Rental
Private charters departing from one of Miami's most exclusive barrier islands. Scenic cruising past Stiltsville, Cape Florida, and the calm southern flats of Biscayne Bay.
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Key Biscayne is where Miami gets quiet. The pace drops, the bay opens up, and the skyline becomes something you look back at rather than stand under.
Private vessel charters departing from Key Biscayne. Cruise the calm southern flats of Biscayne Bay, past Stiltsville and along the Cape Florida shoreline.
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Charter Destinations
Stiltsville and the Shallow Flats
Seven houses on stilts, a mile offshore, and nothing else.
Stiltsville sits on the shallow flats of southern Biscayne Bay, a cluster of wooden structures built on pilings above the waterline. Most visitors only see them from a distance. By boat, you cruise close enough to take in every detail as you pass through. The surrounding flats run barely three feet deep in places, warm and calm, with the Miami skyline fading behind you.
Cape Florida and the Southern Tip
A landmark best seen from the water.
The southern point of Key Biscayne is home to the Cape Florida Lighthouse, built in 1825 and rebuilt in 1846. Cruising past this stretch of coastline, the bay opens wider and the landscape shifts from residential shoreline to natural preserve. Charter vessels departing from Key Biscayne reach this scenic stretch in minutes, not hours.
Southern Biscayne Bay
One of the most scenic waterways in South Florida.
The southern reaches of Biscayne Bay open into a 173,000 acre marine preserve that is 95% water. Passing through these waters, you catch glimpses of mangrove shoreline and the shallow flats that define this part of the coast. The scenery is striking, a world apart from the city just a few miles north.
The Island Itself
Miami's quietest address, seven miles from downtown.
Key Biscayne was farmland until the Rickenbacker Causeway opened in 1947. Richard Nixon kept his "Winter White House" here in the early 1970s. The island still runs at a different speed than the mainland. No high rises on the beach side. No noise carrying across the water. Charters departing from Key Biscayne leave from one of the most exclusive residential communities in South Florida.
We cruised past Stiltsville on a Tuesday afternoon. The kids were glued to the side of the boat the whole time. Twenty minutes from the mainland and it felt like a completely different world.
Key Biscayne is a barrier island roughly seven miles long, connected to the mainland by the Rickenbacker Causeway. It is flanked by the Atlantic to the east and the shallow flats of Biscayne Bay to the west. The surrounding waters are part of one of the largest marine ecosystems in North America, home to the third longest coral reef system in the world.
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