Sunset watching at the landmark Naples Pier.
Naples Pier is in Collier County, Florida, on the Gulf coast.
Metered spots line the streets around Naples Pier, the main way to park for this stretch of Collier County coast. A lifeguard is posted seasonally and restrooms sit near the pier entrance. Vanderbilt Beach is about eight miles away and Barefoot Beach roughly twelve, both further up the same coastline. The pier itself dates to 1888, built to land freight and passengers in the days before a road reached town.
Today's flag, water temperature, surf, wind, UV and tide times for Naples Pier 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Amenity details are Coasti's own notes and can go out of date.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.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station Naples (Gulf of Mexico) (8725110).
Weather and marine forecasts come from the National Weather Service at Naples Municipal Airport (KAPF).
Red tide readings come from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission monitoring map.
Activity usually ramps up through late summer, peaking most years sometime between September and November. Blooms have historically shown up most often along the stretch of coast from around Pinellas County down to Collier, where Naples sits, and FWC's statewide monitoring map keeps watch with samples on a rolling eight-day turnaround. Because the alga blooms unevenly, Naples Pier can see different conditions than Vanderbilt Beach eight miles north on the same week. 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 Naples Pier loads at the top of this page.
Naples Pier has lifeguards in season. Outside those months no flag is posted, and no flag flying does not mean the water is safe.
Parking at Naples Pier is paid. Metered street parking near the pier. Fees and lot hours change, so check locally before you go.
Dogs are not allowed on the beach at Naples Pier. Nearby rules vary, so check locally before you go.
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