Ocean Reef Park

Located in the city of Riviera Beach, Ocean Reef Park is a recreational park that has a large unnamed white-sand beach with a sloping incline and some rocky portions. This unnamed beach is also known as Ocean Reef Park Beach. This beach is situated on an island named Singer Island. Coastal vegetation is also present near this beach. 

Ocean Reef Park has many amenities including lifeguards, an observation area, a boardwalk, picnic areas with grills, a playground, restrooms, and showers. Beach wheelchairs are also available for visitors with disabilities. If you want a beach wheelchair, you can contact the lifeguards in Ocean Reef Park for more information. 

Ocean Reef Park offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, picnicking, swimming, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, snorkeling, bodyboarding, kayaking, canoeing, jet-skiing, surf-skiing, tidepooling, water-skiing, parasailing, and boating. Snorkelers often enter the water near Ocean Reef Park in order to explore its vibrant underwater biodiversity and landscape - a rocky reef is present in the water here. Depending on the time of the year, you can also view many kinds of animals in the water near Ocean Reef Park including dolphins and sea turtles, along with a large variety of fish. If you are planning to go into the water near Ocean Reef Park, we recommend being careful as the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents. In addition, it is also important to note that portions of the water near Ocean Reef Park are reserved solely for swimmers - surfing and fishing are not permitted within these portions. If you are planning to fish in the water near Ocean Reef Park, please make sure that you follow the local fishing regulations.

Getting to Ocean Reef Park is easy - the park is present near 3860 North Ocean Drive, where a parking lot is also present.

There are many attractions near Ocean Reef Park. Manatee Lagoon is an educational center that seeks to increase public awareness about manatees and the Lake Worth Lagoon. The center has interesting exhibitions on the local marine biodiversity. The center has a souvenir shop and also hosts yoga classes, lectures, and fun educational and storytelling sessions for kids. Phil Foster Park is a waterfront recreation park that offers many amenities including boat docks, boat launching ramps, fishing platforms, picnic areas, playgrounds, restrooms, showers, and a pier. The water near this park is popular among divers and snorkelers and visitors can also explore an artificial reef present here. The water here also has an underwater snorkel trail and visitors can view many kinds of fish here including groupers, eels, wrasse, starfish, and octopus, along with manatees. If you are looking for another attraction near Ocean Reef Park, John D. MacArthur Beach State Park is a state park that preserves a beautiful portion of the southern Florida coastline. This state park is set in a barrier island and it has many kinds of habitats including sand dunes, wetlands, maritime hammock forests, and estuarine habitats, which you can explore via hiking trails. You can view many kinds of birds in this park including brown pelicans, terns, gulls, and sandpipers. This state park also offers many fun activities including kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding, snorkeling, scuba diving, and picnicking.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Ocean Reef Park. Agora Mediterranean Kitchen serves excellent Mediterranean cuisine with a focus on Turkish dishes. The restaurant’s dishes are prepared from locally sourced ingredients. Ceviche Arigato is a fusion restaurant that serves Peruvian-Japanese fusion cuisine. This restaurant has also been frequently awarded OpenTable’s Diners’ Choice award. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Ocean Reef Park, Southern Kitchen Diner serves amazing dishes for breakfast and lunch including waffles, eggs, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, roast meats, burgers, sandwiches, salads, soups, and chili.

If you are looking for a hotel near Ocean Reef Park, there are many great nearby options. The 4-Star Marriott's Ocean Pointe offers many amenities including multiple pools, a kids’ pool, a gym, a spa, a hot tub, a restaurant, and a convenience store. The hotel also offers many amenities including tennis, bocce ball, shuffleboard, mini-golf, and volleyball. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront/Palm Beaches Resort offers many amenities including multiple restaurants, a lounge, seasonal entertainment (available on weekends), a fitness center, a pool, and a hot tub. If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Ocean Reef Park, the 2-Star Super 8 by Wyndham North Palm Beach offers many amenities including a pool, laundry facility, and complimentary continental breakfast.