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Over 50 boats are to follow a course filled with enjoyable activities and stops from Miami to Key Largo, Islamorada and Marathon during the Miami Boat Rally’s annual Florida Keys Rendezvous. The family-friendly event is set for Friday through Sunday, Aug. 4-6.

Readers of Travel + Leisure have ranked four Florida Keys properties among Florida’s top 10 of 15 favorite resorts in its acclaimed “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2023.

Athletes seeking to test their physical and mental stamina can compete in the Key Largo Triathlon set for Sunday, Aug. 20, at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, located at 102601 Overseas Highway oceanside.

The annual two-day spiny lobster sport season and beginning of the traditional lobster harvesting season in the Florida Keys are only a few weeks away and area officials want visitors and residents to have an enjoyable, safe and environmentally non-impacting experience.

Lobster lovers can savor the sensational Florida crustacean during the 26th annual Key West Lobsterfest, scheduled Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 10-13. The festival commemorates the Aug. 6 start of the Florida Keys lobster season with a tasty “menu” of events highlighted by an open-air lobster feast on the island’s famed Duval Street.

Captain Jimmy Johnson of Key West, Florida, caught a 43.48-pound mahi-mahi to win the Florida Keys PBA Dolphin Tournament that concluded June 25. The monster mahi, caught while Johnson fished on his boat Double J, far outweighed all others during the annual challenge.

The Florida Keys’ bicentennial was celebrated Monday evening during a 200th “birthday party” featuring the creation of what is believed to be the world’s largest Key lime pie.