BEST BEACH TODAY
Best beach near Daytona Beach today
As of 11:36 PM ET on Thursday, September 24, 2026. Scores move through the day as the weather does, so check again before you leave.
No beach near Daytona Beach is a go today. The highest ShoreScore is Gamble Rogers State Park at 40 out of 100: Maybe Not.
Warm air and water and gentle surf. The catch: High Surf Advisory.
Next: Ormond Beach at 35, Ponce Inlet at 32 and Flagler Beach at 26.
See the full day and best window for Gamble Rogers State Park
All 9 beaches within 25 miles of Daytona Beach, ranked
Highest ShoreScore first. The word is the call the app makes at that score.
- 1Gamble Rogers State Park17 mi from Daytona Beach · official notice in effectMaybe Not.40
- 2Ormond Beach6 mi from Daytona BeachPass.35
- 3Ponce Inlet11 mi from Daytona BeachPass.32
- 4Flagler Beach19 mi from Daytona Beach · official notice in effectPass.26
- 5Beverly Beach23 mi from Daytona Beach · official notice in effectPass.25
- 6New Smyrna Beach15 mi from Daytona Beach · official notice in effectPass.24
- 7Bicentennial Park (Ormond)9 mi from Daytona Beach · official notice in effectPass.22
- 8Daytona Beach1 mi from Daytona Beach · official notice in effectPass.21
- 9Daytona Beach Shores5 mi from Daytona Beach · official notice in effectPass.21
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 Daytona Beach 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.