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Best Florida Beaches
Best Tropical Beach: Bahia Honda State Park
(305-872-3210, www.floridastateparks.org)
In this paradise of a park, palms wave in the breeze over pristine, sandy beaches. Widely considered to have the Florida Keys’ best beaches, Bahia Honda Key is a sheer tropical heaven, with mild, clear water and more than one lush and cozy beach from which to choose.
Best Florida Beach for Surfing: Sebastian Inlet State Park
(321-984-4852, www.floridastateparks.org)
Sebastian Inlet, south of Melbourne Beach, is the capital of East Coast surfing. The waves along this three-mile stretch of beach divided by the Sebastian River are consistent, hollow and fast. If any surf is breaking on the East Coast of Florida, it will be at Sebastian Inlet.
Best Florida Beach for Feet: The Beaches of South Walton
(800-822-6877, www.beachesofsouthwalton.com)
If you plant your soles on the glistening sands of the beaches of South Walton County, you will instantly become a spoiled-rotten sand snob. The grains are so fine, so white that you’ll feel you are on packed sugar. The sand’s secret is that it’s almost pure quartz, washed down from the Appalachian Mountains over the years.
Best Florida Beach for Treasure Hunting: Vero Beach
(772-567-3491, www.indianriverchamber.com)
A Spanish fleet cracked open upon the reefs of Florida’s East Coast in 1715, spilling its treasure into the sea. Sea Grape Trail in Vero Beach has proved lucrative for treasure hunters combing its sands. Finding a gold doubloon is rare because they are often so encrusted by the sea that it’s hard to recognize them.
Best Florida Beach to See a Millionaire: Palm Beach
(561-233-3000, www.palmbeachfl.com)
Rent a Jaguar and drive to Palm Beach if you really want to see how “the Donald” lives. This 14-mile stretch has a well-deserved reputation as a playground for the rich and famous. But you don’t have to be a millionaire to tan beside one here, second home to the likes of the Kennedy clan.
Best Florida Beach for Shelling: Sanibel Island
(800-237-6444, www.FortMyers-Sanibel.com)
With more than 400 varieties of shells, Sanibel Island is so popular with shell seekers that it holds an annual three-day Sanibel Shell Fair and Show in the spring and has a name for the shell seeker’s posture: “The Sanibel Stoop.” Sanibel is equally respected for its beauty and the community’s commitment to preserving it.
Best Florida Beach to Find Sharks Teeth: Venice Beach
(800-522-9799, www.sarasotafl.org)
Venice Beach is the spot for finding fossilized shark’s teeth from thousands of years ago. The beach concessionaire even rents out metal mesh scoops to aid in the process. Small teeth, the size of a Chihuahua’s, are easy to find while walking along the shoreline and larger teeth by snorkeling along a ridge just offshore.
Best Florida Beach to Be Pampered: Ponte Vedra Beach
(800-653-2489, www.getaway4florida.com)
Ponte Vedra Inn and Club is one of the best places to find delicious spa treatments along a Florida beach. The resort sits on a beach lined with high dunes and towering palms. The roaring surf makes for exhilarating body surfing or a comforting bedtime song after a day of pampering.
Best Florida Snorkeling Beach: Dry Tortugas
(800-352-5397, www.fla-keys.com)
For colorful fish and living coral reefs, pack your snorkeling gear and head to the Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles west of Key West, reachable by ferry or seaplane, but well worth the trip. This cluster of seven islands, made of coral and sand, includes Garden Key, home to historic Fort Jefferson.
Best Florida Boardwalk Beach: Hollywood Beach Broadwalk
(800-22-SUNNY, www.sunny.org)
An Atlantic City-type boardwalk, the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, just south of Fort Lauderdale, is a 2.5-mile-long, 27-foot-wide concrete promenade bordered by shops, hotels, game rooms, taverns and an outdoor amphitheater. Often live music competes with the surf. The beach is certified as "Blue Wave" for its outstanding cleanliness and safety.
Best Florida Beach for Romance: Lovers Key
(800-237-6444, www.FortMyers-Sanibel.com)
On Lovers Key, explore the mangrove wilds of the west coast Florida by kayak or foot in Lovers Key State Park. Lounge beside a waterfall in a lagoon-style pool at the Lovers Key Beach Club & Resort, a posh all-suite resort. At sunset, dine overlooking Estero Bay. Soak in the spa tub-for-two in your suite.
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