This 95 acre park is at the northern most part of the Sand Key barrier island, a short hop through Sand Key Bridge up to Clearwater Beach, and 21 miles west of Tampa airport TPA. The parking at the park is $5 for the day. The amenity (list) includes outdoor showers @ Boardwalk #3, and #4 which is behind the bathroom and changing room. I'm here for the 1.2 mile open water swim: it was fantastic!!! Our event has 167 swimmers. I car pooled with my friend. At 7am on this Saturday, the parking lot looks vacant. But by the time we leave, at 11am, there are still many parking spots. Not sure it has anything to do with the water temp hovering around 69°F. Some swimmers say they saw dolphins. I see plenty pelicans, and a few other water birds.

This is a beautiful beach. The sand is white and the water is so clear. This is a great place to go to in Clearwater. Crowds are not bad. Plenty of parking and no charge or beach tags require. If you want to rent two recliner chairs and an umbrella that will cost you $37. It's a good deal if you are traveling

Best beach on the gulf coast! The morning walks were great and had so many awesome views of the ocean. Food truck had great food and had kayak rentals we used each day we were there. Will come back again soon!

We stopped at this beach to check it out. It is a very nice, clean beach. It’s a bit further if a walk to the water than some other beaches but it was not bad. There is a blue mat from the beach entrance to closer to the water for those that are pulling wagons or in wheelchairs. The restrooms were clean. It is not a big shell beach but I did find a few. It is a much quieter beach than those directly in Clearwater Beach (this is just outside it). There is plenty of parking for $5 which covers the whole day. I wish we’d had more time here.

It was a wonderful day. It was so easy to get to. Parking was easy with tons of parking spaces. Getting to the water with the beach wagon was not difficult at all. There was lots of space to stretch out and not have neighbours right up against you. There were a few dolphins swimming and we even saw Little Toot (an amazing tour everyone must take at least once!). The dolphins playing in their surf was a highlight. We will definitely be back!

This lovely beach was so much nicer than Clearwater It was flooded the day we went but that just made it that much better Food from truck was lovely had a great day watching the birds So nice we walked back to our hotel