There are two Clearwaters and almost every guide runs them together. Clearwater is a mainland city of about 115,000 people with a quiet downtown on a bluff above the Intracoastal. Clearwater Beach is a barrier island two miles west of it, reached by one causeway, and it is where the white sand, the hotels and essentially all of the tourism are. Lists of things to do in clearwater fl that mix the two will send you across a bridge you did not budget for, or leave you in a downtown wondering where the beach went.
The second thing nobody tells you is that the island’s public parking is far smaller than its popularity. The city publishes its own list of beach lots, and several of them hold fewer than thirty cars. On a March Saturday, that is the whole story of your day.
This guide separates the city from the island, gives you the city’s own parking rates and lot sizes, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s full ticket structure including the one that is free, and an honest account of what is genuinely good here and what is oversold. All figures checked against the operators’ and the city’s own published information in September 2026.
The short answer
Clearwater Beach is the reason people come: a wide, exceptionally white Gulf beach with a paved promenade behind it, lifeguards, a fishing pier, and a nightly sunset festival that costs nothing.
The three things worth doing, in order: walk the beach and Beach Walk; be at Pier 60 for sunset; and, if you have children or an interest in marine rescue, visit the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
The thing that will define your day is parking. City beach lots are $3.50 an hour, run 6am to 11pm, are paid through ParkMobile zone numbers, and are small. The public garages are the reliable option. Arrive before mid-morning in season or expect to circle.
From Tampa it is roughly 28 miles and 45 to 70 minutes, and it crosses Tampa Bay. Treat it as a day, not an afternoon.
What Clearwater costs
| What | Cost (checked September 2026) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Beach itself | Free | The sand, the water, Beach Walk. You pay to park, not to be there |
| Sunsets at Pier 60 | Free | Nightly, weather permitting. Buskers, craft stalls, the sunset |
| City beach parking lots | $3.50 per hour | Generally 6am–11pm. Pay by ParkMobile zone number or kiosk |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium, adult 12+ | $41.95 | Seasonal rates may apply |
| CMA, child 3–11 | $32.95 | Under 2 free |
| CMA, senior 65+ | $39.95 | |
| CMA on your birthday | Free | With valid proof, on site at Ticketing only, one ticket per person |
| CMA, active military or K-12 teacher | 20% off | With valid ID, daily |
| CMA individual membership | $70 per year | Pays for itself in under two visits |
| Sand Key Park, just south | $6 per day to park | Pinellas County park. A different, quieter beach |
A family of four can have a full day on Clearwater Beach for the cost of parking — call it $20 to $30 for six or seven hours in a city lot — plus whatever they eat. The same family doing the aquarium as well adds about $150. Both are legitimate days; the difference is worth knowing before you arrive.
Clearwater versus Clearwater Beach
This is the section the DMO pages will not write, so here it is plainly.
Clearwater, the city
On the mainland, on a bluff above the Intracoastal Waterway, with a small downtown centered on Cleveland Street. It has a working municipal core, a waterfront park at Coachman Park with a large outdoor amphitheater, and the restored Capitol Theatre as a performing arts venue. It is not a tourist district and it does not pretend to be.
Downtown Clearwater is also, and there is no useful way around this, the home of the Church of Scientology’s Flag Land Base, its spiritual headquarters, established here in the mid-1970s. The organization and affiliated owners hold a substantial amount of downtown property, which has been extensively documented by local and national press over decades. We mention it because visitors notice — the scale of the buildings and the number of people in matching uniforms around them is hard to miss — and because no visitor guide explains it. It is part of why the downtown retail core has been quieter than a city of this size would otherwise be. It has no bearing on a beach holiday.
Clearwater Beach, the island
Two miles west, across the Intracoastal on the Memorial Causeway, which is the only road connection from downtown Clearwater. The island holds the beach, the hotels, the restaurants, Pier 60 and the Clearwater Marine Aquarium is just across the water on Island Estates.
The causeway is the constraint. It is one bridge carrying everyone who wants to be on the island, and on a weekend afternoon in season it backs up in both directions. Leaving the island at 5pm on a Saturday in March is a genuinely slow experience. Plan around it: arrive early, leave late, or do neither and accept the queue.
