new smyrna town beach

Decided to go here instead of the busier Daytona. Beach was beautiful...soft sand, good for a long walk, rest rooms available. You can drive on the beach for a fee if you want. If the main beach area is crowded, keep driving down the road to the other end and on the way there are lots of public parking lots and public access points. We found this to be a much quieter and more peaceful part of the beach.

New Smyrna Beach is one of the state's nicest beaches. It is extremely wide when the tide is out and offers plenty of room for the many folks who enjoy the beach year-round. A portion of the beach is open to traffic but car speeds are carefully regulated. No dogs or alcoholic beverages are allowed, and these regulations are enforced by frequent patrols. Like other Florida beaches, there are occasional large populations of jelly fish that wash ashore. There have also been some shark bites. But those things do not seem to deter people. The beach can get very crowded. There are also sections of the beach where traffic is not allowed. Also, like so much of Florida, the economy depends heavily on tourism, and some cities and counties take this too far to the point of exploiting tourists. A good example of that is that the cost of driving one's car onto the beach for a day of fun and sun is unreasonably high and increased this year. The beach is "owned" by the county and the county government sees tourists almost solely as revenue sources. And there are not many good places to park if you don't take your car on the beach. So that is a downside. Still, it is one of the state's most beautiful beaches.

Glad the beach has a large patio area where our dog is welcomed. Our dog is the welcome ambassador. Many people stop by and say hello and shake his paw.

Im a life long resident of New Smyrna Beach. It has been ruined by greed. Great if you like sitting still in traffic and paying $10 a day to use a parking lot.

Nice beach. Not as commercial as places like Ocean City Maryland. JB's is a must for fish and sunsets.

New Smyrna Beach, FL has nice quaint shops downtown on Flagler St & Canal Street. It is maticulous every where we saw. Lots of water activities to suit everyone. A very family friendly community!

Loved this beach and surroundings so many things to do the beach is breath taking the gift shops have something for everyone really enjoyed this place

I sat on the lovely beach and my husband sat on the covered board walk with the dog . They talked with lots of interesting people. Had a enjoyable time.

Very nice beach, shallow water so you can wade quite far. Surf is usually small but, at the inlet, waves are good and a favorite for surfers.

You can drive on the beach and that is one of the highlights of this beach. Other than that, it is an average beach with flat surface, slow waters, long walkable areas and beautiful sunsets. The day i was here, it was a little windy so it was not super comfortable. it does get cold in November around these parts of Florida.

It's a beautiful beach miles of sand, with lots of access points, it's very accessible by foot but also by vehicle.

We were visiting during a business trip and decided to check out the town/beach. While it's nice, we just couldn't get past the environment. It definitely has a retirement vibe about it. We just couldn't get comfortable enough to have fun. The people were very nice at the places we stopped at. Lovely beach, boring vibe.

I love this beach! Sand, water, clear blue sky.... Water is wavy, so you cannot swim much, but you can dive in and then lay out on the sun and just enjoy the day. You can walk for miles with your feet in the water. Great place for surfers (school of surf at the beach). There are several restaurants at the beach and trucks with food and drinks are available. Beach is wide and although full of visitors, you can always find perfect spot for yourself to enjoy the peace. Fabulous sunsets and dawns at this beach, so don't miss either of these.

You can drive on the beach, or rent a little buggy to drive along the water. Wide beach with nice sand!

Really liked it here ,took a chance visit while on holiday in orlando , so pleased we did, will be going back again, loved that you can drive on the beach and the shops were so quirky a real gem ,