Where is reef road in florida

South Florida's independent source of local news and culture. The bluehairs who live around here won't be glad we told you, but Reef Road is the premier surfing spot in all of South Florida. Of course, if you're good enough to surf it, you probably already know about it.

But grommets and newbies who want to check it out should know a few things before they go. First of all, the break is located in a residential area on the north end of the county's richest chunk of real estate, and there's no public parking within two miles of the spot. There are few bank robberies and crack raids in the affluent town, so police have nothing better to do than ticket you for parking illegally or obstructing traffic. You can stash your ride way south in some public spots on A1A or take your chances with a tow truck.

Assuming you find your way to the break, just south of the Palm Beach Inlet, look for a bombing northeast swell, which is what this place needs to start firing. When it does, you'll be dropping down some deep, fast faces, and when the wave lets you off, you might be in Lantana.

Of course, Mack's carries a full line of regional knickknacks, trinkets, and doodads coral, shells, candles, sea urchins, and starfish , plus silk shirts with palm trees and other examples of pricey SoFla kitsch. But folks who associate winter with snowplows and icicles can have their minds blown by Mack's formidable array of tropical fruit goods. Key lime aficionados will find key lime pie mix, key lime jelly beans, key lime drops, key lime mints, key lime tea cookies, key lime chocolate, key lime crunch, key lime juice, key lime marmalade, key lime mustard, and more.

Mainstays like pink seedless grapefruit, Valencia oranges, and honey tangerines nestle snugly against exotic offerings like regal honeybells, clementines, tangelos, and orantiques. Single pieces of fruit are under 50 cents apiece, and samples are always handy.

Here's one store where it's OK to be sticky-fingered. We're talking about practice. So why's it so hard to pick up a good pickup game? By the time you find a court that isn't covered with broken glass and discarded condoms and one that actually has nets on the baskets, there are downs so deep you need a calendar to figure out when you'll get on a court.

If you do finally get a game, you end up covering some six-foot-eight guy with a nickname like "Da Meat Hook" who takes every opportunity to drop vicious, degree tomahawk dunks on your face.

We can't promise you're not going to get posterized, but at least the Regional Park at Weston, with the nicest outdoor facilities in Broward County, eliminates the search for a place to play.

On the eight well-lighted courts, the games run the gamut of ages and skill levels, so you don't need to be trying out for the AND1 mix-tape tour to get in a game. Best of all, the lights stay on till 11 p. But sometimes, Fort Lauderdale's greatest offering, a stretch of golden sand on the placid Atlantic, isn't enough.

Sometimes, a beach is just a beach. You can sweat, swim, and soak up sun. Done that. Thursday, November Friday, November Hurricane Sam and the Weekend Forecast. Surf News 1 month ago. Hurricane Larry swell is coming. Surf News 2 months ago. Cook Islands. Easter Island. Marshall Islands. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Niue Island. Northen Mariana Island. Papua New Guinea.

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Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right on occasion. Live Wave Height m. Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level. What does Reef Road look like? Latest photos from Reef Road. Upload your own or view all photos on the gallery page. Surf-Forecast Store Certified organic materials, made using renewable energy.

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