Paddle by kelp forests on a 2-hour leopard shark tour (ages 10+)
Take the controls for a ride along the Long Beach coastline
Clarity is geology, not luck: quartz sand, seagrass filtration, and how close the Gulf Stream runs. Thirteen beaches, and the trade-off each one asks of you.
Florida issues no boating license at all. What the marina checks is a safety education card, and whether you need one comes down to one date: January 1, 1988.