Are Miami-Dade County beaches safe to swim today?

6 monitored beaches on the Atlantic Coast. Use the best-bet ranking below to compare current status, historical risk, and sample freshness.

6 good Latest county sample: April 29, 2026

Best bets first

A beach with a good current sample comes ahead of a historically cleaner beach that currently looks worse.

Average county risk: 7%

That is a broad county context number, not a same-day answer for every beach.

Rain still wins

If storms rolled through after the latest sample, treat every county page as stale faster.

Useful Ways To Browse Miami-Dade County

Different decision views built from the same monitored beach set.

Best Bets in Miami-Dade County

Rain guide →

These beaches rise to the top when you rank current status, historical spike rate, and sample freshness together.

All Miami-Dade County Beaches

Still sorted by best current decision value.

Beaches in Miami-Dade County That Need More Caution Today

Avoid-today view →

No non-good county beaches in the current dataset

That is encouraging for Miami-Dade County, but it still is not an all-clear. Recent rain and stale sample timing should still make you cautious.

How To Use This County Page

Miami-Dade County has 6 monitored beaches, and their average historical risk is 7% poor samples. That helps with context, but today’s choice should still start with each beach’s latest sample and how recently it was taken.

If you want a broader sweep, use the all-beaches index. If you want the strongest long-term track records instead of same-day choice, start with the cleanest beaches guide.

If you need help reading a moderate badge, a stale sample, or the difference between a warning and a true no-go signal, use understanding advisories and bacteria testing explained before you decide.

Data from FL DOH Healthy Beaches Program. This is an independent project — check with Florida DOH for official conditions.