Smathers Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches at Florida Key West. The beach has extreme soft sand. The ocean water at the beach is also very calm without much wave. In the early morning of each day, the beach is being managed by people and they rake the sand to make the beach look nice. Since the beach is facing East, the sun rise at the beach is particularly beautiful. Many people come here early in the morning to have a early morning walk.
We got to the beach around 6AM, which is about 30 minutes before sun rise. The parking is free and payment is only required after 8AM. At 6AM, we could already see a lot of people on the beach taking a short walk. We also saw a dog enjoying a swim in the ocean. The breeze from the ocean also felt really nice in this humid weather.
As the sun rises, the sun light reflected off the cloud in the sky. It was really beautiful with the red glows. We walked over to the rocky area of the beach and noticed quite a lot of lobsters underneath the rocks. There were so many of them and these lobsters were quite large. The lady beside us told us that she has seen octopus here as well. She also had a golden retriever with her and told us her dog is quite a swimmer. Sometimes the dog even catch crabs in the ocean.
As the day gets brighter, more and more people were coming to the beach. We saw many people come here to jog. It is actually pretty difficult to jog on the beach but these people were able to do it effortlessly. There were even people playing soccer on the beach this early in the morning.
Smathers beach is definitely a must visit when travelling to Key West. We highly recommend to come by here early in the morning to see the sun rise. The color in the sky was quite specticular.
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