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Beautiful Beach at North Cape

We stayed here for a week in September. Still very hot this time of year. Not crowded at all. We... read more

Reviewed 15 September 2023
gcbacon
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Morristown, Tennessee
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Great Vacation Place

This is a wonderful quiet beach. The bay is great for boating. St Joe Shrimp restaurant is... read more

Reviewed 21 August 2023
wrayprice
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Reviewed 28 June 2005

We rented a house on Cape San Blas last week. The house itself wasn't much to write home about (although it is listed for sale with Pristine Realty at $1.43mil !?!?!?!!!) but overall it was a great trip.
Cape San Blas is in the middle of nowhere, which is great if you are looking to avoid crowds/traffic/hustle/bustle. The water isn't that beautiful emerald color you get further west near Seaside and Seagrove but the place is so remote and private, who cares.

A couple of warnings/advice:

1. The mosquitos go into full attack mode at sunset. We found we were OK until dark. At that point we couldn't even sit on the deck any longer.

2. There was only 1 store on the Cape as far as we knew. There is a Piggly Wiggly in Port St. Joe, which we visited too often.

3. There is a restaurant called the Beachcomber on the Cape. We expected very little and were pleasantly suprised. We had a bunch of heart-attack, fried junk but it was tasty as well as unhealthy I'm sure.

4. What's with the Bio-Dome house?

5. Bull shark attack on the teenager fishing here occurred 3 days after we left.......

18  Thank M_from_Atlanta
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Reviewed 31 January 2005

This was the perfect family vacation. We rented a beautiful home from Pristine Realtywith a gulf view that had a small pool. We opted for the pool instead of gulf front for the kids. Good move. The beach is spectacular but you're not always at the the beach. The kids enjoyed to pool while dinner was being fixed or until they literally were falling asleep in the water. We brought our boat and launched at the State Park, a wonderful launch and facility. The snorkeling on the bay side was a lot of fun for the kids with a lot of interesting wildlife. The fishing was good if you talked to the bait shop and found out were to go. The rangers are friendly but do enforce all rules. The beach at the State Park is the most beautiful beach in America. It certainly deserves the honor. You can also rent kayaks and explore the shallows at the back of the bay. A wonderful nature trip for the kids and adults.

We went before any of the hurricanes hit last year. I believe that there were only nine beachfront homes destroyed but a lot of beach was washed away. But overall the Cape fared well compared to further west. The beach erosion in this area will be the biggest problem. It is a natural beach and I hope they don't do a beach nourishment like Pensacola. There are some stumps in the water and near the lighthouse you can see the effects of the erosion problem. If you go to the Cape stay nearer to the State Park to avoid most of the stumps on the beach. But they do attract fish if you like to surf fish.

There are very few restauraunts but you can get pizza and sandwiches on the Cape. The Raw Oyster Bar at Indian Beach was fun and the oysters were very good. There is a nice Piggly Wiggly in Port St. Joe to stock up on groceries. The drive is long to get to the Cape but it is very pleasant and all the roads are good. I just hope it is not overrun now that so much of the Emerald Coast was destroed by Hurricane Ivan. You can already see the signs of over-developement.

Also, the Cape is adjacent to two Air Force bases. You will have your own air show several days a week while training is going on. This was a highlight of the trip as we are pilots and aircraft enthusiasts. We actually had two F-15's do a flyby over our boat in the bay. The kids were thrilled. But the noise is never a problem. We are proud of our service men and women and felt honored to watch them train.

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Reviewed 20 October 2015 via mobile
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Date of experience: September 2015
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Reviewed 7 April 2014
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Date of experience: March 2014
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