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Cocoa Beach

Cocoa Beach, FL · Space Coast

About

This is the Space Coast at full volume: a wide stretch of Atlantic sand where the 800-foot Cocoa Beach Pier juts into the waves, its tiki bars and live music drawing crowds straight off the boardwalk. The surf here is the gentle, rideable kind that turned a local kid named Kelly Slater into an eleven-time world champion, and the flagship Ron Jon Surf Shop two miles up A1A keeps the boards moving 24 hours a day. Come for sunrise over the breakers, stay for a sunset beer over the pilings, and time a clear evening right and you might catch a rocket arc up over the water from the launch pads just to the north.

Highlights

Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier (800 ft of bars, restaurants, and live music)Easygoing surf that shaped champ Kelly SlaterFlagship Ron Jon Surf Shop, open 24 hoursRocket launches visible up the coast from Cape Canaveral

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