And the other names
Sand Key is the barrier island immediately south across Clearwater Pass, with the county’s Sand Key Park at its northern tip. Island Estates is a residential island between the beach and the mainland, and it is where the aquarium is. Dunedin is the next town north on the mainland, and Honeymoon Island State Park is beyond it. None of these are Clearwater Beach.
The beach itself
Clearwater Beach is genuinely among the best beaches in the United States and the awards are not marketing invention — it has been named the country’s top beach by the people who make a profession of ranking them.
What is actually good about it: the sand is exceptionally fine and white and stays cool enough to walk on far later into the day than darker sand does; the water is shallow and clear a long way out, which makes it unusually good for small children; and the whole beach faces due west, so the sunsets are over open water every single evening.
Beach Walk is the landscaped pedestrian promenade running behind the sand along South Gulfview Boulevard — paved, palm-lined, wide, and genuinely pleasant to walk in the evening. It is free and it is the best thing to do here after the beach itself.
Lifeguards are on duty on the main stretch during posted hours, which is not true of most beaches in the region, and the standard Florida flag system is flown — double red means the water is closed, single red means high hazard, yellow medium, green low, and purple means dangerous marine life.
What is less good: it is busy, it is commercial, and the strip behind it is a long parade of chain restaurants, T-shirt shops and parasail operators. If you want an undeveloped beach, this is the wrong one and our guide to the beaches near Tampa compares the alternatives with their parking fees.
Sunsets at Pier 60
The single best thing in Clearwater and it costs nothing.
Every evening, weather permitting, the area around Pier 60 fills for a sunset festival: craft and art vendors set up along the pier approach, street performers work the crowd, and everybody turns west at the right moment. It runs for a couple of hours either side of sunset and it has been going for decades.
Pier 60 itself is a municipal fishing pier — 1,080 feet of it, with a bait shop and rod rental at the end — and there is a charge to fish or to walk out on it, but the festival, the beach and the sunset are free.
Practical notes. Sunset moves by nearly two hours across the year, so check the time for your date rather than assuming. The crowd is largest in season and at weekends. And the Pier 60 parking lot holds 141 cars, which on a good evening is nothing like enough.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
The island’s main paid attraction, on Island Estates between the beach and the mainland, and unusual among aquariums in that it is primarily a marine animal hospital — a working rescue, rehabilitation and release operation — that admits the public. The organization states that 100 percent of net proceeds from your visit go to that mission.
Admission, checked September 2026:
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Adults, 12 and over | $41.95 |
| Seniors, 65 and over | $39.95 |
| Children, 3–11 | $32.95 |
| Children, 2 and under | Free |
| Active-duty military or K-12 teacher, with ID | 20% off, daily |
| On your birthday, with proof | Free |
Seasonal rates may apply and prices are subject to change; buy online for your date.
The three money points nobody prints
Your birthday gets you in free. CMA offers free admission on a guest’s birthday with valid proof — a driver’s license or state ID, a school photo ID showing date of birth, or a birth certificate for a child. It is redeemable on site at Ticketing only, one ticket per person, and it is not something the booking flow will offer you. If anyone in your party has a birthday during your trip, that is $41.95 saved for walking up to a desk.
Membership beats two visits. An individual Ocean Explorer membership is $70 a year against a $41.95 single adult admission — so it pays for itself on the second visit, and members also get discounts on parking, retail and food. The Aquatic Duo is $129 for two named members plus a one-time guest ticket; Family Marine Explorer is $239 for four named members plus two guest tickets. For a family visiting twice in a year, or locals, the arithmetic is straightforward.
CityPASS covers it, but do the sums. CMA is one of the seven attractions in the Tampa Bay CityPASS choice set, from which you pick five. The catch is geography: CityPASS is valid for nine days and the other attractions are mostly in Tampa, 25 miles and a bay crossing away. If your trip is Clearwater-based, you will spend the pass’s value in driving before you spend it in admissions.
