TRAVEL REINVENTED 7:05 am
Post-workout breakfast in the room.
8:00 am
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY SEABOB ARUBA AND BY DANA KLEIN (COSTA RICA)
PACIFIC COAST, COSTA RICA las catalinas, a new seaside town in Guanacaste, is quickly becoming one of the country’s top destinations for ocean sports. Attend the annual SUP competition in the fall, or sync up with insider guides who can take you to a handful of remote surf breaks such as Witch’s Rock and the remote Ollie’s Point, which is only accessible by boat. FLORIDA COAST Thanks to a series of shipwrecks, including the SS Copenhagen—which sunk in 1900 and was designated an Underwater Archaeological Preserve in 1994—the waters off Pompano Beach in Greater Fort Lauderdale are now officially being called shipwreck park. This summer, the city will sink the 324-foot Newtown Creek 1.5 miles offshore as a new cornerstone of the artificial reef. Sign up to explore with South Florida Diving Headquarters (from $40 plus gear). CALIFORNIA COAST Examine a series of tidal pools on a naturalist-led trip through Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve when you stay at terranea resort (rooms from $450; excursions $60), located south of Los Angeles. Keep an eye out for starfish and sea anemones; you
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might also spot dolphins and sea lions in the ocean waves.
OREGON COAST clatsop county’s 18 miles of beaches are renowned for their abundance of razor clams. Want to dig for your dinner? Head to the shoreline during low tide with a shovel in hand. After spotting their “show”—mature clams create dime-size dimples in the sand when they burrow—dig quickly: They're fast and, of course, quite sharp. Visit dfw.state.or.us for permits. MARINE WILDLIFE FROM COAST TO COAST At the casamagna marriott (from $159) in Puerto Vallarta, guests can assist marine biologists as they release newly hatched sea turtles into the Pacific. On a jaunt with captain john whale watching & fishing tours ($48) to the Stellwagen Bank in the Atlantic, sightings are guaranteed. The naturalist-led trip to see humpback, minke, and endangered right whales starts in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The season to snorkel among whale sharks in the Caribbean starts May 15. Go with cancun whale shark tours (from $130), whose owners founded the Whale Shark Conservation Society, which caps groups at 10 people.
Cab it to a meeting. Take a conference call on the way.
7:40 pm
Kick back, relax with beers and the game.
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