Best beach near Miami today

Today's best beach near Miami 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, Virginia Key at 68 and Bal Harbour at 51.

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All 14 beaches within 25 miles of Miami, ranked

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

1. 1Dania Beach21 mi from MiamiGo.70
2. 2Hallandale Beach16 mi from MiamiRoll the Dice?69
3. 3Virginia Key3 mi from MiamiRoll the Dice?68
4. 4Bal Harbour10 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
5. 5Golden Beach15 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
6. 6Haulover Beach11 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
7. 7Sunny Isles14 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
8. 8Surfside9 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.51
9. 9Cape Florida / Bill Baggs7 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.50
10. 10Hollywood Beach18 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.50
11. 11Key Biscayne / Crandon Park4 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.50
12. 12Mid-Beach6 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.50
13. 13Oleta River State Park12 mi from Miami · official notice in effectMaybe Not.50
14. 14South Beach4 mi from Miami · 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 Miami 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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