Grab your paddle and head out to Honeymoon Island. It doesn't matter if the wind is blowing from the north or south, at some point during the circumnavigation of this barrier island, your muscles will be tested. Roughly one third of the trip follows the channel at Hurricane Pass, then you head north along one of the most scenic beaches in Florida for the second third before heading southeast across the sheltered grassbeds on the leeward side of the island. Although the trip can be completed in a canoe, the sea kayak is the human-powered craft of choice.
Sea kayaks have long, sleek, stable hulls and track well over open water.
Sit-on tops, because they are easier to get on and off, are more user friendly than enclosed boats. They are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesday. St. Petersburg Times.