Haulover Beach Guide: Parking, Dogs, Surf and the Clothing-Optional Section

Drive north up Collins Avenue past the last of the Bal Harbour towers, cross the low bridge over the inlet, and the wall of condominiums simply stops. For a mile and a half there is sea grape, dune and open ocean on one side of the road, and parking lots, a marina, a par-3 golf course and people flying kites on the other. Haulover Beach is the one long stretch of this coast that has stayed public parkland since the 1940s, and all that space is why it can be a family beach, a dog beach, Miami-Dade’s best surf spot and Florida’s oldest officially recognized clothing-optional beach at the same time without any of them getting in each other’s way.

This guide covers the whole park: how it is laid out, where to park and what it costs, which part of the sand suits which kind of day, the dog beach and the clothing-optional section, the inlet, the marina and the sandbar, and how to get here without a car. Fees were checked in September 2026. The county adjusts them with its budget year, so treat them as the right order of magnitude rather than a promise. For the wider picture, with every beach from South Pointe to Sunny Isles and how to choose between them, start with our Miami beaches guide.

Haulover Beach at a Glance

What	Detail (checked September 2026)
Where	Haulover Park, 10800 Collins Avenue, between Bal Harbour and Sunny Isles Beach
Getting onto the sand	Free. You pay to park, not to swim
Car parking	$7 Monday to Thursday, $10 at weekends and on holidays
North Lot (Lot 1)	$8 on weekdays
Buses and RVs	$15
Boat-launch parking	$7–$10 for a car, $20–$30 with a trailer, depending on the day
Fenced Bark Park	$5.47 per vehicle
Lot hours	Sunrise to one hour before sunset
Lifeguards	Year-round
Dog beach	Between lifeguard towers 2 and 3
Clothing-optional section	Between towers 12 and 16, at the north end
Skate park and pump track	Free
Food Truck Tuesdays	Every Tuesday, 5pm to 10pm, at Bill Bird Marina; parking is free for the event

If you only remember one line from that table, make it the lot hours. The parking closes an hour before sunset, which in December means around 4:30pm, and nobody at the gate is interested in how nice the light has just become.

How Haulover Park Is Laid Out

The park sits on a narrow barrier strip with the Atlantic to the east and Biscayne Bay to the west, and Collins Avenue (A1A) runs straight down the middle of it. That split explains most of what you need to know. The beach is on the ocean side. Much of the parking, the marina, the golf course, the tennis center, the skate park and the open lawns where the kites go up are on the bay side, and short pedestrian tunnels under Collins connect the lots to the sand, so you are not dragging a cooler across four lanes of traffic.

The beach itself runs about a mile and a half, from the inlet at the south end to the Sunny Isles city line at the north, and it changes character as you walk. The lifeguard towers are numbered from the south, and they are the easiest way to explain where anything is:

• The inlet end. The rock jetty, the fishermen and the strongest currents in the park. A good place to watch boats run the inlet, and a bad place to swim.
• Towers 2 and 3. The dog beach, a short stretch of ocean sand where dogs are allowed on the beach and in the water.
• The middle of the park. The family beach, with lifeguards, volleyball, picnic tables and grills nearby, and more room to spread out than anywhere on Miami Beach.
• Towers 12 to 16. The clothing-optional section, roughly the northernmost 0.4 miles of the park, signposted at both ends.
• North of the section. The park soon gives way to Sunny Isles Beach, where the condo towers come right back down to the sand.

Two practical consequences follow from that layout. First, where you park decides where you end up: the North Lot puts you beside the clothing-optional section, and the lots farther south are better for the family beach and the dog beach. Second, the bay side is half the park. People who drive up, walk straight through the tunnel and spend the day on the sand miss the marina, the sandbar boats, the food trucks and the kite lawns, which are what make Haulover different from every other beach in the county.

Getting to Haulover Beach

By car

Haulover is the easiest beach in Miami-Dade to drive to, which is not something anyone has ever said about South Beach. There is one flat fee, the lots are big, and you are not circling blocks hunting for a meter. Outside rush hour, plan on these times:

From	Route	Typical drive
South Beach (Lincoln Road)	Straight up Collins Avenue, about 10 miles	25–35 minutes; more on weekend afternoons
Downtown Miami or Brickell	North on Biscayne Boulevard or I-95, then east over the Broad Causeway (a small toll) to Bal Harbour and a mile north on Collins	30–45 minutes
Miami International Airport	Expressway east toward the beaches, then north to Bal Harbour	30–45 minutes
Aventura Mall	East to Sunny Isles, then south on Collins	10–15 minutes
Fort Lauderdale	I-95 south, then east to Collins through Sunny Isles	35–50 minutes

Coming from the north, Collins through Sunny Isles is slow but scenic, and the park starts the moment the last tower ends. Coming from the south, you cross the Haulover Inlet bridge and the turn-ins arrive almost as soon as you are off it, so be in the right lane early.

