Miami Beach
Miami Beach Trolley (free). Four routes, South Beach Loop, Middle Beach Loop, Collins Express and North Beach Loop, run 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, about every 20 minutes, and reach South Beach, Mid-Beach and North Beach. City of Miami Beach
Freebee (free, on demand) covers Mid-Beach and parts of North Beach: book in the Ride Freebee app, call 855-918-3733, or flag one down. Weekdays 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–10 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.–8 p.m. City of Miami Beach
Water taxi (free, weekdays) between Venetian Marina in downtown Miami and Sunset Harbour on the bay side of South Beach, launched in January 2026; it's a walk across the island to the ocean from there. City of Miami Beach
Metrobus ($2.25, free transfers, capped at $5.65 a day; pay with a contactless card or phone). Under the 2023 Better Bus Network: Route 100 runs Downtown to Aventura through South, Mid and North Beach, Surfside, Haulover and Sunny Isles; Route 150, the Miami Beach Airport Express, runs from the Miami Airport station over the Julia Tuttle Causeway; Routes 14, 15 and 20 reach South Beach from Omni and the Airport; Route 79 crosses from Hialeah to North Beach. Older guides still use pre-2023 numbers such as "120 Beach MAX" and "S": those no longer exist. Miami-Dade DTPW
Key Biscayne and Virginia Key
Metrobus Route 26 runs from Brickell Metrorail station over the Rickenbacker Causeway to Virginia Key and Key Biscayne, along Crandon Boulevard (it replaced the old route 102). The county doesn't publish the walk from each stop to the beaches, so allow time. On Key Biscayne the Village runs a free on-demand Freebee; whether it serves Crandon Park or Bill Baggs is not stated. Pedestrians and cyclists pay $2 to enter Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park.
Sunny Isles Beach
The city's SIBshuttle is free: Orange Line #1 daily 8 a.m.–7:35 p.m., Orange Line #2 Monday–Saturday, Blue Line weekdays. City of Sunny Isles Beach Metrobus Route 100 also runs along Collins Avenue.
Broward: Hallandale to Pompano
Broward County Transit is $2 one way, $5 for an all-day pass; Miami-Dade's EASY Card isn't accepted. Route 4 runs along A1A past Hallandale, the Hollywood Broadwalk and Dania Beach to the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport Tri-Rail station; Route 11 serves A1A at Las Olas, the Galt Mile and the Pompano pier. Broward County
LauderGO! Beach Link (free) runs along Fort Lauderdale beach daily from 9:30 a.m. to about 6:30 p.m. City of Fort Lauderdale
Water Taxi (private, priced like a tour: $38 adult all-day for Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood) stops at Las Olas, Bahia Mar, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park and Hollywood. Water Taxi
From the trains
Neither Tri-Rail nor Brightline stops at a beach. From Tri-Rail's Miami Airport station, Metrobus 150 or 20 continues to Miami Beach; from the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport station, BCT Route 4 runs to Hollywood and Dania beaches. Metromover (free) links Brightline's MiamiCentral with Omni, where Routes 14 and 15 leave for South Beach.
Fares and routes as stated on the operators' pages on 2026-10-26. Tri-Rail changed fares on October 1, 2026; check its fare page before you ride.