Live beach conditions, water quality, sargassum, mosquitoes, beach flags, weather, tides, and the rest of the island's pulse — for residents, day-trippers, and anyone heading to KB.
Pulling current conditions from NOAA & Open-Meteo.
Fall 2026 king-tide dates → · Send me the weekly tide forecast every Monday → · Heights are MLLW datum. Times are local (ET).
Current advisory status could not be fully verified. Check the county notices before entering the water.
Dated notice: DOH lifted the Dog Beach advisory on September 16, following September 15 testing. Checked September 30. See the latest county notices and dated samples before entering the water.
How DOH testing works at KB → · Beach flag color today → · Alert me when an advisory changes → · Source: Florida DOH ↗
Offshore swell model — sheltered inside the bay is typically calmer.
Current NOAA report could not be verified. A regional map is not a direct observation of Crandon, Cape Florida or Village Beach. Open the NOAA map and Village beach camera before choosing a beach. NOAA source ↗ · Village beach camera →
Learn more about sargassum at KB → · Email me when the sargassum outlook changes → · Source: NOAA SIR (AOML + USF) ↗
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Bars show forecast wind strength. Green/yellow are favorable kite windows (NE–SE, ≥10 kt). Useful for sailors and beach plans too.
Court availability isn't published live by these venues. Crowd signals come from Google Maps; play conditions blend current wind, rain, and apparent temperature.
All KB restaurants → · Hours from the venues' own listings
All KB events → · Pulled hourly from the Village and Chamber calendars
Headlines refresh every 30 min from Islander News and KB Independent RSS feeds.
Water-quality changes, sargassum outlook, kite-wind windows, weekend low tides, or the Monday tide forecast. No newsletter.