Ocean Beach Club

Ocean Beach Club offers Standard Hotel Rooms with either Island or Ocean Views along with One Bedroom Beach Fronts on Key Colony Beach in the Islands Of Marathon - Florida Keys. Each of our 16 One Bedroom Beach Fronts and half of the 22 standard rooms overlook our private beach facing the Atlantic Ocean and offering beautiful views. Key Colony Beach is located in the Heart of the Florida Keys at mile marker 53.5 on US Highway 1, locally known as the Overseas Highway. Referred to as the "Gem of the Florida Keys," the city is situated an island just off Overseas Highway, connected by a short causeway.

History
Key Colony Beach was originally known as Shelter Key consisting of 97 acres of low laying island land. There was a sandy beach on the ocean side of this island which is where Ocean Beach Club is located today.
Most of the original land forming Shelter Key was marginal, flooding in periods of high tides. In the early 1950’s dredges began an around the clock pumping operation which extended the small island north, south and east until it eventually become almost 400 acres.
After the fill was solid dredges cut in today’s existing canals. Heavy cypress timbers were used to construct seawalls to hold back the filled land. Extra material from these canals was then spread over the original fill to elevate the island up to six feet above mean sea level
Ocean beach Club started out life as the “Ruttgers Hotel” and is one of the original business established in the city of Key Colony Beach during it’s inception in the late 50’s.
Since then Key Colony Beach has developed and grown into the beautiful island location that exists today. A visit to the Ocean Beach Club gives everyone the opportunity to experience this island retreat and the beauty of the Florida Keys.