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BEST BEACH TODAY

Best beach on the Space Coast 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 on the Space Coast is a go today. The highest ShoreScore is Bonsteel Park at 45 out of 100: Maybe Not.

Mostly sunny and warm air and water. The catch: High Surf Advisory.

Next: Indialantic Beach at 45, Melbourne Beach at 45 and Satellite Beach at 45.

See the full day and best window for Bonsteel Park

All 7 beaches on the Space Coast, ranked

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

  1. 1Bonsteel ParkSpace Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.45
  2. 2Indialantic BeachSpace Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.45
  3. 3Melbourne BeachSpace Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.45
  4. 4Satellite BeachSpace Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.45
  5. 5Jetty Park (Cape Canaveral)Space Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.44
  6. 6Sebastian InletSpace Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.42
  7. 7Cocoa Beach PierSpace Coast · official notice in effectMaybe Not.41

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 on the Space Coast 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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