An off-leash dog beach inside a state park.
Honeymoon Island Dog Beach is in Pinellas County, Florida, on the Gulf coast.
A state park entry fee gets visitors onto Honeymoon Island Dog Beach in Dunedin, one of only two beaches on Coasti's list where dogs go off leash. A concession stand covers snacks and drinks, though no lifeguard is posted. Caladesi Island State Park is under two miles off by ferry, and Clearwater Beach runs roughly five and a half miles down the coast. The name dates to 1939, when a developer renamed old Hog Island and built fifty palm-thatched honeymoon bungalows promoted in Life magazine.
Today's flag, water temperature, surf, wind, UV and tide times for Honeymoon Island Dog Beach 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Amenity details are Coasti's own notes and can go out of date.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.
Weather and marine forecasts come from the National Weather Service at St. Pete-Clearwater Intl (KPIE).
Red tide readings come from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission monitoring map.
Honeymoon Island sits in Pinellas County, where readings come from FWC's statewide map, resampled every eight days in a rolling cycle. Karenia brevis causes red tide, and it's an algae that lives in the Gulf naturally, blooming on its own rather than from any outside source. Coverage is uneven, so a beach can report irritation while another one down the road shows nothing at all, and blooms typically ramp up through late summer, cresting sometime between September and November. 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 Honeymoon Island Dog Beach loads at the top of this page.
Honeymoon Island Dog Beach has no lifeguard station, so no official flag is posted here. Coasti estimates the flag from conditions instead.
Parking at Honeymoon Island Dog Beach is paid. Florida State Park entry fee applies. Fees and lot hours change, so check locally before you go.
Dogs are allowed at Honeymoon Island Dog Beach. OSM-confirmed off-leash dog park (leisure=dog_park) inside Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin. Leash and off-leash rules change, so check locally before you go.
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