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Aerial and Airport
A private airstrip with 3,000 feet of paved runway serves Ocean Reef Club aviation needs. Aerial photos show the changes of the land and development.
Boating and Fishing
Excellent deep-sea fishing and the bonefish flats, a coral reef, and the nearby gulfstream, attract yachting, fishing and diving enthusiasts. Many of the first guests came by sea.
Buccaneer Island
Buccaneer Island has a sand beach and salt water lagoon, beach activities and a beach bar, and Member's Point beside the Ocean Reef channel.
Development
Ocean Reef is located in North Key Largo, in the Florida Keys. It is uniquely isolated on 4,000 ascrea, with the Atlantic on one side and Card Sound to the West. It is comprised of private luxury residences and a resort hotel complex.
Golf
Located on property 54 holes of golf designed by Bob VonHagge and Bruce Devlin. The first Ocean Reef Club golf professional was Bob Toski, a leading PGA golfer who retired from the tour at age 30 in 1956.
Lifestyle
Ocean Reef Club is a private community of residences in a recreational atmosphere, owned by the members. It is a great place for children, both young and old, to be outdoors, and safe within a gated community. Friends are easy to make and continue on even when "outside" the gate.
People
Postcards
Ocean Reef Club is a resort as well as a private residential community. It was home to trained dolphins before the members based their decision to remove them on new regulations, as they did not want to open the gate.
Publicity and Maps
First a fishing camp, a haven for snowbirds, through word of mouth, like-minded invited friends, many who came by boat, then a development community, private club and resort and finally a private equity club. A very special place.
Structures
An album which contains buildings and infrastructure throughout the Ocean Reef early days.
Tennis
The Ocean Reef Club, the Racquet Club and the Health and Tennis Club catered to the tennis enthusiasts at Ocean Reef.
