Florida boat shows, races and seasons 2026–27

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

Fort Lauderdale · Broward County Convention Center, Bahia Mar Yachting Center, Hall Of Fame Marina, Las Olas Marina, Pier Sixty-Six Marina, Superyacht Village at Pier Sixty-Six South

Oct 28 – 1 Nov 2026 · WEDNESDAY (10/28): 12PM - 7PM · THURSDAY (10/29): 10AM - 7PM · FRIDAY (10/30): 10AM - 7PM · SATURDAY (10/31): 10AM - 7PM · SUNDAY (11/1): 10AM - 5PM

The organiser's wording is "Show locations include", so this list may not be complete; a slideshow on the same page also names Pier Sixty-Six North.

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Atlantic hurricane season ends

Atlantic basin – the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America

30 Nov 2026

NOAA's National Hurricane Center gives the official season for the Atlantic basin as June 1 to November 30.

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Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade

New River, Fort Lauderdale to Lake Santa Barbara, Pompano Beach

12 Dec 2026 · Preshow – 5:30 PM · Parade / Fireworks – 6:00 PM

The parade starts at Stranahan House, travels east along the New River to the Intracoastal Waterway and continues north to Lake Santa Barbara.

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St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show

Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park, St. Petersburg, FL

14 – 17 Jan 2027 · THURSDAY (1/14) | 10AM – 6PM · FRIDAY (1/15) | 10AM – 6PM · SATURDAY (1/16) | 10AM – 6PM · SUNDAY (1/17) | 10AM – 4PM

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Stuart Boat Show

55 NW Dixie HWY, Stuart, FL 34994

15 – 17 Jan 2027 · Friday: 10 am-6 pm | Saturday: 10 am-6 pm | Sunday: 10 am- 5 pm

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The Southernmost Regatta

Key West, FL

18 – 22 Jan 2027

Run by Sailing Inc. The organiser publishes the week but no daily racing times, so none are shown here.

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Miami International Boat Show

Miami, FL · several show locations, including the Miami Beach Convention Center

10 – 14 Feb 2027 · WEDNESDAY (2/10): 12PM – 7PM · THURSDAY (2/11): 10AM – 7PM · FRIDAY (2/12): 10AM – 7PM · SATURDAY (2/13): 10AM – 7PM · SUNDAY (2/14): 10AM – 5PM

The organiser's full venue list still carried the heading "2026 show locations" when this was checked, so only the convention center is named here.

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Palm Beach International Boat Show

Flagler Drive, downtown West Palm Beach, directly across from Palm Beach Island

17 – 21 Mar 2027 · WED (3/17) | 12PM – 7PM · THUR (3/18) | 10AM – 7PM · FRI (3/19) | 10AM – 7PM · SAT (3/20) | 10AM – 7PM · SUN (3/21) | 10AM – 5PM

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Spiny lobster season closes

Florida state waters

31 Mar 2027

Rule 68B-24.005(1), F.A.C. runs the season from August 6 of each year through March 31 of the following year; the closed season is April 1 through August 5. Traps must be out of state waters by April 10.

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Pineapple Cup

Miami, FL to Montego Bay, Jamaica

10 Apr 2027

The Montego Bay Yacht Club is the organising authority. Only the start date is published, so no finish date is shown.

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Atlantic hurricane season begins

Atlantic basin – the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America

1 Jun 2027

NOAA's National Hurricane Center gives the official season for the Atlantic basin as June 1 to November 30.

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Spiny lobster sport season (two days)

Florida state waters

28 – 29 Jul 2027

These two days are read off the calendar, not announced by anyone: rule 68B-24.005(2), F.A.C. sets the sport season as "the last Wednesday and successive Thursday of July each year". July 2027 has Wednesdays on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th and ends on a Saturday, so the last Wednesday is 28 July and the successive Thursday 29 July. The FWC publishes no notice of its own that we could read — its website refuses automated access. The rule allows harvesting only by diving, bully net or hoop net, and in Monroe County it bars diving at night and harvesting in or from the waters of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. What is closed there is the lobster, not the park: rule 68B-24.0065(1), F.A.C. bars possessing spiny lobster in or on park waters during these two days "Except for persons transiting park waters in a vessel", and bars it aboard any vessel from which a person is diving inside the park.

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Spiny lobster season opens

Florida state waters

6 Aug 2027

Rule 68B-24.005(1), F.A.C. runs the season from August 6 of each year through March 31 of the following year.

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