Parking

Parking is the only fee most visitors pay: $7 a car from Monday to Thursday and $10 at weekends and on holidays, with the North Lot, Lot 1, at $8 on weekdays. Buses and RVs pay $15. Pay at the staffed entrances, which take cash or card. If you are coming on a Friday, budget for the higher rate and be pleasantly surprised if it does not apply.

From spring to the end of summer, weekend lots fill by late morning, and on holiday weekends the queue can back up onto Collins. Arrive before 10am, or come after 2pm when the morning crowd starts to leave. On a weekday outside school holidays there is almost always space.

The closing time is the catch. The lots open at sunrise and close one hour before sunset, which moves through the year: roughly 7:15pm in high summer and around 4:30pm in early December. Sunset itself happens over the bay rather than the ocean, so the beach is not where you would watch it anyway, but a winter afternoon disappears faster than you expect.

By bus

Haulover is one of the few Miami beaches that works properly on public transport. The Collins Avenue bus, route 120 (the Beach MAX), runs from downtown Miami across the MacArthur Causeway and up Collins through South Beach, Mid-Beach, North Beach, Surfside and Bal Harbour, and Haulover is one of its main stops. It runs frequently, and the fare is the standard Metrobus fare of $2.25. From South Beach, allow 40 minutes to an hour depending on traffic. Check live times in the GO Miami-Dade Transit app before you set out, especially for the return trip in the evening.

The free Miami Beach trolley does not reach this far: its North Beach Loop turns around near 88th Street, about a mile and a half short of the park. Our Miami transportation guide covers the buses, trolleys and fares in full.

By rideshare or bike

A rideshare drop at the park entrance is simple. Getting picked up on a weekend afternoon, when everyone else is leaving at the same time, is less so, and surge pricing kicks in exactly when you want to go home. If you have a car for even one day of your trip, make it the Haulover day. Inside the park, e-bike rental is available, which is useful because the walk from the south lots to the north end of the beach is longer than it looks on the map.

The Family Beach

Most of Haulover is an ordinary, very good public beach. The middle of the park has wide sand, lifeguards on duty year-round, volleyball, and picnic tables and grills a short walk from the sand. There are restrooms and concession stands in the park, and chair and umbrella rental, though prices and opening hours vary through the season, so bring water and sunscreen rather than relying on buying them there.

What it lacks is shade. There are no trees on the sand and the sea grape stays behind the dune line, so an umbrella is not optional between May and October. The other thing to know is that Haulover’s water is livelier than Key Biscayne’s. On most days it is perfectly swimmable and the lifeguards keep a close eye on things, but if your children are toddlers or nervous swimmers, the flat bay water at Crandon Park or the tidal pool at Matheson Hammock will be an easier day. Our family beaches guide compares the calm options.

For older children, Haulover is arguably the better choice. There is room to run, waves big enough for a boogie board, a free skate park and pump track on the bay side, kites on the lawns, and boats coming and going through the inlet. That is a full day for a ten-year-old, and the flat parking fee makes it one of the cheapest full days in Miami.

One honest caveat for families: the clothing-optional section is self-contained and clearly signposted, and if you stay south of tower 12 you will not see anything you would need to explain. The family beach and the clothing-optional beach coexist here because the park is big enough for them to ignore each other, and most of the time they do.

The Clothing-Optional Section

Haulover’s reputation arrives before you do, so here are the facts. The clothing-optional stretch runs between lifeguard towers 12 and 16 at the north end of the park, roughly the last 0.4 miles before Sunny Isles. It has been clothing-optional since 1991, the permanent county signs went up in December 1993, and it is the oldest officially recognized clothing-optional beach in Florida. It is lifeguarded like the rest of the park, and signs at each end make sure nobody wanders in by accident.

The reality is much less of an event than the reputation. On a weekday it looks like any other stretch of Miami sand: towels, umbrellas, coolers, a lot of people reading. Weekends are busier and more social. The crowd is a real mix, with older naturist couples who have been coming for decades, European visitors who find the whole thing unremarkable, groups of friends, and a long-established gay stretch toward the northern end of the section. Swimsuits are entirely acceptable. “Optional” means exactly that, and plenty of people stay covered.

