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    Pool Lifts & Surf Wheelchair Locations

    Qualified children and adults with disabilities are welcome in all Miami-Dade Parks aquatic activities and facilities. For information on Adapted Aquatics, Adapted Water Exercise, Special Olympics Swim Teams or Swim Lessons for persons with disabilities, call 305-665-5319 (V/TDD) or 305-755-4878 (V/TDD).

    Pool Lifts
    Having fun in the water is an exciting element of our park and recreation system. These pools have pool lifts for individuals with mobility impairments:

    • A.D. "Doug" Barnes Pool
      3401 SW 72 Avenue, Miami, Florida
      305-665-1626
    • Tamiami Pool
      11202 SW 24 Street, Miami, Florida
      305-223-7077
    • South Dade Pool
      28151 SW 164 Avenue, Miami, Florida
      305-248-1386

    Surf Wheelchairs
    Having fun at Miami-Dade Parks' beaches and lakes is an exciting element of the Miami-Dade Park and Recreation system. Surf Chairs are specially designed wheelchairs that provide access to sandy beach areas for people who have mobility impairments. The following are Miami-Dade parks locations that have Surf Wheelchairs. It is recommended that users call ahead to allow park staff time to prepare the chair, when necessary.

    • Crandon Beach
      4000 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne, Fl 33149
      305-361-7385
      (2 surf chairs)
    • Matheson Hammock Atoll Pool
      9610 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Fl 33156
      305-667-3035
      (1 surf chair)
    • Haulover Beach
      10800 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Fl 33154
      305-944-3040
      (2 surf chairs)
    • Homestead Bayfront Atoll Pool
      9698 SW North Canal Drive, Homestead, Fl 33090
      305-230-3033
      (1 surf chair)
    • Amelia Earhart Park Lake
      401 E. 65 Street, Hialeah, Fl 33013
      305-769-2693
      (1 surf chair)
    • Tropical Park Lake
      7900 SW 40th Street, Miami, Fl 33156
      305-226-0796
      (1 surf chair)
    • Larry & Penny Thompson Lake
      12451 SW 184 Street, Miami, Fl 33177
      305-255-8257
      (1 surf chair)
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