Best beach near Naples today

Barefoot Beach Preserve, Bonita Beach and Lowdermilk Park (Naples) tie for the best beach near Naples today, each with a ShoreScore of 95 out of 100: Definitely Go.

Clear skies, warm air and water and calm surf.

Next: Delnor-Wiggins Pass at 94, Vanderbilt Beach (Naples) at 94 and South Marco Beach at 93.

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All 11 beaches within 25 miles of Naples, ranked

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

1. 1Barefoot Beach Preserve15 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.95
2. 2Bonita Beach14 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.95
3. 3Lowdermilk Park (Naples)2 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.95
4. 4Delnor-Wiggins Pass9 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.94
5. 5Vanderbilt Beach (Naples)7 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.94
6. 6South Marco Beach15 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.93
7. 7Fort Myers Beach23 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.92
8. 8Naples Beach1 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.91
9. 9Lovers Key State Park18 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.90
10. 10Tigertail Beach (Marco Island)13 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.90
11. 11Sanibel Lighthouse25 mi from NaplesDefinitely Go.88

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How this list works

Every beach near Naples 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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