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Pompano Beach

Pompano Beach, FL · Palm Beaches

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Pompano Beach is the wide, busy stretch where the Fisher Family Pier juts nearly 900 feet into the Atlantic and curls into the shape of a pompano fish at its tip, with a cutout eye you can peer through to spot what is swimming below. At its foot sits the Fishing Village, a packed beachfront strip of raw bars, taco joints, and the Pier 6 rooftop where you sip a cocktail over the surf line. The sand runs broad and lively under the lifeguard towers, the kind of beach where everyone shows up and the waves keep rolling in.

Highlights

Fisher Family Pier with its pompano-fish-shaped end and fisheye cutoutThe Fishing Village: raw bars, taco joints, and the Pier 6 rooftop loungeWide, busy sand under the lifeguard towers with steady Atlantic surf

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This is the other Florida Atlantic, the one with a soundtrack: beach-town shores where the boardwalk, the pier, and the bars are half the point. Park once and walk to South Beach's pastel lifeguard towers, Daytona's hard-packed sand you can still drive on, Cocoa Beach's morning surf, and Fort Lauderdale's strip of cafes across from the water. Come for the crowds, the people-watching, and the easy day where everything you need is steps from the sand.