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Atlantic Coast Guide

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Beach Diving Capital

Everything for a barefoot day in Florida's beach diving capital, conditions, parking, the pier at dusk and where to eat after a swim over the reef.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, tides & water temp

Parking Finder

Pay-by-plate lots & the village

Pier & Dusk

Anglin's Pier & Friday on El Mar

Dining

Beachfront seafood & the village

Things to Do

Shore diving, reef snorkel & charters

Events

What's on this week

Beach Rules

Dogs, drinks, fires, drones

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Anglin's Fishing Pier

876 ft pier · snorkel trail nearby

Village hub

Datura Avenue Access

Best shore-dive & snorkel entry

Reef 100 yds out

El Prado Park

Main beachfront park · showers

Pay-by-plate lot

Pompano Beach

Wide sand · pier & fishing village

10 min north

Fort Lauderdale Beach

A1A strip · wave wall promenade

15 min south

Hillsboro Beach

Quiet lighthouse stretch

North of Pompano

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Pompano Beach

10 min north

Fishing pier, Fisher Family Pier & beachfront dining

Fort Lauderdale

15 min south

Las Olas, the beach strip & Water Taxi canals

Wilton Manors

15 min west

Walkable arts district along Wilton Drive

Deerfield Beach

20 min north

Blue-flag beach, pier & the Rustic Inn

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

At Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, the sun sets at 5:39 PM today — about 11h 8m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:31 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Lauderdale-by-the-Sea update at the top of the conditions page.