Miami beaches, today

Find your beach

24 public beaches from Homestead Bayfront to Deerfield Beach, each checked against its official park or city page: lifeguards, parking, dogs, wheelchairs, and how to get there without a car. Filter them all: which beach is right for you?

18. Lummus Park Beach (South Beach)

The postcard South Beach, from 5th Street north, with rainbow lifeguard huts, volleyball and Ocean Drive's Art Deco hotels behind the palms.

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21. Crandon Park Beach

Two miles of guarded Atlantic beach with an offshore sandbar that keeps the water calm, palms, picnic grounds and a nature centre.

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23. Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

A natural Atlantic beach at the tip of Key Biscayne, with dunes, the 1825 lighthouse and bay-side sunsets.

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22. Matheson Hammock Park Atoll Pool

A wave-free, palm-ringed lagoon flushed by Biscayne Bay tides, and the calmest swimming in Miami for small children.

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13. Haulover Park Beach

The county's big undeveloped beach park, with dunes instead of towers, an official clothing-optional section and an off-leash dog beach.

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8. Hollywood Beach and Broadwalk

Old-Florida fun on a brick promenade nearly 2.5 miles long, with cafés, a bandshell, a splash park and a daily dog beach.

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3. Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Beach

A low-rise beach town with a living coral reef within 100 yards of the sand and snorkel trails you can swim to. No lifeguards.

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2. Pompano Beach and Fisher Family Pier

A busy family beach with grills, a playground and a brand-new pier nearly 900 feet long, beside the Fishing Village dining district.

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When to go

Average ocean temperature (NOAA, Lake Worth Pier) and rainfall (NOAA normals, Miami Beach) by month. Tap a month for events, crowds and what the water is like.

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