1,200+ Beach Bars on One Map
Every beach bar we’ve stumbled into, overstayed our welcome in, or been tipped off about, dropped on one map.
Some we’ve certified in person. Some are here because a bartender in Anguilla swore by a place in Bonaire and turned out to be right. Tap the button and we’ll show you what’s closest. Or scroll down and pick a beach.
Fair warning: the Caribbean section is dangerous.
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Destination Guides
These are the places we’ve written up properly: a full guide to the bars, what to drink at each one, and which ones are worth the drive. Start here if you’re planning a trip.
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in Florida254 bars, Panhandle to the Keys
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in The Florida KeysKey Largo to Key West
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in The Outer BanksCorolla to Ocracoke
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in The Chesapeake BayDock bars and crab houses
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in Hawaii42 bars across the islands
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in OregonCold coast, colder beer
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in US Virgin IslandsSt. John, St. Thomas, St. Croix
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in British Virgin IslandsSoggy Dollar, Foxy’s and beyond
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in St. Martin & Sint MaartenTwo countries, one beach bar island
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in JamaicaNegril and the north coast
- Destination guideBest Beach Bars in Costa Rica45 bars, Pacific and Caribbean
The Caribbean, Mexico and Beyond
No roundup for these yet, but every bar is on the map and has its own page. Aruba and Anguilla are next in line for the full treatment. The number is how many bars we’ve got there.
- Anguilla 26
- Antigua & Barbuda 5
- Aruba 12
- Bahamas 29
- Barbados 9
- Belize 3
- Bermuda 3
- Bonaire 6
- Cayman Islands 7
- Curaçao 11
- Dominican Republic 4
- Grenada 5
- Mexico 44
- Saint Lucia 3
- St. Kitts & Nevis 10
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines 6
- Turks & Caicos 10
- United Kingdom 18
Browse by US State
Florida has more beach bars on this map than Maryland and California combined, which is the least surprising fact on the site. Maryland sitting at number two surprises everyone. Blame the Chesapeake.
- Alabama 22
- California 93
- Connecticut 6
- Delaware 14
- Florida 254
- Georgia 20
- Hawaii 42
- Illinois 3
- Louisiana 16
- Maine 16
- Maryland 119
- Massachusetts 14
- Michigan 8
- Mississippi 17
- New Hampshire 6
- New Jersey 32
- New York 26
- North Carolina 23
- Ohio 18
- Oregon 29
- Puerto Rico 20
- Rhode Island 9
- South Carolina 34
- Texas 53
- Virginia 58
- Washington 40
- US Virgin Islands 30
Beach Bar Bum Certified
Certified means one thing: someone from the Best Beach Bars team was there, on that stool, and the review is ours. Nobody pays for it and nobody can. These are the bars that have earned it so far. See them all in one list.
The SandbarAnna Maria Island, FL
Old Key Lime HouseLantana, FL
Two Georges Waterfront GrilleBoynton Beach, FL
Benny’s on the BeachLake Worth Beach, FL
Square Grouper Tiki BarJupiter, FL
Ocean DeckDaytona Beach, FL
Lemon BarNeptune Beach, FL
Loggerhead’s Beach GrillFolly Beach, SC
YROC Coastal Bar & GrillGloucester Point, VA
Flynn’sFire Island, NY
Bungalow BarRockaway Beach, NY
7 Devils Waterfront AlehouseCoos Bay, OR
Sapphire Beach BarSt. Thomas, USVI
The Windmill BarSt. John, USVI
The Beach BarSt. John, USVI
Buho’sIsla Mujeres, Mexico
Tony’s HutNegril, Jamaica
What Counts as a Beach Bar
People ask, usually around the third drink. Here’s the standard. Sand, or an unobstructed view of it, and we mean from the bar, not from the parking lot. Drinks first; food is welcome but optional. No dress code beyond “wearing something.” No velvet rope, no bottle minimum, no DJ named after a weather event.
A dock bar counts if the water is right there. A rooftop with a distant sliver of ocean does not. Hotel bars are on probation: if someone off the beach can walk up barefoot and get a cold one without a room key, it’s in. If not, it’s a lobby with ambitions. Tiki bars, dive bars, rum shacks, oyster houses on a pier, all welcome, as long as the beach is doing the heavy lifting.
Know one that meets the standard and isn’t on the map? Tell us about it and we’ll go check. That’s the job.