Are Daytona Beach Area beaches safe to swim today?
8 monitored beach pages across the Atlantic Coast: 2 with direct beach samples and 6 using nearby-station context. Best-bet claims use direct samples only.
Decision-first ranking
Only direct name-and-location beach samples can qualify for a best-bet claim. Nearby-station records stay visible as separate context.
Average area risk: 0%
This average uses direct beach samples only and is not a substitute for the latest reading on the beach you pick today.
Storms can change the answer
After heavy rain, runoff, or brown water, the whole region can turn riskier faster than the testing cadence shows.
Useful Ways To Browse The Daytona Beach Area
Switch between recent sample history, freshness, bacteria, and caution views.
Best Bets from Direct Samples in the Daytona Beach Area
Rain guide →Only name-and-location beach samples are eligible here. Current status comes first, followed by recent spike rate and sample freshness.
All Directly Sampled Daytona Beach Area Beaches
Ranked only against other direct beach samples.
Nearby-Station Context in the Daytona Beach Area
Not ranked as exact beach samples.
These 6 beach pages use samples from nearby Florida DOH stations. They remain useful context, but they do not compete with direct beach samples for best-bet or strongest-choice claims.
Marineland Beach
Flagler County · Atlantic Coast
Nearby-station context from WASHINGTON OAKS BEACH, about 2.5 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
New Smyrna Beach
Volusia County · Atlantic Coast
Nearby-station context from SOUTH JETTY, about 3.4 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
Ponce Inlet Beach
Volusia County · Atlantic Coast
Nearby-station context from SOUTH JETTY, about 2.0 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
Smyrna Dunes Park
Volusia County · Atlantic Coast
Nearby-station context from SOUTH JETTY, about 0.5 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
Ormond Beach
Volusia County · Atlantic Coast
Nearby-station context from GRANADA BLVD, about 1.2 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
Daytona Beach
Volusia County · Atlantic Coast
Nearby-station context from INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, about 1.5 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
Beaches in the Daytona Beach Area That Need More Caution Today
Avoid-today view →No non-good regional beaches in the current dataset
That is encouraging for the Daytona Beach Area, but it still is not an all-clear. Recent rain and stale sample timing should still make you cautious.
Counties in the Daytona Beach Area
How To Use This Regional Page
The Daytona Beach Area includes 2 directly sampled beaches across 2 counties, with an average displayed-sample risk of 0% poor samples. The 6 nearby-station context records are excluded from that average and from best-bet claims.
If you want the biggest statewide comparison set, start with the all Florida beaches index. If you want the beaches with the lowest recent poor-sample shares, use the cleanest beaches guide before narrowing into a specific county or city.
If you are deciding around a stale sample, a moderate result, or an active warning, cross-check understanding advisories and bacteria testing explained so the regional ranking does not do more work than it should.
Data from FL DOH Healthy Beaches Program. This is an independent project - check with Florida DOH for official conditions.