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ROSEMARY BEACH VACATION RENTALS, FLORIDA |
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Outdoor Recreation in Rosemary Beach |
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| There are a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities available for you to enjoy in Rosemary Beach and its surrounding areas. The beach is the main draw and the toned-down atmosphere prevails, even in the high season. You can rent chairs and umbrellas as well as non-motorized boat rentals, but most folks are happy to spread their towels on the sand and just enjoy the typically mellow waves the Gulf throws up. |
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Fishing
Water Sports
Biking and Hiking
Tennis
Fitness |
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| Fishing |
The sea and the lakes of the Gulf Coast attract anglers from around the world. At Destin, “the world's luckiest fishing village”, and Panama City Beach, you can go on fishing trips as an individual or in groups, on an hourly or daily basis. The backwater bayous of the Choctawhatchee Bay and numerous coastal lakes also provide excellent fishing and boating opportunities.
Many species of sport fish are caught in the Emerald Coast waters off the beach and jetties. Fishing from these fixed locations with live bait, frozen bait, and artificial baits will produce pompano, whiting, channel bass, sheepshead, blue runner, bluefish, sail cat, Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, cobia, bonito, jack crevalle.
Fishing in the Choctawhatchee Bay and its bayous is good the year round. You can expect to catch speckled sea trout, sheepshead, white trout, channel bass, red fish, sail cat, bluefish, and flounder; also, blue crabs can be found along the shore of the bay. The inshore trolling season runs from March through November. Most of Destin's fishing fleet specializes in deep-sea bottom fishing. The bottom fishing in Destin is good year round. Boats are available for charter half day, all day, and overnight. The catch you can hope for includes grouper, amber jack, scamp, triggerfish, snapper and cobia.
Offshore trolling takes place past the 50 fathom curve (300 feet), about 27 miles southwest of Destin. This trolling area has proven very productive for white marlin, blue marlin, sailfish, dolphin and Wahoo. Although billfish have been caught from April to December, August through October are the most productive months. |
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| Water Sports |
Apart from fishing, this is an area of maximum water sport activity. Sports rentals of all kinds are popular with visitors. You can rent kayaks, surfboards, snorkel equipment, or just play in the surf. Rosemary Beach being close to Panama City, you can book fishing charters or take airboat rides there. The crystal-clear water is great for snorkeling, kayaking, surfing and windsurfing. Destin boat rentals rent pontoon boats, jet skis, and have dolphin tours and parasailing. Wave runners are a popular rental, charging $50 for an hour and $90 for two hours. A photo ID card is required for the driver. Dolphin tours are organized on wave runners. Each wave runner carries 3 people and the charge for this really neat trip is $80 per wave runner. If you plan to operate a wave runner, be sure and bring a Photo ID card with you.
Parasailing is probably the sport most visitors are interested in. Parasailing trips cost the single parasailer $45 and a double parasailer $90. |
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| Biking and Hiking |
| For biking and hiking there is an 18-mile long South Walton bike path that runs along the coastline. You can rent bikes for adults and children, baby joggers, scooters, burleys, wagons and bicycles built for two. Safely navigate South Walton's most picturesque roadway on eight feet wide, off-road bike paths that wind along pristine fresh water lakes, quiet communities, undeveloped woodlands and beach areas. Paths are constructed from Blue Mountain Beach to Inlet Beach, except where pedestrian sidewalks exist. 9 miles are off-road, and a majority of the rest of the 18-mile stretch is connected to the highway. |
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| Tennis |
| Rosemary Beach has 8 clay courts, 6 lit for evening play. Professional tennis instructions are available through the Racquet Club. The club has 8 Har-Tru courts, 2 with lights, anchored by a pro shop with a rooftop seating area. There is also a children playground adjacent and a newly opened health club. Tennis programs are organized which include a handful of weekly clinics for adults and two others for juniors. The Racquet Club court fee includes $8 per person for cottage guests. |
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| Fitness |
| There is a fitness center that offers aerobics, yoga classes, an indoor pool, and massage therapy. The membership fee is $150 for a primary member and an additional member would have to pay $75. Non-members can pay $70 to use the fitness club whereas for couples it is $110. Additional family members can be added at a rate of half of the respective single rate. Membership fees include indoor pool with adult-only times, fitness assessment, facility orientation, discount on classes and more. Yoga classes are organized on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and the fee charged is $8 for a member and a non- member has to pay $15. A multi-class pass is also available for 8 classes for a fee of $80. |
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