Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach has lifeguards between mid-May and mid-September between 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. Virginia Beach also has many other amenities including restrooms (present near the eastern ends of 17th Street, 24th Street, and 30th Street), showers, bike paths, nearby grassy areas, a pier (named Virginia Beach Fishing Pier), and nearby water sporting equipment and bike rental facilities. 

Virginia Beach Oceanfront offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, picnicking, fishing, biking, volleyball, skateboarding, snorkeling, wildlife watching, swimming, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, kayaking, canoeing, jet-skiing, surf-skiing, water-skiing, bodyboarding, skimboarding, jet-skiing,surf-skiing, water-skiing, parasailing, boating, and wakeboarding. The water near Virginia Beach Oceanfront offers fantastic surfing waves - the portions of the water around the rocky jetty (near the beach’s southern end) and the Virginia Beach fishing pier are particularly amazing surfing spots. The beach also hosts the annual East Coast Surfing Championships - this event sees many amateurs and professional surfing contests being organized in the water near Virginia Beach Oceanfront, along with events related to other sports including skateboarding, skimboarding, and volleyball. However, if you are planning to enter the water near Virginia Beach Oceanfront, we recommend being careful as the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents. In addition, water-related rescues are frequently carried out by lifeguards in the water near Virginia Beach Oceanfront, especially during peak tourist times in the summers. Depending on the time of the year, you can view many kinds of animals in the water near Virginia Beach Oceanfront including dolphins and migrating whales (usually between late December and mid-March). If you like birdwatching, you can view many kinds of seabirds and shorebirds around the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The Virginia Beach Fishing Pier is also present on this beach - this pier is seasonally open and offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the Atlantic Ocean and it is also a great fishing spot. You can catch many kinds of fish in the water here including blue fish, red drum, and Spanish mackerel.

The Virginia Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront boardwalk that offers an amazing oceanfront walking, jogging, biking, and skating experience. The boardwalk also has waterfront stages that host many kinds of entertaining events including live music performances and movie screenings. In addition, the boardwalk also offers access to many interesting shopping stores, restaurants, and a variety of local landmarks including a 24-foot tall statue of the Roman god Neptune, the Atlantic Wildfowl Museum, and the Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum.

Virginia Beach Oceanfront also offers multiple accessible ramps to the beach for people with disabilities. In addition, complimentary beach wheelchairs for visitors with disabilities are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Pets are allowed off-leash on the beach in Virginia Beach Oceanfront between Labor Day and Memorial Day. 

Getting to Virginia Beach Oceanfront is easy - the beach is located along Atlantic Avenue and is easily accessible from Pacific Avenue (which is a part of United States Highway 60), the Norfolk Virginia Beach Expressway (which is a part of Interstate 264), and United States Highway 58. Parking lots are present on Atlantic Avenue near its intersection with 4th Street, Rudee Loop, and 2nd Street and on Pacific Avenue near its intersection with 19th Street. These lots charge a daily fee between April 1 and October 31. In addition, paid parking garages are also available on Pacific Avenue near its interactions with 9th Street, 25th Street, and 31st Street. We recommend visiting the beach early as it is known to get crowded quickly.

There are many attractions near the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Naval Aviation Monument primarily consists of three statues that signify the differing periods of naval aviation - these statues signify the first flight out of a ship, naval aviation during World War Two, and naval aviation in the modern era. The monument honors the aviators of the past and the present and it also pays tribute to maintenance personnel and aircraft carrier ships.  Atlantic Fun Park is an amusement park which offers many fun rides and activities including the largest ferris wheel in Virginia Beach), a go-kart track, and a kids’ train. If you are looking for another attraction near Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center has interesting exhibitions which are home to many kinds of aquatic, semi-aquatic and terrestrial animals including komodo dragons, turtles, birds, cobras, otters, and an extremely diverse variety of fish and marine invertebrates. The aquarium also has a nature trail offering interesting insight into the local biodiversity and a 3D theater and it also offers many educational programs.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Catch 31 Fish House & Bar is an upscale restaurant that is known for serving amazing seafood. In addition, it also serves delicious dishes for lunch and dinner including soups, salads, poultry dishes, steaks, burgers, sandwiches, and tacos. Lager Heads is a restaurant and bar which serves amazing burgers and it also serves seafood, sandwiches, soups, salads, chicken wings, steaks, pasta, poultry dishes, and flatbreads. This restaurant also offers live music performances.  Pelon’s Baja Grill offers amazing Mexican dishes including tacos, burritos, and quesadillas. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Doc Taylor’s is set in a beautiful building and it offers amazing dishes for lunch and breakfast including eggs, soups, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, pancakes, French toasts, burritos, and Southern United States-style dishes.

If you are looking for a hotel near Virginia Beach Oceanfront, there are many great nearby options. The 4-Star Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront offers many amenities including a regular pool, an infinity pool, a bar, a fitness center, and a steakhouse. As another upscale option, the 3.5-Star The Cavalier Virginia Beach, Autograph Collection offers many amenities including a hot tub, a pool, a gym, a tavern, a restaurant, a guest lounge, and a garden. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Best Western Plus Sandcastle Hotel which offers many amenities including a pool, a cocktail lounge, a gym, a restaurant, complimentary breakfast, a gift shop, coin-operated laundry facilities, and bike rental facilities. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Virginia Beach Oceanfront, the 2-Star Comfort Suites Beachfront offers many amenities including a seasonal pool, a sundeck with fire pits, a game room, a gym, and complimentary breakfast.