Columbus Day weekend, on your own boat.
Columbus Day weekend, the second weekend in October, is one of the busiest on Biscayne Bay. This field file covers how to brief a private sandbar charter around it.
A busy weekend rewards an early brief.
Columbus Day weekend draws a big crowd onto the bay, so the date and group size come first. Send them and Luxx matches the vessel.
- Primary dossierHaulover Sandbar Yacht Charter
- Holiday dateColumbus Day is the second Monday in October.
- PricingFrom $4,495 · 4H
- Group sizeEach vessel has a U.S. Coast Guard-set guest capacity - tell us your group size when you inquire and we'll confirm the right boat.
The day, hour by hour.
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13:00Boarding
Board before the crowd builds
An early, clean boarding hour matters more on a busy weekend.
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15:00The middle
Sandbar hour
Haulover is the social read; Nixon off Key Biscayne keeps it calmer and more scenic.
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DuskReturn
Skyline return
Turn back toward the skyline while the light drops behind the city.
Why Columbus Day weekend is a bay weekend.
Columbus Day weekend, the second weekend in October, is a long-standing Biscayne Bay boating tradition - the Columbus Day Regatta has run sailboats on the bay since 1954. Luxx is not affiliated with the regatta or any event that weekend; the point here is simpler: it is one of the busiest, best-known weekends to be on the water, and a private charter is the calm, whole-boat way to do it. Start with the Haulover sandbar route, then choose the read. The whole boat is yours from $4,495 for a 4-hour window, priced for the boat and split across the group rather than per head.
Pick the sandbar for the group.
A louder group leans toward the social Haulover sandbar; a calmer group often prefers the scenic Nixon read off Key Biscayne. On a busy holiday weekend the calmer line is worth considering, and the day can still finish with the skyline return. Columbus Day weekend runs the same shape as the built Labor Day bay brief a few weeks earlier in the season.
Send the date first.
The single most useful thing to send is the exact date, a backup, and the group size. A busy weekend fills fast, so an early brief gives Luxx the best shot at the right vessel. Food, drinks, decor, music, and water-toy requests are added to the brief and confirmed in writing for your date.
What this file can and cannot do.
It can help you shape the plan and read the sandbar options. It cannot lock a boat, a route, or a price for a date Luxx has not seen, and it makes no promise about crowds or events on the water that weekend. Send the date and group size and Luxx will write the day around it.
Send the date. Luxx will write the sandbar day around it.
Share the date, group size, and the mood you want. Every add-on is confirmed in writing for your date.