Closest Beaches

Beaches Near Tampa, FL

Tampa sits on the bay with Gulf beaches a short drive west across the causeways. Clearwater Beach is about 25 miles west and St. Pete Beach roughly the same distance southwest. Siesta Key down in Sarasota stretches the options south for finer sand.

Plan This Week

Thursday looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Melbourne Beach (Spessard Holland South) on Monday (41).

Within 60 mi

Caladesi Island State Park

23 mi · ~33 min drive · Pinellas County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 89°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (34)

Clearwater Beach

23 mi · ~33 min drive · Pinellas County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 90°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (32)

St. Pete Beach

23 mi · ~34 min drive · Pinellas County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 88°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (34)

Honeymoon Island State Park

24 mi · ~35 min drive · Pinellas County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 88°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (36)

Manatee Public Beach (Anna Maria Island)

35 mi · ~50 min drive · Manatee County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 90°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (31)

Coquina Beach

38 mi · ~54 min drive · Manatee County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 88°F air 6 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (30)

Longboat Key Beach (Bayfront Park Access)

40 mi · ~58 min drive · Manatee County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 89°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (29)

Lido Beach

45 mi · ~1 hr 5 min drive · Sarasota County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 88°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (28)

Siesta Key Beach

48 mi · ~1 hr 9 min drive · Sarasota County, FL

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 89°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (29)

Captiva Island Beach (Alison Hagerup Beach Park)

100 mi · ~2 hr 24 min drive · Lee County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 88°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (33)

Sanibel Island Beach

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

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 90°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (21)

Fort Myers Beach (Lynn Hall Memorial Park)

108 mi · ~2 hr 35 min drive · Lee County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 91°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (18)

Lovers Key State Park

114 mi · ~2 hr 44 min drive · Lee County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 90°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (19)

Cocoa Beach

115 mi · ~2 hr 46 min drive · Brevard County, FL

Skip the beach today.

84°F water 91°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (35)

Bonita Beach (incl. Bonita Beach Dog Beach)

117 mi · ~2 hr 48 min drive · Lee County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 90°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (19)

Melbourne Beach (Spessard Holland South)

117 mi · ~2 hr 48 min drive · Brevard County, FL

Skip the beach today.

84°F water 87°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (41)

Cape Canaveral Beach

118 mi · ~2 hr 49 min drive · Brevard County, FL

Skip the beach today.

84°F water 87°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (34)

New Smyrna Beach

119 mi · ~2 hr 52 min drive · Volusia County, FL

Mixed conditions today.

84°F water 88°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (36)

Sebastian Inlet State Park

123 mi · ~2 hr 57 min drive · Brevard County, FL

Skip the beach today.

85°F water 90°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (40)

Daytona Beach

123 mi · ~2 hr 57 min drive · Volusia County, FL

Skip the beach today.

82°F water 88°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (41)

Vanderbilt Beach Park

124 mi · ~2 hr 58 min drive · Collier County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 91°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (19)

Vero Beach

128 mi · ~3 hr 4 min drive · Indian River County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (38)

Naples Beach

132 mi · ~3 hr 10 min drive · Collier County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 91°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (17)

Marco Island Beach

146 mi · ~3 hr 31 min drive · Collier County, FL

Skip the beach today.

89°F water 92°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Monday (17)

Stuart Beach (Hutchinson Island)

149 mi · ~3 hr 34 min drive · Martin County, FL

Mixed conditions today.

87°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (40)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of Tampa. 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.