Peacock Beach

Peacock Beach has a few amenities including a lifeguard tower at the northern end of the beach and a boardwalk, so plan your trip accordingly.

Peacock Beach offers many fun activities including swimming, sunbathing, beachcombing, sailing, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, bodysurfing, water surfing, parasailing, fishing, wildlife watching, and picnicking.  If you are planning to go into the water near the beach, we recommend being careful, as the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents.  It is an ideal spot for windsurfing due to its frequently windy weather.  If you like fishing, you may catch many fish, including speckled trout, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, cobia, red drum, and black sea bass.  However, we recommend abiding by local fishing regulations.  Depending on the time of year, visitors can also spot dolphins, manatees, and sea turtles in the water near the beach.   Peacock Beach is ideal for visitors looking for a serene experience, as this beach sees fewer visitors than other nearby beaches.  Dogs are not allowed on the beach, and it is open from sunrise until sunset.

Peacock Beach does not offer an access path for people with disabilities.

Getting to Peacock Beach is easy - the beach has a few paid street parking spots located near 400 Harbor Drive, which provides easy access to the beach.

Peacock Beach got its name from the flock of wild peacocks that wander freely near the beach.  The presence of the beautiful peacocks on the beach gives Peacock Beach its avian charm and a fun, quirky claim to fame among Florida beaches.  The peacocks have become the mascots of this hidden gem beach.

There are many attractions near Peacock Beach.  Brevard Zoo is home to over 900 animals from around the world.  It offers many fun activities, including animal-feeding experiences, animal petting sessions, kayaking tours, train rides, ziplining, and a children’s water play area in the natural settings.  Manatee Sanctuary Park is a 10-acre park situated on the borders of the Banana River that serves as a protected manatee habitat.  It has many amenities, including a playground, a paved trail, exercise stations, a covered riverside boardwalk, picnic tables, barbeque grill areas, a covered pavilion, electric vehicle charging stations, and a small library.  Oars and Paddles Park is a riverfront park that offers many fun activities, including canoeing, kayaking, fishing, picnicking, and rowing (with access to the Banana River via the Whiting Waterway).  It also has many amenities, including a boathouse for Space Coast Crew, a floating launch dock, a playground with slides, a pavilion, picnic tables, and restrooms.  Banana River Park is a dog-friendly riverfront park that offers many amenities including a fishing pier, a kayak launch area, a playground with a swing set, picnic areas, picnic tables, and restrooms.  If you are looking for another nearby attraction, Sands Space History Center is a small museum that aims to preserve and showcase the history of space exploration through interesting artifacts, documents, and exhibits.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants within a six-minute walk of Peacock Beach.  Sage Bistro is an upscale restaurant that serves incredible salads, soups, steaks, seafood, beef, pork, poultry dishes, and desserts. Zarrella's Italian & Wood Fired Pizza serves amazing bruschetta, ravioli, salads, pasta, pizzas, seafood, beef, pork, and poultry dishes.  La Cantina serves quesadillas, burritos, chimichangas, chile rellenos, sandwiches, fajitas, burgers, soup, salads, chillies, seafood, beef, poultry dishes, and desserts.  Cape Grill & Bar serves delicious soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, burgers, pizzas, seafood, poultry dishes, and desserts.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, Thai Thai III Sushi Restaurant serves pad Thai noodles, curries, fried rice, sushi, sashimi, maki, oysters, shrimp, seafood, beef, pork, and poultry dishes.

If you are looking for a hotel near Peacock Beach, there are many great options nearby.  If you are looking for an upscale hotel, the 5-Star The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, is fifty-five minutes away by car and offers many amenities including an 18-hole golf course, a spa with 40 treatment rooms, a sauna, a fitness center, and eleven restaurants.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Towne Place Suites by Marriott Cape Canaveral Cocoa Beach, which has many amenities, including an outdoor pool, a hot tub, a fitness center, and a complimentary breakfast.  Another moderately priced option is the 3-Star Cape Crossing Resort & Marina, which has many amenities including an outdoor pool, hot tubs, a fitness center, and a restaurant.  A more reasonably priced option is the beachfront 3-Star Holiday Inn Club Vacations Cape Canaveral Beach Resort, which offers many amenities including two outdoor pools with a waterslide and a lazy river, a mini golf course, a barbecue grill facility, a kid’s play room, and a restaurant.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the beachfront 3-Star Homewood Suites by Hilton Cape Canaveral-Cocoa Beach has many amenities including an outdoor pool, a barbecue grill facility, a fitness center, and complimentary breakfast.