Fort Lauderdale Beach

Fort Lauderdale beach is definitely a huge place to relax. The downside is the $10 minimum to park on the weekends. The plus side are the tons of picnic tables and volley ball nets that are set up right around where we laid out our towels. Across the street was Bahia Mar and right next to us were the last condos in the area. You will get plenty of sun at the beach no matter what. We bet it could get really much more louded and crowded on a busier day. We went on a chili day that scared off most of the locals and tourists alike. Our result was a perfectly clean and empty beach since most of the folks where dodging the cold!


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Golden Beach, FL

This is the king of all Miami-Dade secluded beaches! Technically, as far as we know, Golden Beach is all private property. Its the "back yard" for several gorgeous beach-front mansions. Unless you know someone or are someone who lives on Golden Beach you will never set foot or sun bathe here. The sand is untouched and you can literally tell that there hasn't been footsteps in some parts of this beach for weeks. You'll find random objects washed up onshore whereas a public beach would have cleaned out this kind of debris. It just comes to show you how secluded, unused and private Golden Beach really is. There is no actual public entrance to Golden Beach but if you walk north from Sunny Isles beach you'll find yourself entering this hidden paradise!



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Sunny Isles Beach - Weekend

If you didn't know Sunny Isles Beach exists then you are missing out on a hidden little pocket of sun bathing beauty. But actually getting to this beach is a real pain in the ass! There is a parking lot across the street on AIA but the minimum for the meeter was $10. You have to find the public access walkways between the resorts just to make your way onto the sand. If you happen to be staying at the resorts then you have no worries, the beach is yours. We bet only the resort guests and local Sunny Isles folks actually go through the trouble of using this beach. If you can make it there you'll probably enjoy the quiet, especially on a weekday!


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Haulover Beach Park‎ - Southern Point

Despite prior assumptions that all of Haulover Beach was a nudist beach a good friend of ours actually recommended this park for its seclusion and beauty. I'm pretty sure that nudists must use other parts of this Miami-Dade beach but if you visit the southern most point (use the map as a guide) you can actually sun bathe peacefully with your swimwear on. The parking fee is $5 for the whole day and the beach was quiet, clean and practically all to ourselves! Families and fishermen were seen at this beach on this particular weekend. We bet its even more secluded during the week.


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