Key West Live Cam

The beaches of Southeast Florida are mostly beautiful white sand and largely built up with high rise condominiums. Southeast Florida is more sparsely populated in the northern area from Jensen Beach down to Jupiter Inlet.

Further south, from West Palm Beach to Miami Beach, the beaches are still beautiful but sometimes crowded. This makes for wonderful people watching. Haulover Beach north of Miami Beach caters to nudists. Coppertone Girl Unlike Playalinda Beach in Brevard County, bathing without clothes is legal on this beach. Or so I've been told.

It would be wise to check with the Miami-Dade Police Department just to make sure. The beaches in the Florida Keys are different than the rest of Florida. They are not typically of the white sand variety, but are usually crunch coral and hard on bare feet. There are a few sandy beaches, however, including Bahia Honda State Park.

The Florida Keys still mean "beach" to me. Even without the miles of white sandy beaches that are typical of much of Florida, the whole Conch Republic is Margaritaville. It is impossible for me not to have a beachey feel when I am in Key West. The place makes you want to be a beachcomber. And it is still, literally and figuratively, the end of the road.