Water sports are year round activities in Palm Beach County. The ocean, intracoastal waterway and many lakes and canals in the county provide a variety of venues for boating. Florida offers some of the best sport fishing in the world and Palm Beach County is no exception. Avid anglers may charter deep sea fishing boats and head out to the warm Gulfstream current in search of swordfish, tuna, or marlin

Fishing

If fishing is your line, then southern Palm Beach County is an irresistible lure. With the Gulf Stream less than 3 miles offshore, there is excellent salt-water fishing among its length. Deep-sea anglers travel here from miles around to try their luck with marlin, pompano, kingfish and more. Endless opportunities abound in the intracoastal waterway and our many lakes, inland canals and waterways. See our Water Sports and Fishing section for more information - and send for your PBC fish finder kit.

Diving

The Boynton Beach Inlet is the entrance point to southern Palm Beach County’s dive sites. A continuation of the reef system, which stretches down Florida’s coastline, these reefs range from 25 to 100 ft. deep, with a variety of sites for divers of any experience level. The area has the Western Hemisphere’s widest variety of tropicals and game fish, crowding the reefs and wrecks, and benefiting from the Gulf Stream’s nutritional flow. Unique because it straddles the northern temperate zone, divers see the two types of sea life together only in this area. Divers will run out of time before they run out of things to see.

Please see our Diving section for additional information and links to additional sites for scuba diving and archaeological preserves.