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

Wednesday looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Anne's Beach on Saturday (83).

Within 60 mi

South Beach (Miami Beach)

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

Great day for a beach walk.

89°F water

Crandon Park Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

89°F water 90°F air 8 to 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (77)

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

89°F water 90°F air 8 to 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (77)

Haulover Beach Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

89°F water 92°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Wednesday (76)

Hollywood Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

93°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (71)

Fort Lauderdale Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

89°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (77)

Pompano Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

89°F water 92°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (75)

Deerfield Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

89°F water 89°F air 9 to 13 mph wind Best this week: Wednesday (78)

Delray Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

87°F water 89°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: Wednesday (81)

Oceanfront Park Beach (Boynton Beach)

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

Great day for a beach walk.

87°F water 90°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Wednesday (79)

Lantana Municipal Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

87°F water 88°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (81)

Lake Worth Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

87°F water 92°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Wednesday (77)

Anne's Beach

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

Ideal for a beach walk.

87°F water 88°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Saturday (83)

Ocean Reef Park (Singer Island)

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

Great day for a beach walk.

87°F water 93°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (77)

Jupiter Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

87°F water 92°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Wednesday (76)

Sombrero Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

87°F water 89°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Saturday (81)

Marco Island Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

95°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (76)

Bathtub Reef Beach (Hutchinson Island)

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

Skip the beach today.

87°F water 97°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (75)

Stuart Beach (Hutchinson Island)

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

Mixed conditions today.

90°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Wednesday (78)

Bahia Honda State Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

90°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Saturday (80)

Naples Beach

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

Great day for a beach walk.

94°F air 5 to 8 mph wind Best this week: Monday (73)

Vanderbilt Beach Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

93°F air 7 mph wind Best this week: Monday (74)

Bonita Beach (incl. Bonita Beach Dog Beach)

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

Great day for a beach walk.

91°F air 5 to 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (76)

Lovers Key State Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

88°F water 91°F air 5 to 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (77)

Fort Myers Beach (Lynn Hall Memorial Park)

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

Great day for a beach walk.

88°F water 93°F air 6 to 9 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (73)

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.