I am planning a trip to Miami for the last week in Feb and am looking for some good places to do open water swimming. I am familiar with the area (went to school there) and will have a car. I prefer a safe place with good parking access and an outdoor shower on the boardwalk area. I am nursing a broken ankle in a walking boot.
If you're in the City proper, there's the Rickenbacker Causeway which goes out to Key Biscayne. Along the south side of the Causeway and out about 150 yards is a string of white buoys that stretches along for a mile or thereabouts. Don't know if there are any showers though at the public restrooms.
Also on the north side of the Causeway, just east of the Marine Stadium, is a rowing club which has lockers & showers. You can use those facilities on a day use basis and go for a swim in the semi-circular water basin there (though it's been a good 5 years since I was there so things may have changed).
If you're in the City proper, there's the Rickenbacker Causeway which goes out to Key Biscayne. Along the south side of the Causeway and out about 150 yards is a string of white buoys that stretches along for a mile or thereabouts. Don't know if there are any showers though at the public restrooms.
Also on the north side of the Causeway, just east of the Marine Stadium, is a rowing club which has lockers & showers. You can use those facilities on a day use basis and go for a swim in the semi-circular water basin there (though it's been a good 5 years since I was there so things may have changed).