An honest note about Winter
A great many visitors come to CMA because of Dolphin Tale and the story of Winter, the rescued dolphin fitted with a prosthetic tail. Winter died in November 2021. The aquarium continues its rescue and rehabilitation work and cares for other resident animals, and Winter’s story is still told there — but if seeing Winter is the reason you are buying a ticket, you should know before you buy it rather than after you arrive. Guides that still describe meeting her are years out of date.
Parking, in detail
This is the practical heart of a Clearwater Beach day, and the city publishes all of it. Public beach surface lots are $3.50 per hour, generally operating 6am to 11pm, and paid by ParkMobile zone number or at a kiosk. The zone number is the thing to note when you park.
| Lot | Address | Spaces | Zone | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Marina | 25 Causeway Blvd | 346 (8 accessible) | 9413 | 2-hour limit. Boat tour and marina restaurant customers can get a code for $1/hr and a 2-hour extension |
| Pier 60 | 160 S. Gulfview Blvd | 141 (6) | 9414 | Unlimited within operating hours |
| 420 S. Gulfview | 420 S. Gulfview Blvd | 65 (3) | 9415 | |
| 4 Rockaway St | 4 Rockaway St | 146 (5) | 9419 | |
| Beach Rec Center & Library | 51 Bay Esplanade | 72 (4) | 9421 | Opens 12:30pm on Sundays |
| Avalon–Kendall | 6 Avalon St | 53 (3) | 9420 | |
| 461 Mandalay | 461 Mandalay Ave | 25 (1) | 9418 | |
| 429 Mandalay | 429 Mandalay Ave | 22 (1) | 9417 | |
| Gateway | 390/1 East Shore Dr | 20 (1) | 9423 | |
| McKay Park | 605 Mandalay Ave | 17 (1) | 9422 |
Look at those numbers. The largest lot on the list has a two-hour limit. Four of the ten hold fewer than thirty cars. This is the single most useful thing on this page: the surface parking on Clearwater Beach is nothing like adequate for the number of people who want to use it, and in season it is full by late morning.
The public garages are the reliable option on a busy day and are where we would go by default rather than trawling the lots. The city also publishes accessible parking information, a resident ParkMobile discount, an interactive beach parking map and a list of all lots and garages — worth pulling up on your phone before you cross the causeway rather than after.
Street-metered parking on the island is charged at a higher hourly rate than the lots. And a practical point that catches people: the Beach Recreation Center lot does not open until 12:30pm on Sundays.
Getting there and getting around
- From downtown Tampa: roughly 28 miles, typically 45 to 70 minutes. Crosses Tampa Bay on the Courtney Campbell Causeway or the Howard Frankland, then west across the peninsula and over the Memorial Causeway.
- From Tampa International Airport: the airport publishes 20 miles to Clearwater and 20 to 25 to Clearwater Beach. See our airport guide — note that the $40 flat taxi rate applies to downtown Tampa and the cruise port, not here.
- From St. Petersburg: about 22 miles north on the same peninsula, so no bay crossing.
- From Honeymoon Island or Dunedin: a short run north on the mainland.
On the island itself, walking works: the beach, Beach Walk, Pier 60 and the restaurant strip are all within a comfortable stretch. A seasonal trolley service links the beach with downtown Clearwater and the neighboring beach communities, and a small passenger ferry has run between downtown Clearwater and the beach — both change their schedules and fares, so check the operator directly. Regional transit in detail belongs on our transport guide rather than here.
The genuinely useful move for a day trip from Tampa: park once, on the island, early, and do not move the car until you leave.
On the water
A large share of Clearwater Beach’s economy is boats, and the marina at the foot of the causeway is where most of it leaves from.
- Dolphin-watching cruises. Bottlenose dolphins are genuinely resident in these waters and sightings are common rather than lucky. Operators vary in how they behave around the animals; the responsible ones keep their distance and do not chase or feed, and it is a fair question to ask before booking.
- Pirate-themed cruises. Aimed squarely at children, with face paint, water pistols and a soundtrack. They deliver exactly what they advertise.
- Sunset sails. The same sunset everyone on the beach is watching, from the water and with a drink.
