Best beach around Fort Myers and Sanibel today

Today's best beach around Fort Myers and Sanibel is Bonita Beach, with a ShoreScore of 95 out of 100: Definitely Go.

Clear skies, warm air and water and calm surf.

Next: Fort Myers Beach at 93, Tarpon Bay Beach (Sanibel) at 93 and Lovers Key State Park at 90.

See the full day and best window for Bonita Beach

All 9 beaches around Fort Myers and Sanibel, ranked

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

1. 1Bonita BeachFort Myers & IslandsDefinitely Go.95
2. 2Fort Myers BeachFort Myers & IslandsDefinitely Go.93
3. 3Tarpon Bay Beach (Sanibel)Fort Myers & IslandsDefinitely Go.93
4. 4Lovers Key State ParkFort Myers & IslandsDefinitely Go.90
5. 5Blind Pass / Turner BeachFort Myers & IslandsDefinitely Go.88
6. 6Sanibel LighthouseFort Myers & IslandsDefinitely Go.88
7. 7Bowman's Beach (Sanibel)Fort Myers & IslandsDefinitely Go.87
8. 8Captiva IslandFort Myers & IslandsGo.82
9. 9Boca Grande (Gasparilla)Fort Myers & IslandsGo.81

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How this list works

Every beach around Fort Myers and Sanibel 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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