Gulf Coast Guide

Marco Island

Name: Live beach conditions and water temperature at Marco Island
Creator: the beach today

Tigertail

The southernmost Gulf resort island — Tigertail Beach, South Marco Beach, CJ's on the Bay and the Ten Thousand Islands and Everglades City right at your doorstep.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, flags & Gulf water temp

Parking Finder

Tigertail & South Marco lots

Sunset

Tigertail Beach · island sunset

Dining

CJ's on the Bay, Snook Inn & Stan's

Things to Do

Ten Thousand Islands & Cape Romano

Events

What's on this week

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Tigertail Beach

North end — lagoon, sandbar and great shelling

County park · fee

South Marco Beach

The hotel-district beach — wide sand, full facilities

Public access

Caxambas Park

South end launch for Ten Thousand Islands kayaking

Boat ramp · free

Cape Romano (boat)

Abandoned dome house ruins on a sandbar — boat access only

Charter trip

Keewaydin Island

Pristine undeveloped Gulf sand, boat-access only

Charter or kayak

Everglades City

40 min south — Ten Thousand Islands kayak wilderness

Day trip

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

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

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Everglades City

40 min south

Ten Thousand Islands kayaking and Everglades National Park west entrance

Naples

30 min north

Naples Pier, 5th Ave South and the Gulf Coast's most celebrated sunset

Rookery Bay

15 min north

National Estuarine Research Reserve — guided paddling in pristine mangroves

Goodland

5 min east

The authentic fishing village on the back bay — Stan's Idle Hour on Sundays

see you on the sand

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