- Parasailing and jet skis. Widely available along the strip. Check what the quoted price actually includes, because it frequently does not include everything.
- Fishing. Charters from the marina for offshore and inshore trips, and Pier 60 for anyone who would rather stand still.
We have not priced or tested any of these operators and we are not going to recommend one over another on no evidence. Book through the marina or a known operator, read recent reviews, and be clear about what is included before you pay.
Parking note that matters here: the Municipal Marina lot at 25 Causeway Boulevard has a two-hour limit at the standard $3.50 an hour, but boat tour operators and marina restaurant tenants can issue a daily code that drops the rate to $1 an hour and extends the limit. If you are taking a boat trip, ask the operator for it.
With children
Clearwater Beach is one of the better family beaches in Florida and most of what makes it so is free.
- The water. Shallow, clear and warm, with a gentle slope — genuinely suited to small children in a way that steeper, rougher beaches are not.
- Lifeguards on the main stretch during posted hours.
- Pier 60 Park behind the pier has a covered playground, which is not a small thing in a Florida summer.
- The sunset festival, every evening, with buskers — free entertainment that children reliably enjoy.
- The aquarium, which is the region’s best rainy-day option and free for under-2s and for anyone with a birthday.
- The boat trips. Pirate-themed cruises, dolphin-watching and sunset sails all run from the marina. They are unashamedly aimed at families and they do what they say.
The constraints are heat and shade. There is very little natural shade on the beach and the sand is bright; bring or rent an umbrella and plan the middle of the day around being out of the sun.
Beyond the beach
Most visitors never leave the island, which is fine, but the mainland has three things worth knowing about.
Spring training
The Philadelphia Phillies have held spring training in Clearwater since the 1940s, which makes it one of the longest-running spring training relationships in baseball. The ballpark — currently carrying a sponsor’s name, as these all do — also hosts the Clearwater Threshers, the Phillies’ Single-A affiliate, through the regular minor league season.
Grapefruit League spring training runs roughly from late February to late March, tickets are far cheaper and far easier to get than a regular-season major league game, and the atmosphere is relaxed in a way that regular baseball is not. If your trip falls in that window and you have any interest in baseball at all, it is one of the best-value afternoons in the region. Check the schedule and buy ahead; Phillies fans travel in numbers.
Coachman Park and the waterfront
Downtown Clearwater’s waterfront park was rebuilt with a large outdoor amphitheater that brings touring music to the bluff above the Intracoastal. It is the city’s most visible attempt to give the mainland a reason to exist for visitors, and on a night with a good act it works.
Capitol Theatre and Cleveland Street
A restored early-twentieth-century theater on Cleveland Street, now a performing arts venue, anchoring a small downtown district with a handful of independent restaurants and bars. It is modest. It is also completely unlike the island, which is the point.
Nightlife and eating
Clearwater Beach’s evening is beach-bar rather than club: open-air bars along the strip, live cover bands, rooftop terraces on the hotels, and a great deal of frozen cocktail. It is cheerful and it is not sophisticated. The crowd skews to families early and to young adults late, and spring break weeks in March are a category of their own.
Dining on the island runs heavily to waterfront seafood and chain restaurants at resort prices. A grouper sandwich is the local default, and the general Gulf-coast caution applies — seafood substitution is a documented Florida problem, and a cheap grouper sandwich is worth a question. Regional dining in depth is covered on our Tampa Bay food guide.
Downtown Clearwater on the mainland has a small, slowly growing independent restaurant and brewery scene along Cleveland Street, and the amphitheater at Coachman Park brings touring acts to the waterfront. It is a different evening from the island entirely.
Accessibility
The city publishes accessible parking information for the beach separately from its general parking pages, including disabled veteran and accessible space locations, and every lot in the table above has designated accessible spaces — though at the smaller lots that means one space.
Beach wheelchairs with balloon tires are available at Clearwater Beach and are the thing that makes soft dry sand passable. Availability is limited and arrangements change, so call ahead through the city or the lifeguard operation rather than turning up and hoping.
