Whiskey Creek, Florida

Whiskey Creek, Florida

Latitude:  26.081470  /  Longitude: -80.112354
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Whiskey Creek is an approximately 1.5 mile stretch of mangrove lined shallow canal located in John U Lloyd State Park in Dania Beach, FL. Whiskey Creek earned its name during the prohibition era where whiskey bootleggers used it to avoid the law. The creek is too shallow for Coast Guard cutters to navigate through. The creek runs parallel to and sits between the Intracoastal on one side and Dania Beach on the other

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Kayaking Whiskey Creek - Blog

By:  BW Admin  (6/2/2019)

Date:  6/1/2019

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Not a bad little kayak run. The creek runs a little under 2 miles between the Intracoastal and Dania Beach. I've been drift diving off of Dania Beach quite a few times with the Kayak and never realized this was there. The Kayak put in spot is at the boat ramp towards the northern end of the park. It was pretty easy to put in around noon but was a bit more chaotic trying to get out around 3. Every yahoo in front of me pulling out a boat seemed to be having problems this day, so I had to wait in line a while.

The creek itself is pretty nice though once you get going. My initial plan was to kayak up the creek and then return back via the intracoastal. There was a decent current paddling the creek south though so I decided when I got to the end I'd just turn around and ride the current back. When I got close to the end it got too shallow to paddle anyways, as I didn't feel like walking the kayak further turning around at that point was a no brainer.

When you cross under the first bridge after the boat ramp there will be a canoe outfitter on the left and also a beach with a lot of boats where people are partying and drinking. After about a quarter mile or so once you have passed that I only saw a couple of other kayaks. For a lot of the run the water was probably 6 inches or less with the current moving faster over these areas. There are a lot of spots along the way where you can pull to the side and walk a short path through the dunes to the beach if you'd like, or just stop and have lunch. It is pretty secluded for a few stretches, if not for the continual stream of planes taking off overhead you can almost feel like you're out of the city.

Kayaking Whiskey Creek - Photos

by:  BW Admin  (6/2/2019)

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Boat ramp

Lat.:  26.081561 / Long.: -80.112519
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Turning the corner from the boat ramp into Whiskey Creek

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There are boats along the beach on the very first stretch of the creek with some sandbar type antics going down. This was on a Saturday though, I imagine if you went on a weekday you would see almost nobody

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There are a few side tributaries marked with signs that read Kayak/canoe only. They were really shallow though I didn't get very far

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Lat.:  26.071991 / Long.: -80.111533
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This is about where it started getting too shallow to paddle

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This wasn't going to cut it so I turned back

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There are a few foot bridges over the creek leading to the beach, I hit this one up to hit the beach for a spell

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On the shallow stretches there were so many bait fish you could hear them thumping against the hull of the boat. This one actually jumped in with me

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The yak. Beached.

Lat.:  26.063816 / Long.: -80.112730

Kayaking Whiskey Creek - Videos

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