Best beach near Boca Raton today

No beach near Boca Raton is a clear go today. The highest ShoreScore is Red Reef Park at 60 out of 100: Roll the Dice?

Mostly sunny and warm air and water. The catch: high rip current risk.

Next: Spanish River Park at 60, Boynton Beach at 58 and Delray Beach at 58.

See the full day and best window for Red Reef Park

All 11 beaches within 20 miles of Boca Raton, ranked

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

1. 1Red Reef Park4 mi from Boca RatonRoll the Dice?60
2. 2Spanish River Park4 mi from Boca Raton · official notice in effectRoll the Dice?60
3. 3Boynton Beach13 mi from Boca RatonRoll the Dice?58
4. 4Delray Beach8 mi from Boca RatonRoll the Dice?58
5. 5Gulf Stream Park9 mi from Boca Raton · official notice in effectRoll the Dice?58
6. 6Deerfield Beach Pier5 mi from Boca Raton · official notice in effectRoll the Dice?57
7. 7Fort Lauderdale Beach17 mi from Boca Raton · official notice in effectMaybe Not.54
8. 8Boca Raton4 mi from Boca RatonMaybe Not.53
9. 9Lake Worth Beach18 mi from Boca RatonMaybe Not.53
10. 10Lauderdale by the Sea12 mi from Boca Raton · official notice in effectMaybe Not.53
11. 11Pompano Beach Pier10 mi from Boca Raton · official notice in effectMaybe Not.53

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 near Boca Raton 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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