Delray Municipal Beach(Delray Beach, Delray Public Beach)

Located in the city of Delray Beach, Delray Municipal Beach - also known as Delray Public Beach and Delray Beach Municipal Beach - is a popular large and clean white-sand beach with nearby palm trees. Many kinds of plants are also present around Delray Municipal Beach including beach stars, necklace pods, and sea grapes. Delray Municipal Beach was named the 22nd Best Beach in the Top 50 Beaches in the United States list in 2022 by Randall Kaplan, the world's foremost beach expert who is known as "Mr. Beach.” This one-and-a-half-mile-long beach was listed by Travel Holiday magazine as one of the top beaches in the South-eastern United States. 

Lifeguards are deployed on Delray Municipal Beach on a seasonal basis. Currently, lifeguards are deployed on this beach from 9 am to 5 pm between September 25, 2021 and March 11, 2022. Delray Beach also has many other amenities including beach chair and cabana rental facilities, a pavilion, volleyball courts, sailboat storage facilities. Dogs are not allowed in Delray Municipal Beach. 

Delray Municipal Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, hiking, volleyball courts, wildlife watching, fishing, swimming, surfing, skimboarding, bodyboarding, kitesurfing, windsurfing, paddleboarding, kayaking, snorkeling, scuba diving, canoeing, jet-skiing, surf-skiing, water-skiing, parasailing, and boating. The southern end of Delray Municipal Beach occasionally offers amazing surfing waves, making this beach popular with surfers. The clear water near Delray Municipal Beach is also popular among snorkelers and scuba divers, who enter the water here to explore its vibrant underwater landscape and biodiversity. The remains of a sunken ship named the S.S. Inchulva are present 500 meters away from the beach shoreline - this shipwreck is a popular snorkeling spot. Depending on the time of the year, you can view many kinds of animals in the water near Delray Municipal Beach including sea turtles and many kinds of fish. Sea turtles also use Delray Municipal Beach as a seasonal nesting spot. However, if you are planning to enter the water near Delray Municipal Beach, please note that the local authorities have designated separate specific parts of the water near the beach for different recreational water activities. In addition, paddleboarders are only permitted to launch their paddleboards from the southern and the northern ends of the beach. In addition, once in the water, paddleboarders also need to be at least 150 yards away from the shoreline and swimmers. If you are planning to fish in the water near Delray Municipal Beach, please make sure that you follow the local fishing regulations. If you like birdwatching, you can view many kinds of birds around Delray Municipal Beach including sanderlings, herring gulls, laughing gulls, and ruddy turnstones. If you like shopping, Atlantic Avenue is also present near Delray Municipal Beach - this street has many exciting shopping stores and restaurants.

The northern end of the beach offers accessibility to people with disabilities. In addition, some of the lifeguard towers in Delray Municipal Beach also offer beach wheelchairs for people with disabilities. If you want more information regarding the availability of beach wheelchairs, you can contact Delray Beach’s Ocean Rescue Division at (561) 243-7352. 

Getting to Delray Municipal Beach is easy - the northern end of the beach is present near the intersection between East Atlantic Avenue (which is a part of Florida State Road 806) and Florida State Road A1A. Metered parking spaces are also present along Florida State Road A1A. However, we recommend visiting this beach early as the parking spots near this popular beach often fill up quickly.

There are many attractions near Delray Municipal Beach. Sandoway Discovery Center has interesting exhibitions that offer an interesting insight into the vibrant marine and freshwater habitats of South Florida. The center is set in a 1936 house - this house is a part of the United States National Register of Historic Places. The center also offers interesting educational programs including animal feeding programs, beach clean-up sessions, and a shark-themed festival. Cason Cottage House Museum has interesting exhibits on local history and lifestyle and Southern Floridian culture and architecture. The museum’s exhibits focus on the two decades between 1915 and 1935 and it is open between November and April. The museum offers guided tours of its premises between 11 am and 3 pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. If you are looking for another attraction near Delray Municipal Beach, Cornell Art Museum is set in a historic area of Delray Beach named Old School Square. This museum has interesting contemporary art exhibitions. The museum showcases artworks created by local, national, and international artists.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Delray Municipal Beach. Latitudes is an upscale restaurant that offers a fantastic waterfront dining experience. In addition, the restaurant also offers amazing dishes exhibiting coastal and local culinary influences for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dada is a restaurant that has vibrant decor, along with a rotating collection of artworks. The restaurant’s menu features a variety of amazing dishes for brunch and dinner. The restaurant’s dishes exhibit culinary creativity and are prepared from sustainably-sourced ingredients. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Delray Municipal Beach, Bru’s Room Delray Beach is a restaurant and a bar that has an outdoor patio dining area. In addition, the restaurant also serves excellent salads, soups, chicken wings, sandwiches, burgers, roast meats, pizzas, seafood, pastas, and Mexican dishes. 

If you are looking for a hotel near Delray Municipal Beach, there are many great nearby options. The 5-Star Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa offers many amenities including a spa with a water garden, a gym, three restaurants, a bar with a fire pit, three tennis courts, multiple pools for children and adults, complimentary afternoon tea, children’s programs, and watersporting equipment rental facility. As another upscale option, the 4-Star Opal Grand Resort offers many amenities including a restaurant and a bar, a spa, a gym, and two pools. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Hyatt Place Delray Beach which offers many amenities including a rooftop pool, a hot tub, a 24/7 exercise room, a grab-and-go market, and a 24-hour cafe/bar. If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Delray Municipal Beach, the 2-Star Extended Stay America - Boca Raton - Commerce offers many amenities including a coin-operated laundry and complimentary continental breakfast.