The etiquette that actually matters

• No photography. Photographing people in the section is prohibited, and people will object loudly if a phone seems to be pointed their way. Keep the camera in the bag and take your sea-and-sky pictures somewhere else.
• Nudity stays inside the section. Cover up before you walk back through the tunnel or into the parking lot. The rest of the park, and Collins Avenue, are not clothing-optional.
• The designation covers nudity and nothing else. Lewd behavior is illegal here exactly as it is everywhere else, and regulars are the first to make that clear.
• Sit on a towel if you rent a chair. It is basic naturist courtesy, and the people around you will notice.
• Sunscreen everywhere. Skin that never sees the sun burns fast under a Miami sky, and the section has no more shade than the rest of the beach.

Park in the North Lot for the shortest walk. It costs $8 on weekdays and is the first lot to fill on a hot weekend. For the wider LGBTQ+ picture, including the 12th Street beach on South Beach and how Haulover fits into a weekend, see our LGBTQ+ Miami guide.

Bringing a Dog

Dogs are banned from almost every beach in Miami-Dade, which makes Haulover’s dog beach unusually valuable. It is the stretch between lifeguard towers 2 and 3, toward the south end of the park, and it is one of the very few places in the county where a dog can run on ocean sand and go into the sea. Read the rules posted at the entrance before you unclip the leash, make sure your dog is licensed and vaccinated as county law requires, and pick up after it. The arrangement survives because owners keep it clean.

Bring a big bottle of fresh water and a bowl. There is no shade on the dog beach, and by late morning in summer the sand is hot enough to hurt paws. Early mornings and late afternoons are kinder, and the dogs seem to know it.

The fenced Bark Park on the bay side is a separate, enclosed dog run with its own vehicle fee of $5.47. It is the better choice for a dog that is not reliable off the leash, does not care for water, or would rather chase other dogs than waves. The only other beach in the county where dogs are properly welcome is Hobie Island, on the Rickenbacker Causeway toward Key Biscayne, whose flat bay water suits older dogs. If you are traveling with a dog, our pet-friendly hotels guide covers where to stay.

Surf, Kites and Watersports

Haulover has the most consistent surf in Miami-Dade, and “consistent” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. It needs a north or northeast swell, which in practice means the cold fronts and nor’easters of November to March, plus the occasional distant hurricane swell in late summer and fall. On a typical summer day the ocean here is a slightly livelier version of the ocean everywhere else: fine for boogie boards and bodysurfing, flat for anything more serious. On a good winter morning, though, there are proper waves and a crowd of local surfers who know exactly when to show up.

Surfers and swimmers share the beach under the lifeguards’ direction, so follow the flags and any posted surfing areas, and stay well clear of the jetty rocks and the inlet current. If you are learning, pick a small day. The waves that look fun from the sand break harder than you think.

Kites are the other Haulover tradition. There is a kite store by the bay-side lots, and on a breezy afternoon the open lawns fill with everything from children’s diamonds to big stunt kites. It costs nothing to watch, and it is one of the more cheerful sights in Miami.

Out on the water, the bay side of the park is where the boats are. Jet ski rentals in this part of Miami typically run $85 to $160 an hour for a solo ride, and guided tours of one to two hours cost roughly $150 to $300 per ski. The guide rides alongside and keeps you clear of the slow-speed manatee zones. Be wary of anyone renting without a safety briefing or a clear price, and see our water sports guide for how to choose an operator.

The Inlet, the Jetty and Fishing

Haulover Inlet connects Biscayne Bay to the Atlantic, and twice a day the tide pushes a great deal of water through a narrow cut. On an outgoing tide against a stiff onshore breeze, the inlet stands up into short, steep waves, and watching boats pick their way out through them is a local spectator sport. It also means the water near the inlet is no place to swim. The current is strong, it changes direction with the tide, and it does not care how good a swimmer you are.

The jetty, by contrast, is one of the better free fishing spots in Miami. When the tide is moving, jack crevalle, bluefish and mackerel come through, and the rocks fill with regulars who know the schedule. You need your own Florida recreational saltwater fishing license to fish here, resident or not. They are cheap and can be bought online in a few minutes. Wear shoes with grip, because the rocks are slippery and the gaps between them are unforgiving.

