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Sombrero Beach

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Everything for a day at Marathon's Sombrero Beach: conditions, the free parking lot, the reef and where to eat conch and lobster after the sand.

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

The free lot & nearby beaches

Keys Sunset

Beach dusk & the Seven Mile Bridge

Dining

Conch, lobster & key lime pie

Things to Do

Sombrero Reef snorkel & charters

Events

What's on this week

Beach Rules

Dogs, drinks, fires, drones

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Sombrero Beach

Palm-shaded city park · free lot

Turtle nesting

Coco Plum Beach

Quiet local sand · turtle nesting

Small lot

Curry Hammock State Park

Beach, kayak & hawk watch

East · fee

Bahia Honda State Park

Famous Keys beach & old bridge

20 min west · fee

Long Key State Park

Oceanside campground & flats

North · fee

Marathon Community Park

Ballfields, skate park & splash

Free lot

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

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

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Bahia Honda

20 min west

Award-winning state-park beach past the Seven Mile Bridge

Islamorada

30 min north

Sportfishing capital, sandbars & Robbie's tarpon

Key West

50 min west

Duval Street, Mallory Square & the southernmost point

Key Largo

1 hr north

Dive capital & John Pennekamp coral reef park

see you on the sand

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

Beach with care. The National Weather Service has a Coastal Flood Statement out for Sombrero Beach until 5 AM Tuesday. Tides are running higher than normal. Right now at Sombrero Beach, the water is 83°F, surf is running 3–4 ft and the air is 78°F but feels like 83°F. Wind is 12 mph from the ESE and the UV index peaks at 6 (high) today. Unprotected fair skin burns in about 59 minutes right now, and the strongest stretch runs 12 PM to 2 PM. Today’s tides: High 2:10 AM, Low 9:31 AM, High 4:00 PM, Low 9:10 PM. Dogs are allowed right now, on a leash.