Closest Beaches

Beaches Near Miami, FL

Miami is an oceanfront metro with barrier-island beaches inside the city. South Beach on Miami Beach is about 5 miles east of downtown across the MacArthur Causeway. Hollywood Beach is roughly 20 miles north and Fort Lauderdale beach about 30 miles north for less crowd density.

Plan This Week

Monday looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Naples Beach on This Afternoon (89).

Within 60 mi

South Beach (Miami Beach)

4.1 mi · ~6 min drive · Miami-Dade County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

82°F water

Crandon Park Beach

4.4 mi · ~6 min drive · Miami-Dade County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

82°F water 84°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (84)

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

6.3 mi · ~9 min drive · Miami-Dade County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

82°F water 84°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (84)

Haulover Beach Park

11 mi · ~16 min drive · Miami-Dade County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

82°F water 84°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Monday (82)

Hollywood Beach

19 mi · ~27 min drive · Broward County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

85°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Fort Lauderdale Beach

27 mi · ~39 min drive · Broward County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

83°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Pompano Beach

34 mi · ~49 min drive · Broward County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

82°F water 84°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (86)

Deerfield Beach

39 mi · ~56 min drive · Broward County, FL

Great day for photography.

82°F water 83°F air 9 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (86)

Delray Beach

49 mi · ~1 hr 11 min drive · Palm Beach County, FL

Great day for photography.

84°F water 83°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (86)

Oceanfront Park Beach (Boynton Beach)

54 mi · ~1 hr 18 min drive · Palm Beach County, FL

Great day for photography.

84°F water 82°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (86)

Lantana Municipal Beach

58 mi · ~1 hr 23 min drive · Palm Beach County, FL

Great day for photography.

83°F water 83°F air 9 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (86)

Lake Worth Beach

60 mi · ~1 hr 26 min drive · Palm Beach County, FL

Great day for photography.

83°F water 84°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (87)

Anne's Beach

72 mi · ~1 hr 43 min drive · Monroe County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

84°F water 82°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (87)

Ocean Reef Park (Singer Island)

72 mi · ~1 hr 44 min drive · Palm Beach County, FL

Great day for photography.

83°F water 83°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (87)

Jupiter Beach

80 mi · ~1 hr 55 min drive · Palm Beach County, FL

Great day for photography.

83°F water 83°F air 9 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (86)

Sombrero Beach

93 mi · ~2 hr 13 min drive · Monroe County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

84°F water 83°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Marco Island Beach

97 mi · ~2 hr 19 min drive · Collier County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 84°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Bathtub Reef Beach (Hutchinson Island)

98 mi · ~2 hr 22 min drive · Martin County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

83°F water 83°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Stuart Beach (Hutchinson Island)

100 mi · ~2 hr 25 min drive · Martin County, FL

Great day for a beach walk.

83°F water 81°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Bahia Honda State Park

101 mi · ~2 hr 25 min drive · Monroe County, FL

Ideal for a beach walk.

82°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (87)

Naples Beach

104 mi · ~2 hr 29 min drive · Collier County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 83°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (89)

Vanderbilt Beach Park

107 mi · ~2 hr 34 min drive · Collier County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 84°F air 7 to 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (89)

Bonita Beach (incl. Bonita Beach Dog Beach)

111 mi · ~2 hr 40 min drive · Lee County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 82°F air 7 to 13 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (88)

Lovers Key State Park

113 mi · ~2 hr 42 min drive · Lee County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 83°F air 7 to 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (88)

Fort Myers Beach (Lynn Hall Memorial Park)

120 mi · ~2 hr 52 min drive · Lee County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 83°F air 6 to 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (88)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of Miami. Real drive times depend on highway routing, weekend traffic, and where in the metro you start. For summer Saturdays, plan 20–40 minutes longer than the estimates here. The range slider above filters by the same straight-line distance.