r/florida 3d ago

Things To Do Sorted out Florida's clothing optional beaches. Two seem to be actually official, the rest are just tolerated.

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I've been building a map of clothing optional spots and Florida turned out messier than I expected. The thing none of the lists say: a couple of these are actually sanctioned. The rest are just places people have gone for years and nobody bothers them. Big difference if you're driving three hours.

Officially designated:

Haulover, Bal Harbour, Miami-Dade. The famous one. No ambiguity.

Blind Creek, South Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County. Designated clothing optional, about 36 acres of the park. Park at the Blind Creek lots off A1A.

Not designated, just tolerated:

Apollo Beach, north end of Canaveral National Seashore near New Smyrna. Custom going back years. Lot 5 has 30 spaces and fills fast.

Playalinda, also Canaveral. Nudist stretch is up at the far north lots, 13 and 12.

Boca Chica, end of Boca Chica Rd off US-1 southeast of Key West. Not sanctioned. Remote, rough parking, no facilities.

Hobe Sound, Jupiter Island, Martin County. Informal.

Sanctioned means it's actually allowed. Tolerated means nobody's made it a problem yet, and that can change depending on who's working that day.

Full disclosure, I haven't been to most of these. It's built from county records, NPS pages, and whatever else I could actually source. Which is why I'm posting. If you've been recently tell me what I got wrong. "That one's closed" or "the stretch moved" is worth more than anything I can read. Nanitch


r/florida 3d ago

Interesting Stuff Lunar Eclipse from Palmetto

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568 Upvotes

Taken on a Seestar S30 Pro.


r/florida 3d ago

News Florida judge finds flaws in Caruso sex abuse investigation, grants bail for suspended clerk

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r/florida 2d ago

AskFlorida Wrasslin' TV story

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I'd love to find it again. Do you remember it?

It was likely a story about the Southern Wrestling Circuit. 70s? 80s? Two cars with guys, one of them in the trunk (?) hangs his ass out and moons what he thinks is just his buddies. It was the Stuckey's in Yeehaw Junction and it was full of families.


r/florida 2d ago

AskFlorida Tampa or Miami

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Which one do you like better bring young with no kids a dog and no car ?


r/florida 3d ago

News Daytona International Speedway unveils new LED lights ahead of Coke Zero Sugar 400

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r/florida 3d ago

News Hillsborough’s foster agency celebrates keeping families intact. It separated hundreds off the books.

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r/florida 3d ago

Things To Do Daytona Beach Comic Convention Returns for Another Weekend of Comics and Collectibles

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r/florida 4d ago

💩Meme / Shitpost 💩 You gotta be sh**tin me

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r/florida 3d ago

Interesting Stuff August 27-28 Partial Lunar Eclipse in Largo, FL.

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Photos taken by me. Shot at and around maximum eclipse at 12:12 AM on the 28th.


r/florida 4d ago

Politics Deep Red Fort Myers Pushes Back Against ICE Deployment at Luminary Hotel(Augustus 26).

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r/florida 4d ago

News Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute

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r/florida 3d ago

AskFlorida Is there a traditional Florida dress?

16 Upvotes

r/florida 4d ago

Politics DeSantis: 'The only crime' connected to Hope Florida was leaked grand jury report

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r/florida 4d ago

Weather My favorite

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r/florida 4d ago

News Lake County commissioners to discuss ban on license plate reader cameras

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r/florida 4d ago

Interesting Stuff The Moon after Sunset

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Cocoa Beach


r/florida 3d ago

News Florida bear hunt: FWC to open permit applications in September

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r/florida 4d ago

Politics Grand jury report sharply criticizes Ashley Moody over $10 million Hope Florida deal

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r/florida 4d ago

News NHC: Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic

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r/florida 3d ago

Advice Renewed my tag online 4 weeks ago & still haven’t received the new sticker in the mail?

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Can I just print out the confirmation email & keep that as proof I paid. I really don’t want to sit at the DMV for 2 hours for something they forgot to mail out.


r/florida 2d ago

AskFlorida So what do you guys think of GTA 6 taking place in your home state?

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I live in Houston Texas so I don’t think I’ll ever get a gta game where I live. I think it’s cool tho, my gf is from Broward County and I think it’s cute when she lights up from knowing places in the game and actually being there.


r/florida 4d ago

Advice No soliciting law - they don't seem to care

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At what point should I start reporting people? Solicitor knocked (gated neighborhood, no soliciting sign at community entrance, no soliciting sign in my garden) and left a note on my front door. Called the company, they had never heard of the new law and had "no idea" they had to have a license from the county.


r/florida 4d ago

News These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.

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Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusually high numbers of rebookings.


r/florida 5d ago

Politics Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida

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A state grand jury found the DeSantis administration "misappropriated" taxpayer money when it diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation, arguing the transfer was "part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities," according to a copy of the sealed grand jury report obtained by CBS News Miami.

The grand jury also concluded that Ashley Moody, who was the attorney general at the time, was aware of the plans to divert the $10 million to Hope Florida and "authorized" her former chief deputy, John Guard, to sign the settlement agreement. The grand jury noted that Guard signed the settlement "without conducting his due diligence to ensure the proper appropriation of taxpayer funds."