Beach Guide

Where to Park

Stock Island · lots & garages

Arrive early
lots fill fast

Watch the Lots Fill

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12 PM today
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4 lots · 450 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.

All Parking

at 12 PM · nearest first

Stock Island Marina Village

~39 open

150 spaces · Marina customer · Marina lot · 1 min

Hogfish Bar & Safe Harbor Marina

~9 open

60 spaces · Restaurant customer · Marina lot · 8 min

Smathers Beach Lot

~20 open

200 spaces · Free · City beach lot · 2.0 mi

Geiger Key Marina Bar

~19 open

40 spaces · Bar customer · Marina lot · 2.6 mi

On-street parking

20 metered spaces · Free (limited) · MacDonald Ave and side streets near the marina. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.

Local moves

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Street parking: Free (limited) (MacDonald Ave and side streets near the marina).

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Lots nearest the sand fill first — the ones a block or two back usually have room.

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Check each lot's hours below: some are open 24 hours, others close at night.

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Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking hunt.

City parking info (305) 294-2288

happy hunting

Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.

Main parking at Stock Island: Smathers Beach Lot (Free) and Hogfish Bar & Safe Harbor Marina (Restaurant customer), plus street parking at Free (limited). Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.