With 17 miles of white sandy beaches and some of the best surfing in Florida, New Smyrna Beach is a prime destination for watersports and laid-back …
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Mar 23, 2025
This is the perfect beach for families with convenience stations nearby (showers and restrooms), lifeguards (seasonal), parking spaces (pay for parking on the beach or nearby convenient lots), plenty…Full review by JerriAL1
Mar 2, 2025
March 2, 2025, pretty area, but not great today, high tide, cars and driving lane took up the whole beach... we were asked to either sit by the water where blankets get wet or sit behind the cars whe…Full review by makingart2017
Feb 5, 2025
Lengthy, wide, clean, white sand beach, quiet, relaxing, driving and parking on the beach, constant monitoring by beach patrol, plenty of space for swimming and fishing, shelling, etc.Full review by Greg P
We love to swim and had planned on a day on New Smyrna beach..however the mention of sharks close to shore has put me right off.Is this usual in all the NE Florida beaches?
We are coming in 2 weeks and heard there's tons of seaweed at cocoa beach. Can any tell me if it's better at new Smyrna? Thank you.
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We were on New Smyrna Beach the whole month of March, 2019, and never had a seaweed issue; the beaches are great. I’ve lived at NJ shore all my life and seaweed can occur …
We were on New Smyrna Beach the whole month of March, 2019, and never had a seaweed issue; the beaches are great. I’ve lived at NJ shore all my life and seaweed can occur anytime there are storms, temperature changes, currents, etc. Seaweed can come anytime/anywhere at the shore with some weather conditions.
I will be coming to new smyrna beach and would like to drive and park on the beach However I am bringing someone who needs a rest room hourly ASre restrooms nearby and plentiful Thanks Maureen
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There are restrooms at the main enterances but depending on the time of day and amount of people you may not be able to park near them. I wouldn’t say plentiful but there are a …
There are restrooms at the main enterances but depending on the time of day and amount of people you may not be able to park near them. I wouldn’t say plentiful but there are a couple, and they can be a good walking distance.
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