Beach Walk, the promenade behind the sand, is paved, flat and wide for its full length, and is comfortable for wheelchairs, mobility scooters and strollers. Pier 60 is a flat boardwalk. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is a modern building with lift access between levels, and its ticketing is on the third level.
The real constraint, as everywhere on this coast, is shade and heat. There is almost none on the beach itself, and Florida summer heat is a genuine hazard rather than a discomfort for anyone heat-sensitive. Plan the outdoor legs for early morning or the evening.
Conditions: what to check before you drive
Red tide
Blooms of the algae Karenia brevis occur naturally in the Gulf and can concentrate near shore, killing fish and producing an airborne toxin that causes coughing and throat irritation — worse for anyone with asthma. It is patchy, it changes within days, and it is monitored. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission publishes a current status map by location, and Pinellas County runs its own beach condition reporting.
Check it for your date and for this specific beach before driving 45 minutes. It is free, it takes a minute, and it is the difference between a good day and a wasted one.
Rip currents
Read the flag on the lifeguard stand and take it seriously. The Gulf here looks calm and usually is, which is precisely why people underestimate it. Rip currents are the leading cause of beach rescues in Florida.
Storms
Hurricane season runs 1 June to 30 November. A barrier island is exactly as exposed as it sounds, and recent seasons have brought serious storm damage to this coast. If a named system is in the Gulf, take evacuation guidance seriously rather than watching it from a balcony.
When to come
March and April are the peak: best weather, warm water, and the worst crowds and parking of the year. Spring break turns the island into a different place entirely.
May and June are the sweet spot — warm water, long evenings, and the spring crowds gone.
July and August are hot, humid and stormy, with near-daily afternoon thunderstorms. Beach in the morning, aquarium or air conditioning in the afternoon.
September through November can be excellent, with warm water and thin crowds, against the back half of hurricane season.
December through February is quiet, cool and dry. The water is at its coldest and the beach at its emptiest, and the sunsets are just as good.
On any day in season: be parked by 10am, or plan to arrive late afternoon for the sunset instead.
Itineraries
A day trip from Tampa
Leave early, be parked by 10am, beach and Beach Walk through the morning, lunch on the strip, aquarium or shade in the afternoon heat, then back to the beach for the sunset festival and drive home after the causeway has cleared. That is a full, good day for the cost of parking, lunch and optionally one ticket.
A weekend based on the island
Day one as above without the drive. Day two: Sand Key Park in the morning for $6 and a quieter beach, a boat trip in the afternoon, and dinner on the strip. If it is spring, swap one of those for a Phillies game on the mainland.
Half a day
Arrive at four, walk Beach Walk while the light goes, stay for the sunset festival, eat afterward. You avoid the parking crush and the heat entirely and you get the single best thing Clearwater does.
Honest notes
- Clearwater and Clearwater Beach are different places. Book the right one. The city is two miles and one causeway from the sand.
- Parking, not the beach, is the bottleneck. The city’s own list shows lots of 17, 20, 22 and 25 spaces. Use the garages.
- Winter the dolphin died in 2021. If the films are your reason for visiting the aquarium, know that first.
- Take the birthday ticket. Free CMA admission on your birthday, on site, with proof. Nobody advertises it.
- Do not buy CityPASS for a Clearwater-based trip. Five of the seven attractions are across the bay.
- Sand Key Park is five minutes south and costs $6 to park. If Clearwater Beach is full or too busy, that is the move.
- The Sunday 12:30pm opening at the Beach Recreation Center lot catches people out every week.
- Check red tide before you drive. Free, fast, and it can save the day.
Frequently asked questions
Is Clearwater the same as Clearwater Beach?
No. Clearwater is a mainland city with a downtown on Cleveland Street above the Intracoastal. Clearwater Beach is a barrier island two miles west, reached by the Memorial Causeway, and it is where the beach, the hotels and the tourism are. Booking one when you meant the other is the commonest mistake visitors make here.
How much is parking at Clearwater Beach?
City beach surface lots are $3.50 per hour, generally operating 6am to 11pm and paid by ParkMobile zone number or kiosk. Street meters are charged at a higher rate. The lots are small — several hold under 30 cars — so the public garages are the reliable option on a busy day. Checked September 2026.