Older visitors sometimes remember the Haulover fishing pier, which ran 1,100 feet into the Atlantic until Hurricane Andrew destroyed it in 1992. It was never replaced. The nearest pier now is Newport Fishing Pier in Sunny Isles, a few minutes north, which charges a small fee and covers your license while you fish from it.

Bill Bird Marina, Charters and the Sandbar

The marina on the bay side, Bill Bird Marina, is a big, working marina: 152 slips, room for boats up to 120 feet, a fuel dock and a charter fleet. If you want to go fishing offshore, this is one of the main places to do it, because the inlet puts you in deep blue water within minutes.

Charters come in two basic shapes. Shared drift-fishing boats, sometimes called headboats, take a crowd out for a few hours with the rods and bait supplied, and expect to pay roughly $80 to $125 a person. Private half-day charters, where you have the boat and the captain to yourselves, start around $600 to $800 and go up quickly with the size of the boat and the length of the trip. Book a private charter if you have a group of four to six, and a headboat if you are on your own or simply want a cheap morning on the water. Our Miami fishing charters guide covers what each costs and which species run when.

The Haulover sandbar

Just inside the inlet on the bay side, a shallow sandbar has become one of Miami’s best-known weekend boat parties. Boats anchor in water you can stand up in, people wade between them, music comes from every direction, and on busy weekends there are even floating vendors selling hot dogs and cold drinks. On a holiday weekend it can hold hundreds of boats.

Is it worth it? It depends entirely on what you want. If you have friends with a boat, or you book a charter with a captain who knows the tides, a weekday afternoon on the sandbar is genuinely lovely: warm, clear, knee-deep water with the skyline in the distance. On a holiday weekend it is loud, crowded, heavily patrolled by marine police and very much a party. You cannot reach it from the beach on foot, because the inlet is in the way and the current makes swimming across a terrible idea. Many yacht charters include a stop there. A 40-foot boat for up to 12 people typically runs $700 to $1,000 for three to four hours, and our Miami boat tours guide covers the operators.

Golf, Tennis and the Rest of the Park

The bay side of Haulover is a proper county park, and it rewards an hour away from the sand.

• The golf course. A nine-hole, par-3 course a few steps from the beach. It is relaxed and inexpensive, with no dress-code drama, and it is ideal for beginners, families and anyone who wants a quick round before the afternoon heat. Our Miami golf courses guide puts it alongside the big-name courses.
• The tennis center. Public courts run by the county. Check court times and fees with the park before you bring a racket, because winter mornings are the popular slots.
• The skate park and pump track. Free, and busy with local teenagers after school and at weekends.
• The kite lawns. Open grass by the kite store, at its best on a breezy afternoon.
• The marina promenade. A pleasant, free stroll past the charter boats, best in the afternoon when the fishing boats come back in.
• E-bike rental. Handy for covering a park that is longer than it looks.

Paddlers have options too. The bay side is calmer than the ocean, and the mangrove creeks to the north are a fine half-day by kayak. Oleta River State Park, just inland from Sunny Isles, is where to rent one and get properly into the mangroves, with guided paddles if you would rather not navigate yourself.

Food Truck Tuesdays

Every Tuesday evening from 5pm to 10pm, a long line of food trucks parks up at Bill Bird Marina, and Haulover turns into one of the best low-cost nights out in Miami. Parking is free for the event, which is a real saving, and there is music and family programming alongside the trucks. Glass is prohibited, and pets other than service animals are not allowed at the event, so leave the dog at home that night.

Go early. By 7pm the popular trucks have queues, and on a pleasant winter evening the whole marina fills up. Bring something to sit on if you want to eat looking at the water. Our Miami cheap eats guide has the rest of the city’s best-value eating.

Eating and Drinking at Haulover

Haulover is not a place for a beachfront lunch with a tablecloth, and that is part of its charm. The concession stands inside the park cover the basics: drinks, snacks and something hot. Most regulars bring a cooler, and the picnic tables and grills mean you can do a proper cookout.

• Glass is banned on every Miami-Dade beach. Decant everything into plastic or bring cans.
• Alcohol rules are the county’s, not Miami Beach’s. Miami Beach bans alcohol on its sand year-round, but Haulover is a county park with its own regulations, posted at the entrances. Read them before you pack the beer, not after.
• Supplies. The Publix in Surfside, ten minutes south, is the nearest big supermarket for ice, drinks and sandwiches.
• A real meal. Surfside’s Harding Avenue has the best spread of casual cafés and restaurants near the park, and Bal Harbour Shops, a mile south, covers the expensive end. Our Bal Harbour Shops guide has the dining there.

