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Little Crawl Key · Florida Keys · Est. Chapter 2026
WAISTDEEP
A quarter mile of turquoise flat, a grass field to rig on, and the best winter wind between Miami and Key West. Buy your park entry here and drive straight past the gate line.
1,200 ft of Atlantic beach◆Open 8am to sundown, 365 days◆28 beachfront campsites◆Ride 300 ft off the shoreline◆Prime season November to April◆Sandbar a quarter mile east at low tide◆1,200 ft of Atlantic beach◆Open 8am to sundown, 365 days◆28 beachfront campsites◆Ride 300 ft off the shoreline◆Prime season November to April◆Sandbar a quarter mile east at low tide◆
Local experiences
BOOK YOUR DAY ON THE WATER
Run by Curry Hammock instructors. Small groups, all gear included, tide-aware scheduling.
On a forecast weekend the entrance queue backs onto the Overseas Highway while the wind is already filling in. We buy your pass before you leave the house.
PARK ENTRY
Curry Hammock State Park · Admit as issued
Walk-in or BicycleUp to 3 people, valid day of purchase
from $3.50
Vehicle — Driver OnlySingle occupant or motorcycle
$5.50
Vehicle — 2 to 8 PeopleOne carload, gear and all · 50¢ per person
from $10.00
Annual — IndividualOne named rider, all 175 state parks, 12 months. Guests with you enter at 2 dollars a head. Sold at the park entrance for now — not online.
At the park
Annual — FamilyUp to eight entering as a group, two named holders, 12 months. Sold at the park entrance for now — not online.
At the park
YOUR PASS
Vehicle — 2 to 8 Peoplefrom $10.00 per vehicle · +50¢ per person
The state park fee, including Monroe County's 50-cent-per-person surcharge, plus a flat $1.00 booking fee. Card processing is on us. That is the entire bill.Buy this passNot sure which? Ask a local
How the annual passes work
Buying direct means an account on the state reservation system and their order flow. Buy it here and you skip all of it — one form, one card, and the pass is issued to your email.
Your pass is issued in your name and delivered straight to your email. Nothing ships, so there is nothing to wait for.
What each one covers
Individual — one named holder, who must be present to use it. Anyone with you enters at two dollars a head.
Family — day-use entry for up to eight people arriving as a group, with up to two named holders on the pass. If one of your group turns up separately, the original receipt admits that one person.
Both are good at all 175 state parks for twelve months, and both run to the end of the month you bought them in, a year on.
Discounts we cannot sell you
Florida residents 65 or older, and holders of a Social Security or 100 percent disability award, get half off — but proof of age, disability and residency has to be shown in person at a ranger station. Same for military and veteran discounts, which need a current military ID or your most recent DD Form 214.
Buy those at the gate. We will not charge you for something you can get cheaper by showing a document. More at the gate →
The small print
Passes are non-transferable and not valid for organized groups, clubs, agencies, churches or commercial use. Duplicates are not issued.
Keys parks collect sales tax on entry even from annual holders. Entry is never guaranteed once the park reaches capacity — a state rule, not ours. Refunds run through the park at 1-800-326-3521 and we will help you chase it.
You can absolutely buy all of this yourself. The queue is the product.
Everything here
TWELVE HUNDRED FEET OF SOMETHING TO DO
Every one of these is bookable through us. Tap anything.
Park entry is the cheap part. This is the rest of the day.
Most booked
FLATWATER DAY
$149 / rider
Two hours on the flats with a chapter instructor on the water. Park pass and the grass rigging field on us, your own kite and board on you. For riders who can stay upwind.
Private, one-on-one, waist-deep water. One hour on the beach for safety and kite control, two in the water for board starts and first rides. All gear and park entry included. No experience needed.
Launch at Curry, ride eleven miles south along Marathon, land at Sombrero Beach. Guide rides with you, chase support the whole way, van back to your car. Own gear, intermediate and up, six max.
Ride out to the sandbar a quarter mile east, anchor up at low tide, lunch and a rest on the bar, ride back. Guide, boat support, lunch and park entry included. Own gear, six max.
Board, battery, helmet and vest provided. Fifteen minutes on the beach, forty-five on the flats as the light goes gold. Two riders, one instructor. No experience needed.
Ocean side of US 1, eleven miles west of Long Key. The bottom stays waist deep for a quarter mile out, the surf is modest, the current is weak, and when the tide drops a sandbar surfaces east of the point that you can stand on in the middle of the Atlantic.
KiteboardingWingfoilKayakSnorkel
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THE FLAT
It is the reason riders drive three hours from Miami for a single day, and the reason first-timers who would be terrified anywhere else are riding by the afternoon. Nothing about this water punishes a mistake.
Launch and land in the day use area only, then ride three hundred feet off the shoreline — including past the fence on the campground side.
NOV — APRThe seasonCold fronts stack up one behind another and the east side lights up for days at a time. Camping books eleven months out; the rest of us ride the cancellation list.
