Tybee Island - South Beach(South Beach)

Located within the community of Tybee Island in Chatham County, Tybee Island - South Beach – also known as South Beach - has a long and wide beige sand beach.  The beach is positioned near the city of Savannah on a barrier island along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.  Tybee Island - South Beach is adjacent to Tybee Island - Mid Beach and has a beautiful backdrop of many oceanfront buildings, including houses, shops, restaurants, and nearby vacation homes, which together provide Instagram-worthy views, especially during sunset.

Tybee Island - South Beach offers many amenities including seasonal lifeguards, restrooms, showers, a large playground, a boardwalk, picnic areas, picnic tables, and a fishing pier.

Tybee Island - South Beach is a family-friendly beach that offers many fun activities, including swimming, sunbathing, beachcombing, bird watching, kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding, fishing, building castles, and picnicking.  If you are planning to go in the water, the waves are usually calm.  However, we recommend being careful, as the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents.  If you like fishing, you may catch many fish, including red drum, Speckled trout, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, cobia, and black sea bass.  Visitors may spot many shorebirds, including herons, egrets, pelicans, ospreys, willets, and seagulls.  In addition, the beach also hosts many interesting events throughout the year, including concerts, festivals, and beach clean-ups.  Depending on the time of year, visitors may spot stingrays, sea turtles, and dolphins.  Dogs are not allowed on the beach, and the beach is open from sunrise until sunset.

Tybee Island - South Beach offers an access path for people with disabilities.

Getting to Tybee Island - South Beach is easy - the park has a paid parking lot located at 1603 Strand Avenue and provides easy access to the beach. Visitors have to pay $3.50 per hour to park their vehicles.

Tybee Island - South Beach is part of the famous Tybee Island shoreline that attracts a large influx of visitors throughout the year.

There are many attractions near Tybee Island - South Beach.  Tybee Island Light Station & Museum is the oldest and tallest lighthouse in Georgia, built in 1736 on the Tybee Island coastline.  This 145-foot-tall lighthouse, made of brick and cast iron, plays a crucial role in ensuring safe maritime navigation for vessels entering Tybee Island.  In addition, it also has a small museum that exhibits interesting artifacts that highlight the history and maritime heritage of Tybee Island.  It also offers guided tours that provide visitors with an opportunity to learn about the lighthouse's history, its significance, and the surrounding area.  Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers interesting insight into the local marine ecosystem through various exhibits, interactive encounters, marsh treks, a floating classroom for dolphin encounters, and guided beach walks.  In addition, it also hosts many educational programs for visitors of all ages that focus on marine biology, ecology, conservation, and environmental stewardship.

Fort Screven is a historical site constructed in the late 19th century that served as a military outpost to guard the Savannah River and defend the coast against potential naval threats.  It was equipped with artillery batteries and gun emplacements to deter and repel enemy ships.  Visitors can explore the site and learn about its history through guided tours that provide interesting insights into its military significance and notable events.  If you are looking for another attraction near Tybee Island - South Beach, Tybee Island Memorial Park is a dog-friendly memorial park that pays tribute to the different branches of the military and includes plaques representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.  The park offers many amenities, including a basketball court, a volleyball court, two tennis courts, a soccer field, water fountains, two large pavilions, picnic areas, twenty picnic tables, picnic shelters, barbecue grill facilities, a playground with swing sets, walking paths, benches, and restrooms.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants within a three-minute walk of Tybee Island - South Beach.  Sting Ray's Seafood is a beachfront seafood restaurant that offers live music with outdoor seating areas and serves incredible salads, sandwiches, burgers, salads, tacos, oysters, shrimp, seafood, and poultry dishes.  Salt Island Fish and Beer is another beachfront restaurant that offers indoor and outdoor seating areas and serves mussels, oysters, crabs, shrimp, burgers, short ribs, meatballs, and poultry dishes.  A-J's Dockside Restaurant serves salads, sandwiches, soups, scallops, shrimp, oysters, crabs, burgers, rib eye steaks, beef, pork, meat, and poultry dishes. Sundae Cafe at Tybee serves southern-inspired food, including salads, tacos, nachos, pasta, burgers, sandwiches, seafood, beef, pork, steaks, and poultry dishes.  In addition, it also offers pre-designed menus.  If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Tybee Island - South Beach, Sunrise Restaurant serves sandwiches, eggs, omelets, waffles, pancakes, burgers, salads, burgers, and steaks.

If you are looking for a hotel near Tybee Island - South Beach, there are many great options nearby.  If you are looking for an upscale beachfront hotel, the 5-Star JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District is 30 minutes away by car and offers many amenities, including an outdoor pool, a fitness center, a spa, and many restaurants.  A more affordable hotel is the riverfront 4-Star Hyatt Regency Savannah, which offers many amenities including an outdoor pool, a heated indoor pool, a fitness center, and a restaurant with river views.  Another moderately priced option is the 4-star Andaz Savannah, which offers many amenities including an outdoor pool, a terrace, cabanas, a fire pit, a fitness center, and a restaurant.  A more reasonably priced option is the 3-Star DeSoto Beach Hotel, which offers many amenities, including a game room, an outdoor pool, a restaurant, and a complimentary breakfast.  If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Tybee Island - South Beach, the 3-Star Beachview Inn & Spa offers many amenities including an outdoor pool, a spa, a fireplace, and a restaurant.