33. Hawk’s Cay Resort Marina
Posted by admin | Posted on 07-30-2008
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August 18, 2011 - Stayed Memorial Day weekend 2011. VERY pricy, and think the resort fee is ridiculous... read more
January 10, 2011 - Anyone traveling to the Keys ,now or in the future, should consider a stop on Duck... read more
May 7, 2010 - We just left Hawks Cay marina a couple of days ago. We thought it was terrific. The... read more
April 26, 2010 - We entered and left in strong southeasterlies – 15-20 kts – at high water... read more
33. Hawk’s Cay Resort Marina
(305) 743-7000
http://www.hawkscay.com/
Lat/Lon: near 24 46.653 North/080 54.789 West
Location: entrance canal system lies off the southerly banks of Duck Key, some 2.7 nautical miles north-northeast of Hawk Channel’s flashing daybeacon #45
Transient dockage: available
Transient dockage rate: $3.50 per foot per night, 10 % discount for Marina Life or Boat US
Type of dockage: fixed wooden slips
Total number of slips/berths: 81
Dockside Power Connections: 30-50 amp
Dockside Fresh Water Connections: Available
Showers: Available (climate controlled)
Laundromat: Available
Swimming Pool: Available (5 pools)
Restaurant: 4 on-site
Restaurant Recommendations: Tom’s Harbor House (305) 289-2970, Alma’s Spanish Restaurant (305) 743-7000, Beach Grill (305) 743-5215, The Terrace (breakfast and dinner buffet)
Provisioning Possibilities: Dockside store
Free Wi-Fi internet access Available
Waste pump-out: Available
Gasoline and diesel fuel: Available
Depths: 5-foot minimum depths
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Stayed Memorial Day weekend 2011. VERY pricy, and think the resort fee is ridiculous – after all, pools should be included. They’ve spent millions upgrading the resort, and not 5 cents that we could see on the docks. Falling apart – a woman fell into the water when the rotten 4×4 piling snapped when she leaned on it! All wooden structures around the marina appear warped. That said, the marina staff (Beverly et al) are friendly and very helpful. No plans to return.
Karen Reilly
Anyone traveling to the Keys ,now or in the future, should consider a stop on Duck Key at Hawks Cay Marina . It is just fantastic. It’s worth the splurge on the slip fee.
http://www.hawkscay.com/
The dockmaster, Beverly, is very helpful, along with everyone at the resort. As part of the slip fee, you will have access to all of the resort amenities. They have done an excellent job of catering to both adults and children without compromising one for the other. We can’t say enough about our 3 day stay last month. We are already making reservations for our return trip in February. (We are currently 13 miles away at Sombrero Marina and Dockside Grille in Marathon, 1/2 the price of Hawks Cay with less than 1/100 of the amenities.)
We just left Hawks Cay marina a couple of days ago. We thought it was terrific. The staff was as helpful as they could be and the resort makes all their facilities available to guests at the marina (although they did charge a resort fee).
The marina is very well protected even with the high winds and seas that we saw last week.
We will be back to stay again.
Sheldon Gawiser
We entered and left in strong southeasterlies – 15-20 kts – at high water with no problems. The small bay the marina is in, following the channel counter clockwise to the north side, is quite protected. The shoal in the middle of the bay is unmarked but obvious. The marina office is in an unusually well stocked tuck shop – at tuck shop prices – with offerings stopping short of encouraging you to cook and eat on the boat at the expense of the 5 restaurants on the resort’s grounds.
The negatives – the price was $3.50/ft, not $3 as stated here. In addition, a $20/day ‘resort fee’ was levied for use of resort facilities that included nothing more than what a top of the range marina offers, mainly a swimming pool. Also, applicable to our 27-footer, the minimum length charge was 30 feet. I contested the two extras as they were not identified when I rang and inquired of the fee. On this basis, and because we used no resort facilities, they waived the resort fee for the two days of our stay but would not budge on the minimum length charge.
I argued they were charging top dockage fees and offering nothing more than what other top end marinas provide and charging a fee for the extras one expects when paying this rate.
The resort was quite busy in April with many tourists engaging in boat tours and fishing charters so the marina was not a quiet one, albeit reasonably pleasant. The four toilet/showers were small and shared with the general public, making them quite busy.
We were the only sailboat in the marina, making us somewhat of an oddity. There were many empty slips. The charter fishing office staff inside the tuck shop were quite helpful, providing us with current wind reports to help us pick our time for departing.
Conclusion – the stay was pleasant but the marina was overpriced – even by Keys standards.
On another note, the resort keeps two dolphins in a very small pen. They are used for a ‘swimming with dolphins’ experience. For anyone who has seen The Cove”, this year’s Academy Award winning documentary depicting how the trainer of dolphins for the Flipper TV series had a complete change of heart about keeping dolphins in captivity, it was shocking that this practice is still being carried on. The urge to want to fish out the boat’s shroud cutters and cut the wire keeping them from entering the channel and leaving with us as we motored by was strong.
Fair winds and following seas,
Austin Whitten,
s/y Discovery II (4’ 6” draft)