The Best Beaches In Florida are not always where you believe they are. See the Hotels in Vero Beach before you design your your Florida vacation trip on the Gulf side of the state. There is a lot more advertising happenning for the Tampa Bay area and the Gulf region in general but swing across the state on Route 60 and you will find a geniunine ocean with waves and water that is not like a bathtub for 5 or 6 months.
The Treasure Coast is the section south of the Space Coast, by Melbourne, but north of the crowds of West Palm Beach and South Florida. Vero Beach is ideally placed between the two. Right within the Ft Pierce inlet and Sebastian inlet lies some of the best beaches in Florida and they are uncrowded with water that can be tropical blue. There are times when it gets sandy and looks more like Daytona but that is generally short lived. The water in Melbourne and north can be muddy or sandy more oftentimes than not. Here although you can get that tropical water which does not happen in Daytona or further north.
Then of course you have the Gulf beaches. The water can be picturesque but it is a shallow main part of water which means it can get HOT. In Naples it isn’t uncommon for the water to be in the 90′s. That isn’t great for swimming and getting invigorated. Maybe for a soak. Up at Panama City you have the crowds again. The beaches are enjoyable and the water isn’t as warm but if you also like a little wave activity or even the chance that there could be waves for surfing disregard the north part of the Gulf of Mexico. All the beaches mentioned that are on the Gulf are decent beaches but to rate them as the best may not be precise. It all depends on what you want.
Our Vero Beach hotel is on the more peacful part of the island. We are right next to South Beach Park which is the city beach with the widest sand beach in the locale. We have lifeguards 7 days a week at this park and it is great if you have kids or are a little timid with the ocean. Its nice to swim with someone looking over you. The park has vending machines, bathrooms, barbeque grills and volleyball courts on the sand. The park is seperated in that the grills and restrooms are divided by wild jungle growth and you walk over a boardwalk to get to the sand and water.
The people that have found out about this location come back year after year. The busiest weekends are like a mild day at the previous locations. Most of the time you can get some seclusion pretty easily. For example, the Hotels in Vero Beach that are locatedon the barrier Island are all within walking distance of a beach with Lifeguards as well as long stretches of beach where you can be the lone person on one of the Best Beaches in Florida.