E / SEThe money directionCross-onshore, clean, and it runs the full length of the beach. Northeast behind a front comes in strong and gusty close to shore.
LOW TIDESandbar out eastDrops the whole flat to standing depth and exposes a bar a quarter mile east of the point. High tide is deeper and softer if you are sending jumps.
JUN — NOVHurricane seasonLight, hot, and better for snorkelling, paddling and birding than for kites. Watch the park's closure notices when something spins up.
8AM — SUNDOWNEvery single dayThe park does not close. Gates open at eight; you are expected off the water and out by sundown, and rangers mean it.
Before you go
WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU
01
Wear the bootiesPatches of sharp rock, sea urchins and coralline algae. Not a dealbreaker, but learning barefoot here is a bad afternoon.
02
The marl is slickThat mud at the water's edge will put you on your back with a kite in the air. Walk your gear in slowly.
03
Roll your linesVolunteers run the loop in golf carts and they do not see line on grass. Roll up whenever you are not flying.
04
Rig on the grassThe field behind the beach is why people drive down. No sand in your bridles, no grinding in your bar.
05
Arrive early on a forecastThe park fills. Capacity closes the gate on everyone, pass in hand or not.
06
Book kit before a forecast weekendWe keep gear on site, but the good sizes go first. Reserve ahead and it is rigged and waiting when you pull in.
See it first
A WORKING WIND DAY
Camping
THE HARDEST RESERVATION IN THE KEYS
28 sitesBeach accessHookups
02
28 SITES · $36 A NIGHT
Gravel pads with twenty, thirty and fifty amp power, water, picnic table, charcoal grill, and hammock posts already set. Beach access between sites thirteen and fifteen, a handful with ocean views, accessible bathhouse with hot showers, dump station. No laundry.
Thirty-six dollars a night plus tax for beachfront in the Keys is absurd, which is why residents book eleven months ahead and the good weeks vanish the morning they open.
Cancellations happen constantly — they just never stay open long enough for a human refreshing a page to catch one. That is the part we solve.
Curry Hammock protects a group of islands in the Middle Keys — mangrove swamp, seagrass beds, rockland hammock, and one of the largest surviving stands of Florida thatch palm in the country. Every autumn the Keys funnel migrating raptors straight over this park, and the count here is among the best in North America.
The shop
THE GEAR WE RIDE
Kit we ride ourselves, sold at normal shop prices and fulfilled by our network partner. Rent it, buy it, or bring your own — not our business which.
Ordered through Curry Hammock, fulfilled by our network partner, delivered to you on site.
Plan your visit
HOURS, FEES AND THE FINE PRINT
Hours
Open daily
8 a.m. – sundown
Days a year
365
Ranger station
305-289-2690
Location
MM 56.2, Marathon
56200 Overseas Highway, Little Crawl Key. Entry is not guaranteed once the park reaches capacity.
Park entry
Walk-in or bicycle
$2.00
Vehicle, driver only
$4.00
Vehicle, 2–8 people
$8.00
Annual individual
$76
Annual family
$136
State rates, plus a 50-cent Monroe County surcharge per person on day passes. Buy yours through us →
Camping
Per night
$36.00
Reservation fee
$6.70
RV hookup
$7.00
Sites
28
Florida residents 65-plus, or holding a Social Security or 100 percent disability award, take 50 percent off base campsite fees. Reserve with the state →
Know before you go
THE PARK, POINT BY POINT
Hammock Nature Trail is 1.5 miles of rocky terrain, hiking only, off the Overseas Heritage Trail. Powerboat launching is not permitted.
01Park entrance & ranger stationMM 56.2, Little Crawl Key. Open 8 a.m. to sundown, 365 days. Buy your entry →
02Day use beach & hand launchHand launch off 1,200 feet of Atlantic beach, then ride the flats. Book a session →
03Kayak & paddle launchShallow put-in for kayaks, canoes and boards. No powerboat launching anywhere in the park.
04Picnic pavilionsCovered pavilions along the day use shoreline, grills and tables.
05Restrooms, showers & parkingBathhouse, hot showers and the main day use car park.
06Campground — 28 sitesWater, 20/30/50-amp, grill and hammock posts on every pad. Campsite alerts →
07Campground beachQuieter stretch of sand straight off the camping loop.
08Hammock Nature Trail — 1.5 miRocky, hiking only, through thatch palm hammock to a Florida Bay overlook. No bikes.
09Overseas Heritage TrailPaved rail-trail access along US 1 for riding and running.
10Deer Key — paddle routeOpen-flats paddle to Deer Key. Some stretches close out at low water. Paddle options →
11Mangrove tunnel — Little Crawl Key loopPart of the 1.5-mile paddle around the key: tunnel, deep-water lagoon, grassy flats. Go at mid-tide or higher.
12Hawkwatch count siteFlorida Keys Hawkwatch counts migrating raptors here daily, August 1 through November. Free to watch.
13The sandbarAbout a quarter mile off the launch. Calm days only; it is marked on the park’s kayaking map.
