North Shore Park/Beach

This is a beach with a large park and plenty of parking on the road and across the street in specific lots. There are plenty of benches and bar-b-q grills available along with life guards on duty. This beach is known to be busy and raccoons have been spotted living in the wild bushes that separate the park from the beach. In all the city of Miami Beach takes care of this beach and you'll have the benefit of enjoying plenty of sun shine at the beach because of the lack of high rise condos or buildings.



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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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South Beach - 6th Street - July 4th

On the 4th of July South Beach was packed at noon. The beach seemed to have more people in the water than it did on the sand... and that's still a lot! You can tell from the photos that the sand was overwhelmed by tourists and locals alike. This is NOT a family beach as there were topless sun bathers around. Trash and litter could be found in the sand and some of it was floating in the water as well. If you're looking for the noise and the crowds then go down to South Beach on 6th and Ocean during these summer holidays, if not then let the photos be your warning. The only way to find seclusion is to swim out to the deep water, away from the floating litter and the crowds. In all it was still a beautiful and sunny day at Miami Beach.


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South Beach - 14th and Ocean Drive

On a Saturday in May, the busiest time of day on the busiest beach in South Florida we still found a relatively empty spot within the madness that is South Beach! Directly behind the Starbucks coffee on 14th and Ocean, these photos don't tell the true story of how busy and crowded South Beach really is (Family Warning: Topless sun bathers are frequent, take the kids to another beach). Maybe it's because the hotels are all bunched up directly north and south of this spot. Maybe because people are too lazy to walk far before setting out their beach towels. Who knows, but it was a nice day day on a quieter part of what is supposed to be a hectic and touristy beach!




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