Are Miami-Dade County beaches safe to swim today?
6 monitored beach pages on the Atlantic Coast: 5 with direct beach samples and 1 using nearby-station context. Best-bet claims use direct samples only.
Best bets first
Only direct name-and-location beach samples can qualify for a best-bet claim. Nearby-station records stay visible as separate context.
Average county risk: 17%
This average uses direct beach samples only and is 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 from Direct Samples in Miami-Dade County
Rain guide →Only name-and-location beach samples are eligible here. Current status comes first, followed by recent spike rate and sample freshness.
Sunny Isles Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
South Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
Crandon Park Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
Haulover Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
Virginia Key Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
All Directly Sampled Miami-Dade County Beaches
Ranked only against other direct beach samples.
Sunny Isles Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
South Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
Crandon Park Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
Haulover Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
Virginia Key Beach
Miami-Dade County · Atlantic Coast
Nearby-Station Context in Miami-Dade County
Not ranked as exact beach samples.
These 1 beach page 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.
Beaches in Miami-Dade County That Need More Caution Today
Avoid-today view →These beaches are not automatic no-go zones forever, but they deserve more skepticism right now because the current dataset shows a moderate, poor, or advisory-level result.
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How To Use This County Page
Miami-Dade County has 5 directly sampled beaches, with an average displayed-sample risk of 17% poor samples. The 1 nearby-station context record is excluded from that average and from best-bet claims.
If you want a broader sweep, use the all-beaches index. If you want the lowest recent poor-sample shares 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.
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Data from FL DOH Healthy Beaches Program. This is an independent project — check with Florida DOH for official conditions.