A quiet county beach park with dune boardwalks and rocket-launch views.
Cherie Down Park is in Brevard County, Florida, on the Atlantic coast.
Cherie Down Park is a small Brevard County park on the ocean side of Cape Canaveral, opened in 1983 and named for the local advocate whose dune planting work the county honored. A boardwalk crosses the dune line to the sand, with outdoor showers and picnic shelters behind it. Cocoa Beach lies about 5 miles south, and its NOAA gauge supplies the tide predictions on this page.
Today's flag, water temperature, surf, wind, UV and tide times for Cherie Down Park load on this page automatically. Conditions change through the day, so nothing on this page is a substitute for the flag flying when you arrive.
Amenity details are Coasti's own notes and can go out of date. Fees, lifeguard seasons and dog rules are set locally.
Flags run from green for low hazard to double red for water closed — see what each flag color means.
Red tide readings come from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission monitoring map.
Red tide blooms concentrate on Florida's Gulf coast, and Cape Canaveral sits on the Atlantic side, so this beach almost never sees one. FWC samples the whole state, so if a bloom ever reached Brevard's coast the reading would show up here. See today's statewide red tide status.
That depends on the flag and the surf, and both change through the day. Coasti shows the posted lifeguard flag when a current one exists, and estimates from surf, wind and rip-current risk when it does not. Today's answer for Cherie Down Park loads at the top of this page.
Cherie Down Park has no lifeguard station, so no official flag is posted here. Coasti estimates the flag from conditions instead.
Parking at Cherie Down Park is free. One lot at the park entrance, limited spaces. Fees and lot hours change, so check locally before you go.
Dogs are not allowed on the beach at Cherie Down Park. Nearby rules vary, so check locally before you go.
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