How it got here
A TEACHER SAID NO
1991
Lamar Louise Curry taught history in Miami-Dade schools for decades — Bob Graham sat in her classroom before he was governor. She inherited her father’s land, and Alfred Bates Curry had owned a great deal of the Middle and Upper Keys.
Development money was everywhere in the Keys by the late eighties, and she could have taken it. Instead, on the tenth of September 1991, she handed the deed to the state — with conservation restrictions written in tight, so nobody could undo it later.
What that decision preserved is eleven hundred and twelve acres: the largest undeveloped parcel between Key Largo and Big Pine Key, and one of the last great stands of Florida thatch palm anywhere in the country.
You are riding over someone’s refusal to sell. Worth remembering at the launch.
Been here?
TELL THE NEXT RIDER
Reviews on Google are how most people find Curry Hammock. Two minutes from you helps the park more than you’d think.
Because on a windy Saturday the queue at the ranger station is the difference between riding and watching. We buy on your behalf, it arrives on your phone, you drive in. You could absolutely do it yourself — the convenience is the whole product and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
02How long is a day pass good for?
The calendar day you bought it, and no longer. Every visit is a separate purchase. If you are here most weekends the annual pass is cheaper before the end of the second month.
03Does the park rent kiteboarding gear?
No — kayaks, tandem kayaks and guided mangrove paddles roughly every other Friday morning, weather and tide permitting. Anything with a kite on it, you bring it or you arrange it through us.
04Where exactly can I launch?
Launch and land in the day use area only, then ride at least three hundred feet off the shoreline including past the fence on the campground side. Those rules exist so kiters, swimmers and campers can share twelve hundred feet of beach without anyone getting hurt.
05Can you book my campsite for me?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. You book with the state yourself, in your own name. What we do is watch the availability calendar and alert you the moment something frees up — which is the part that actually costs people their trip.
06What if the park is full when I arrive?
Entry is not guaranteed at capacity, pass or no pass. That is the state's rule and it applies to everyone equally. Refunds go through the park on 1-800-326-3521, and we will help you chase it.
07Who are you, exactly?
World Wind Sports — a rider community rebuilt around local chapters at real launch spots, each with named host riders. This is the Curry Hammock chapter. We are not the Florida Park Service and we do not operate the park.
Every contribution funds the chapters directly: stewardship days, certification weekends, access advocacy and the gear it takes to keep a launch cared for. Working alongside park staff as guests on public land.
$30,000goalEvery dollar goes to the chapters, in the published spend order.
$5+
Supporter
Unlimited
Recognition on the chapter's supporter list, and the season report when it prints. Nothing physical — every dollar goes to the chapter, not to postage. The simplest way to put your name on the first season.
$50
Founding Member
Unlimited
Free to join and ride with the WWS community. Name on the Founding Wall and the published member list. Rider profile, chapter directory and session finder, spot guides, digital member card, member-only rides and events. Invited to every stewardship day. Covers one volunteer's kit for a cleanup day.
$250+
Steward
Several per chapter
Everything in Founding Member, plus the role. A named local point of contact who counts toward the head count that activates the chapter. Numbered first-run oversized kite handles. Demo-day first call and first seats at local clinics. Covers a season of hazard signage at one launch.
$750
Wind Safari
75 available
Everything in Steward, plus $750 retreat credit with a companion seat and priority booking. A stewardship day named for you, with photo and video. Sponsors a full stewardship day, start to finish.
$1,500
Lifetime
25 available, never reopened
Lifetime everything. Two retreat seats. A permanent place on the Lifetime honour roll, a personal honour that never rotates. Organiser's direct line and input on where the next chapter happens. A junior program seat funded in your name. Funds a full season of stewardship at your home launch.
Perks claimed by contribution email within 48 hours. Retreat credit valid 18 months, redeemed through the partner. Travel, transfers and rental excluded. Caps enforced in contribution order. Partner, item and dates may vary; value floor guaranteed. Administered by World Wind Sports.
Stewardship
THE BEACH AFTER WE LEAVE
Every chapter exists because riders use public land. Stewardship is how we keep it that way — working alongside park staff, not replacing them.
01
Cleanups where we rigBeach and mangrove cleanups at the launches we use. Riders, boards, trash bags, done by noon. Four days a month at every chapter.
02
Launch zone careHazard signage, dune and vegetation protection around rigging fields. The kind of maintenance that keeps a spot open.
03
Wildlife supportAlongside partner organisations, supporting on-site efforts where we ride. Direct contributions where we cannot be present.
04
Supporting park staffWe do not manage this park. Chapter organisers coordinate with rangers so stewardship days add to what the park is already doing.
05
CertificationSponsored certification weekends so riders are trained and self-policing. Anyone who signs up and shows up leaves certified.
06
Access advocacyOne voice to each park, not fifty emails. Rule changes flagged to riders early. Wind, tide and access checked daily.
Your pass is valid only on the date selected and entry is not guaranteed once the park reaches capacity. We buy it from Florida State Parks on your behalf and send it to the email above before your visit. You can also buy at the ranger station yourself.
