Vero beach last week january?

[Mflaherty]

How's the weather? Anything for the kids to do? Is there a meal plan at vero? Restaurants locally? Have some points to used by jan31 and was thinking of trying vero beach for the first time. We live in NY. Thoughts?

 

[bobbiwoz]

I have been to VB 3 times in January, but never the last week. Truly there has been a huge difference in weather. My friend has swam in the pool every year, I went in only one year. I do not remember seeing people in the ocean.

However, I have always found things to do in the area. I have gone to various places to see manatees in warm water areas, including The Manatee Center in Ft Pierce.
http://manateecenter.com

There is McKee Garden in VB.
http://www.mckeegarden.org/about.php

There is no dining plan, but the sit down restaurants honor Tables in Wonderland.

Best wishes as you decide.

Bobbi

 

[jeevesjank]

How's the weather? Anything for the kids to do? Is there a meal plan at vero? Restaurants locally? Have some points to used by jan31 and was thinking of trying vero beach for the first time. We live in NY. Thoughts?

I've lived in Vero Beach for 12 years, here are my thoughts. January is good time to visits, but it'll often be crowded. In coastal vero beach the average high for January is 74 degrees. However highs will frequently get into the 80's. Daily high temps will almost never get under 65 degrees, but during an exceptionally bad cold snap, it can happen. But a high of 65 in Florida, means subzero temps for New York The water temp typically hovers around 68 degrees in January. I see plenty of north easterners swimming in January, but that's too cold for me unless I have some sort of wetsuit on. If you want to be completely comfortable in the water wait until march.