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

Tuesday looks like the best day across this list.

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

Within 60 mi

Caladesi Island State Park

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

81°F water 76°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (87)

Clearwater Beach

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

81°F water 78°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (88)

St. Pete Beach

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

81°F water 79°F air 9 to 14 mph wind Best this week: Monday (87)

Honeymoon Island State Park

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

81°F water 76°F air 14 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Manatee Public Beach (Anna Maria Island)

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

81°F water 79°F air 9 to 14 mph wind Best this week: Monday (87)

Coquina Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

81°F water 79°F air 10 to 16 mph wind Best this week: Monday (85)

Longboat Key Beach (Bayfront Park Access)

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

Great day for a beach walk.

81°F water 79°F air 10 to 16 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Lido Beach

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

Ideal for swimming.

81°F water 80°F air 10 to 14 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (87)

Siesta Key Beach

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

Ideal for swimming.

81°F water 81°F air 10 to 14 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (87)

Captiva Island Beach (Alison Hagerup Beach Park)

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

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 80°F air 7 to 15 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (86)

Sanibel Island Beach

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

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 81°F air 6 to 14 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (83)

Fort Myers Beach (Lynn Hall Memorial Park)

108 mi · ~2 hr 35 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)

Lovers Key State Park

114 mi · ~2 hr 44 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)

Cocoa Beach

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

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 81°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (87)

Bonita Beach (incl. Bonita Beach Dog Beach)

117 mi · ~2 hr 48 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)

Melbourne Beach (Spessard Holland South)

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

78°F water 80°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Cape Canaveral Beach

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

78°F water 79°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (83)

New Smyrna Beach

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

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 79°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (87)

Sebastian Inlet State Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

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

Daytona Beach

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

76°F water 77°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (87)

Vanderbilt Beach Park

124 mi · ~2 hr 58 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)

Vero Beach

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

83°F water 82°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Sunday (86)

Naples Beach

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

Ideal for swimming.

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

Marco Island Beach

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

Ideal for swimming.

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

Stuart Beach (Hutchinson Island)

149 mi · ~3 hr 34 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)

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.