Blockhouse Beach

Blockhouse Beach does not have lifeguards or any other amenities except watersports equipment rental facilities, so prepare accordingly. 

Blockhouse Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, swimming, surfing, boating, kayaking, canoeing, and jet-skiing. If you are planning to enter the water near Blockhouse Beach, we recommend being careful as the water here is known to have dangerous rip currents. In addition, shark attacks have also been documented in the water near the beach. Depending on the time of the year, you can view many kinds of animals in the water near this beach including sea turtles and dolphins.

Getting to Blockhouse Beach is easy - the beach is easily accessible from Florida State Highway A1A, and a parking lot is also located nearby.

There are many attractions near Blockhouse Beach. The Kelly Slater statue is sculpted by local sculptor Tasha Drazich. This exquisite bronze statue honors eminent surfer Kelly Slater, who grew up and honed his surfing skills in Florida’s Space Coast region. Slater has also won 11 world surfing championships. Visitors can click Instagram-worthy selfies with this statue. Florida Surf Museum has interesting exhibitions about the history of surfing and the surf culture in Florida.  Lori Wilson Park is an oceanfront recreational park which is spread over 32 acres. This park has a beach (seasonally supervised by lifeguards), picnic areas, barbecue spots, a boardwalk, a playground, restrooms, showers, volleyball courts, drinking fountains, and biking paths. In addition, this park has a beautiful coastal hammock forest which is a great bird watching spot.  Lori Wilson Park also has a designated grassy dog-friendly area where pet owners can have fun with their pets. If you are looking for another attraction near Blockhouse Beach, Shoreside Park is a recreational park with a beautiful waterfront pavilion that has picnic tables. In addition, the park has a children’s playground.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Blockhouse Beach.  The Fat Snook is an upscale restaurant which serves excellent seafood with Caribbean culinary influences. Grills Riverside Seafood Deck & Tiki Bar offers an amazing riverfront dining experience. This restaurant serves amazing dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner including seafood, eggs, pancakes, burritos, salads, sandwiches, burgers, tacos, kabobs, and pastas. The restaurant also offers live music performances. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Blockhouse Beach, Lily’s Beachside Restaurant offers amazing breakfast and lunch dishes including French toast, oatmeal, pancakes, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, and salads.

If you are looking for a hotel near Blockhouse Beach, there are many great nearby options. The 4-Star Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront offers many amenities including a seafood restaurant, a lounge, a 24/7 fitness center, a deck with a pool, a tiki bar, a fire pit, surfing lessons, and bike and boogie board rentals. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Beach Place Guesthouses which offer many amenities including a beach gear loaner facility, complimentary weekly yoga classes, a garden with hammocks, a guest lounge with TV and games, and barbecue areas. If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Blockhouse Beach, the 2-Star Candlewood Suites Melbourne/Viera, an IHG Hotel offers many amenities including a gym, barbecue facilities, a snack shop, and complimentary guest laundry facilities.