Amazing Surface Intervals in South Florida

Pick your dessert the old-fashioned way

With a 365-day growing season, tasty fruits and berries are always ripening nearby. While some goodies grow wild, such as sea grapes, Surinam cherries, wild bananas, and, of course, coconuts, several farms in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties are open to consumer harvesting. Check out our list of diver-tested, diver-approved locations. Fresh, juicy strawberries in this photo were picked at Family Farms in Davie.

Old books, vintage records, and fresh roasted coffees

Just over the bridge from the Seatech Ledges dive site, My Mamma’s Cafe offers overstuffed sofas, oven-fresh muffins, craft beers, and deli sandwiches.

Dine among the mangroves at Whiskey Creek Hideout

Wetsuits are welcome at the only dive bar located on the beach between the ocean and the Intracoastal. Dive Benji’s Canyon Reef, then walk out of the surf and straight to your table on a deck overlooking a creek channel used by bootleggers to smuggle booze during Prohibition. Tasty burgers, fish & chips, fish tacos, and draft beer help you refuel before your next dive.