Best beach on the First Coast today

No beach on the First Coast is a go today. The highest ShoreScore is Amelia Island (Peter's Point) at 43 out of 100: Maybe Not.

Warm air and water. The catch: high rip current risk.

Next: Fort Clinch Beach at 43, American Beach at 42 and Fernandina Main Beach at 41.

See the full day and best window for Amelia Island (Peter's Point)

All 14 beaches on the First Coast, ranked

Highest ShoreScore first. The word is the call the app makes at that score.

1. 1Amelia Island (Peter's Point)First CoastMaybe Not.43
2. 2Fort Clinch BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.43
3. 3American BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.42
4. 4Fernandina Main BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.41
5. 5Atlantic BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectPass.38
6. 6Crescent BeachFirst CoastPass.38
7. 7Matanzas InletFirst CoastPass.38
8. 8Neptune BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectPass.38
9. 9Ponte Vedra BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectPass.38
10. 10St. Augustine BeachFirst CoastPass.38
11. 11Hanna Park (Mayport)First CoastPass.35
12. 12Jacksonville BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectPass.30
13. 13Anastasia State ParkFirst Coast · official notice in effectPass.27
14. 14Vilano BeachFirst Coast · official notice in effectPass.27

An official notice means the National Weather Service or the county has something posted for that beach; open the beach for the details.

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How this list works

Every beach on the First Coast gets one ShoreScore, a number from 0 to 100 that says how good a beach day it is. It comes from live weather, wind, surf, official water quality tests, the seaweed risk and rain radar, added up from now until sunset. Before sunrise and after dark it covers the whole day's light instead.

The words are the same call the app makes at each score: Definitely Go, Go, Roll the Dice, Maybe Not and Pass. When no beach reaches Go, this page says so instead of crowning a winner.

This list ranks the same numbers the live map shows, read at the time printed at the top. A beach with missing data is left out, never scored low: unknown is not bad. Open any beach for its hour by hour forecast and the best window to go.

Informational only, not for safety decisions. Lifeguards, beach flags and official notices come first at every beach, whatever the number says.

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