Best beach near Fort Lauderdale today

Today's best beach near Fort Lauderdale is Dania Beach, with a ShoreScore of 70 out of 100: Go.

Mostly sunny, warm air and water and calm surf. The catch: moderate seaweed.

Next: Hallandale Beach at 69, Red Reef Park at 60 and Spanish River Park at 60.

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All 16 beaches within 20 miles of Fort Lauderdale, ranked

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

1. 1Dania Beach5 mi from Fort LauderdaleGo.70
2. 2Hallandale Beach9 mi from Fort LauderdaleRoll the Dice?69
3. 3Red Reef Park18 mi from Fort LauderdaleRoll the Dice?60
4. 4Spanish River Park18 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectRoll the Dice?60
5. 5Deerfield Beach Pier14 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectRoll the Dice?57
6. 6Fort Lauderdale Beach2 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.54
7. 7Boca Raton16 mi from Fort LauderdaleMaybe Not.53
8. 8Lauderdale by the Sea5 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.53
9. 9Pompano Beach Pier8 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.53
10. 10Bal Harbour16 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
11. 11Golden Beach11 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
12. 12Haulover Beach15 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
13. 13Sunny Isles12 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
14. 14Surfside17 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
15. 15Hollywood Beach8 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.50
16. 16Oleta River State Park13 mi from Fort Lauderdale · official notice in effectMaybe Not.50

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 Fort Lauderdale 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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