Florida Beach Vacations

Florida Beach Travel Guide

• Florida Overview
• Florida Hotels
• Florida Attractions
• Florida Feature Articles
• Florida Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Florida

Active and Adventure Guide
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
• Family Guide

Top Beach Destinations In Florida

• Naples, FL
  
• Saint Augustine, FL
  
• Captiva Island, FL
  
• Cocoa Beach, FL
  
• Key Largo, FL
  
• Biscayne National Park, FL
  
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, FL
  
• Jupiter, FL
  
• Siesta Key, FL
  
• South Beach, FL
  

Travel Guides In Florida

• Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Family Guide
• Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva, FL
  • Family Guide
• Miami, FL
  • Family Guide
• Orlando, FL
  • Family Guide
• Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, FL
  • Family Guide
• Jacksonville, FL
  • Family Guide
• Daytona Beach, FL
  • Family Guide
• Key West and Florida Keys, FL
  • Family Guide
• Naples, FL
  • Family Guide
• Everglades National Park, FL
  • Active and Adventure Guide

Southeast Beach States/Provinces

• Florida
• Georgia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama

Siesta Key Beach, Florida (courtesy, Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Top Florida Beach Destinations

• Bahia Honda State Park
• Biscayne National Park
• Captiva Island
• Clearwater
• Cocoa Beach
• Jacksonville
• Jupiter
• Key Largo
• Key West
• Miami Beach
• Naples
• Saint Augustine
• Siesta Key

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Feature Articles

• April Beach Travel Guide
• May Beach Travel Guide
• Down Under Florida
  Snorkel or dive in a state filled with springs, amidst manatees, limestone caves, and the clearest water this side of Clearwater.
• Perfect 10
  Little Palm Island: Florida Keys, U.S.A.
• Made in the USA: The Florida Keys
  Dive one of the country's most popular marine attractions

Trip Ideas

• Into the Clear, Blue Water: Diving Florida
• Biscayne National Park
  Top 10 Offbeat Summer Parks
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Miami
• Best Camping: Clubhouse Beach, Everglades National Park (Florida)
  America's Best Beaches

Practical Advice

• A Diving Primer
• A Sailing Primer
  Sail through the planning of a windswept vacation
• Windsurfing: A Primer
  How to Hit the Water and Ride the Wind, and What to Bring Along When You Go
• The Bareboat Way of Knowledge
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  Learning to become the captain of your own fate.
• The Pool Is Open
  Think of yourself as an intrepid, globe-trotting traveler that’s been everywhere—and then some? Unless you’re certified to scuba dive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

GORPTravel Trips

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  Famous Florida Beaches and Rivers
  Sierra Club Outings
  from $1375, 7 days
  Join us on a beach adventure that spans from Cape Canaveral to St. Augustine. Each day we'll discover the lure of the ocean and sand. Kayak inner...
  
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  Adventuring the Dry Tortugas
  Sierra Club Outings
  from $1445, 7 days
  The Florida Keys is famous for attracting visitors with a passion for island life. These islands have been home to pirates, sportsmen, scoundrels,...
  

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
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  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• O'Neill's Psychofreak boardshorts
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• Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.
• Women’s Beach Gear Essentials
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• Walden Retro Wing Swallow Surfboard
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  Shred-Ready

Fitness

• The Move
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  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
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• Sunbrellas Chemical-Free Sun Block SPF 30+
• Good Day, Sunshine
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  Embrace the summer sun with an intelligent skin-protection strategy
• Is surfing a good workout?
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Attractions

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Hotels

GOOD FOR SAILING

Azul Key West
907 Truman Avenue
Key West , FL 33040

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Casa Monica Hotel, a Kessler Hotel
95 Cordova Street
St Augustine, FL 32084

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from: $194

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Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key
1201 Gulf Boulevard
Clearwater Beach, FL 33767

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