Sports in Fort Lauderdale

The numerous waterways in and around Fort Lauderdale make this an excellent area of Florida for boating and sailing, and this is a particularly popular pastime for many residents in Fort Lauderdale. There are numerous marinas in Fort Lauderdale, most of which provide excellent facilities and boat hire.

Sports

From mid-February to the end of March the Baltimore Orioles are in spring training.

Among the most popular routes for biking are Route A1A and Bayview Drive and a 7-mi bike path that parallels State Road 84 and the New River and leads to Markham Park, which has mountain-bike trails.

If you're interested in a saltwater charter, check out the Radisson Bahia Mar Beach Resort  Both sportfishing and drift-fishing bookings can be arranged.

Ten miles from Fort Lauderdale in Dade County, Robert Trent Jones designed the two 18-hole courses at Turnberry Isle Resort & Golfclub.

Lauderdale Diver arranges dive charters throughout the county. Dive trips typically last four hours. Nonpackage reef trips are open to divers for $45.

With 21 courts, 18 of them lighted clay courts, the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center at Holiday Park is Fort Lauderdale's largest public tennis facility.