When to Go

Haulover works all year, but the experience changes a lot with the season.

Months	Weather and water	What to expect
December to March	Highs of 76–80°F, little rain, sea in the low 70s	The surf season. Cold fronts bring wind, waves and sometimes Portuguese man o’ war on east winds. Lots close as early as 4:30pm in December.
April and May	Hot, mostly dry, sea warming fast	Arguably the best all-round months. Seaweed starts to arrive, and turtle nesting begins in May.
June to September	Hot and humid, afternoon storms, sea in the mid to high 80s	Mornings are best. Thunderstorms build after lunch, sargassum is heaviest through August, and it is hurricane season.
October and November	October highs around 85°F and still wet; November around 80°F and drier	Quieter, warm water, and a good-value time to visit once the rain eases.

Time of day matters as much as the month. Mornings bring calmer water, softer sun, empty lots and the best light for photographs of the beach itself. From June to September, plan to be packing up by early afternoon, when the storms tend to roll in off the Everglades. Weekdays are quiet almost all year. Weekends are busy, and holiday weekends are a different kind of day altogether, particularly at the sandbar.

For month-by-month detail, our Miami weather by month guide has the full year.

Safety and the Rules

Haulover is a safe, well-run beach, but it is a real ocean with a real inlet next to it, and a few things are worth knowing.

• Swim near a lifeguard tower and read the flags. Green is calm, yellow means moderate surf or current, red means high hazard, double red means the water is closed, and purple means dangerous marine life, usually jellyfish or man o’ war. The full flag guide is in our Miami beaches guide.
• Know what a rip current looks like. A rip is a channel of darker, choppier water running out through the waves. If you are caught in one, swim parallel to the shore until you are out of it, then swim in. Do not fight it head-on.
• Keep away from the inlet and the jetty. This is the one part of the park where good swimmers get into trouble.
• Leave turtle nests alone. From May to October, marked nests appear along the dunes. Keep your distance, and do not shine lights toward the beach at night.
• No glass, anywhere. The fine is steep and the reasoning is obvious on a barefoot beach.
• Do not leave valuables on show in the car. This is true of every beach lot in the world, and Haulover is no exception.
• Watch the clock. The lots close an hour before sunset.

A Short History of Haulover

The name is older than the inlet. Long before there was a cut here, this narrow neck of sand between Biscayne Bay and the ocean was a place where boats were hauled over from one side to the other, and it became known as Baker’s Haulover. In the mid-1920s, during the Florida land boom, the inlet was dug through, and a bridge was built across the new channel.

The county turned the land around it into a park, which opened to the public in late 1948. That decision is the reason Haulover looks the way it does. Almost everything else between South Beach and Hallandale was eventually built up, while this mile and a half stayed dunes, lawns and parking lots. The park’s 1,100-foot fishing pier was a landmark for decades until Hurricane Andrew destroyed it in 1992. The year before, the northern end of the beach had been recognized as clothing-optional after lobbying by a local naturist group, South Florida Free Beaches, and the permanent signs followed in 1993.

Today it is a park that gets used hard, and it shows in the best way. On a Saturday you will find fishing families on the jetty, surfers, dog owners, golfers, food-truck queues, skaters, sandbar boats and naturists, all within a mile and a half, all paying the same parking fee.

Haulover Compared With the Beaches Nearby

Haulover sits in a run of very different beaches. If you are staying in this part of Miami, here is how it stacks up against its neighbors.

Beach	Parking	Water	Dogs	Best for
Haulover	Flat-fee lots, $7–$10	The liveliest in Miami-Dade	Yes, towers 2–3	Space, surf, dogs, clothing-optional, food trucks
Sunny Isles Beach	Metered streets and garages	Ocean, generally gentle	No	A beach under your condo, Newport Fishing Pier
Bal Harbour	Limited; use the shops’ garage	Ocean, gentle	No	A walk after shopping
Surfside	Metered streets	Ocean, gentle	No	A quiet small-town beach
North Beach	Metered streets and lots	Ocean, gentle	No	A low-key Miami Beach stay with the trolley nearby

The short version: if you are staying in Sunny Isles, Surfside or Bal Harbour, the beach in front of your hotel is lovely and Haulover is the place you go for a change of scene. If you are staying in North Beach, it is a quick drive or bus ride and well worth a day. Our North Beach and Surfside guide covers the neighborhoods, and our best beaches in Miami ranking puts Haulover in context with the rest of the coast.

The Honest Verdict

Haulover is the best all-round beach park in Miami-Dade, and it is not trying to be glamorous. There is no beach bar, no lounger service and no boardwalk of restaurants. What you get instead is space, a flat parking fee, real waves when the season is right, and a remarkable range of people doing what they like without bothering each other.

Go if you have a car or don’t mind the bus, you want room to spread out, you have a dog, you surf, you want a cheap and genuinely local Tuesday night out, or you are curious about the clothing-optional beach.

Skip it if you are staying in South Beach without a car and just want a swim, because your own beach is at the end of the street. Skip it, too, if you need flat water for toddlers, where Key Biscayne is better, or if your idea of a beach day involves cocktails delivered to a daybed. The sandbar is not worth arranging a whole trip around unless you want a party. If you do, it will not disappoint.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Haulover Beach free?

Walking onto the sand is free. Parking in the park’s lots costs $7 a car from Monday to Thursday and $10 at weekends and on holidays, with the North Lot at $8 on weekdays (checked September 2026). If you arrive by bus, bike or rideshare, the beach costs nothing.

Is Haulover a nude beach?

Part of it. The section between lifeguard towers 12 and 16, at the north end of the park, is clothing-optional and has been since 1991. It is signposted, lifeguarded and photography is prohibited. The rest of the park, including the family and dog beaches, is a conventional beach where swimsuits are required.

Can I bring my dog to Haulover Beach?

Yes, but only to the designated dog beach between towers 2 and 3, or to the fenced Bark Park on the bay side, which has its own $5.47 vehicle fee. Dogs are not allowed on the rest of the beach. Read the posted rules at the dog beach entrance, keep your dog’s license and vaccinations current, and bring water.

Is the water at Haulover good for swimming?

Yes, on most days. It is lifeguarded year-round and usually calm in summer. It does get the biggest waves in Miami-Dade when a winter swell arrives, so check the flags, swim near a tower and keep well away from the inlet at the south end, where the current is strong.

What time does Haulover Beach close?

The parking lots open at sunrise and close one hour before sunset, so the effective closing time ranges from roughly 4:30pm in early December to around 7:15pm in midsummer. Plan your day around the lot, not the light.

How do I get to the Haulover sandbar?

Only by boat, kayak or paddleboard from the bay side. You cannot walk there from the beach, and swimming across the inlet is dangerous. The easy way is a charter with a captain who knows the tides, and many Miami yacht charters include a stop there.

Is Haulover Beach good for kids?

For school-age children, it is excellent: space, waves for a boogie board, a skate park, kites and boats to watch. For toddlers, the calmer bay beaches on Key Biscayne are easier. Families who want to avoid the clothing-optional section simply stay south of tower 12.

Can you surf at Haulover?

Yes. It is the most reliable surf spot in Miami-Dade, though that still means waiting for a north or northeast swell, mostly between November and March. On a typical summer day it is a bodyboarding beach at best.

Haulover’s dog beach is the best of a short list. For how it compares with Hobie Island, the bark parks at South Pointe and Sunny Isles and the weekend dog beaches over the Broward line, along with heat-safety tips for dogs in South Florida, see our guide to dog-friendly beaches in Miami.

Related Miami Guides

• Miami Beaches: The Complete Guide — every beach in the county, and how to choose between them.
• Best Beaches in Miami — our opinionated ranking of the whole coast.
• North Beach and Surfside — the quiet neighborhoods just south of Haulover.
• Bal Harbour Shops — luxury shopping a mile from the park.
• LGBTQ+ Miami — 12th Street, Haulover and the rest of the scene.
• Family-Friendly Beaches in Miami — the calmest water for small children.
• Pet-Friendly Hotels in Miami — where to stay with a dog.
• Miami Fishing Charters — headboats, private charters and what they cost.
• Water Sports in Miami — jet skis, paddleboards, kiteboarding and more.
• Golf Courses in Miami — from Haulover’s par-3 to the Blue Monster.
• Getting Around Miami — buses, trolleys and fares.

Photo Credits

Collins Avenue at the Haulover Park entrance: A1A-Haulover-park. by Elmschrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Haulover Inlet looking toward Bal Harbour: Haulover-park-12 by Elmschrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The marina at Haulover Park: Haulover Park, Florida – panoramio by Sebastian Carlosena, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The sandbar near Haulover: Biscayne Bay sandbar North Miami – Haulover by Ines Hegedus-Garcia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Baker’s Haulover Inlet in 1927: Baker’s Haulover Inlet 1927 by John Kunkel Small, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.