How much does Clearwater Marine Aquarium cost?
$41.95 for adults 12 and over, $39.95 for seniors 65 and over, $32.95 for children 3 to 11, and free for children 2 and under. Active-duty military and K-12 teachers get 20% off with valid ID, and admission is free on your birthday with valid proof, redeemed on site at Ticketing. An individual annual membership is $70, which pays for itself on a second visit.
Can you still see Winter the dolphin?
No. Winter, the rescued dolphin with the prosthetic tail from Dolphin Tale, died in November 2021. Clearwater Marine Aquarium continues its rescue, rehabilitation and release work and cares for other resident animals, and Winter’s story is still part of the visit.
Is Clearwater Beach free?
Yes. The beach, the sand, the water, the Beach Walk promenade and the nightly Sunsets at Pier 60 festival all cost nothing. You pay for parking, for fishing or walking out on Pier 60 itself, and for anything you buy. A full beach day can cost you only the parking.
What is Sunsets at Pier 60?
A free nightly festival on the beach at the foot of Pier 60, weather permitting — craft and art vendors, street performers and the sunset itself, running for a couple of hours either side of sundown. It has been running for decades and it is the best free thing in Clearwater.
How far is Clearwater Beach from Tampa?
Roughly 28 miles from downtown Tampa, typically 45 to 70 minutes by car and longer at weekends in season. It crosses Tampa Bay. From Tampa International Airport the published distance is 20 to 25 miles, also across the bay.
What is the best time of day to go to Clearwater Beach?
Early morning, before about 10am, if you want to park easily and have the beach at its quietest. Or late afternoon into the evening for the sunset festival, when the daytime crowd is leaving. The middle of the day in season is the worst of both.
Is Clearwater Beach good for families?
Yes — the water is shallow, clear and gently sloping, there are lifeguards on the main stretch during posted hours, there is a covered playground at Pier 60 Park, and the nightly sunset festival is free entertainment. The main constraints are heat and the almost total lack of natural shade.
Why is downtown Clearwater so quiet?
Several reasons, including the fact that the tourism is all on the island. The Church of Scientology has had its spiritual headquarters in downtown Clearwater since the mid-1970s and the organization and affiliated owners hold a substantial amount of downtown property, which has been widely documented in local and national reporting and is part of the picture. The city has been investing in the waterfront and the Coachman Park amphitheater to change it.
Is there a cheaper beach near Clearwater Beach?
Sand Key Park, immediately south across Clearwater Pass, is a Pinellas County park at $6 a day to park, with a wide beach, shaded picnic areas, restrooms and showers, and a fraction of the crowd. Our beaches near Tampa guide compares the whole coast with verified fees.
Related Tampa Guides
- Best Beaches Near Tampa — the coastwide comparison, with every parking fee and honest drive times.
- Best Things to Do in St. Petersburg Florida — 22 miles south on the same peninsula, and a good rainy-day alternative.
- Tampa International Airport Visitor Guide — 20 to 25 miles away, with the transfer options set out.
- Best Things to Do in Tampa — across the bay, and a different kind of day entirely.
- Best Restaurants and Food in Tampa Bay — the regional food picture, including what to be careful about ordering on a waterfront menu.
- Tampa Bay Events and Festivals Guide — the regional calendar, with verified dates and the date each was checked.
Sources and verification
Checked in September 2026:
- City of Clearwater (myclearwater.com, Beach Parking) — the $3.50 per hour lot rate, the 6am–11pm operating hours, the ParkMobile zone numbers, and the individual lot addresses, space counts and accessible-space counts reproduced in the table above, including the Municipal Marina’s two-hour limit and $1/hr extension code and the Beach Recreation Center lot’s 12:30pm Sunday opening. Checked 19 September 2026.
- Clearwater Marine Aquarium (cmaquarium.org) — admission of $41.95 adult, $39.95 senior, $32.95 child 3–11 and free for 2 and under; the 20% Appreciation Admission for active-duty military and K-12 teachers; the free birthday admission and the proof accepted; membership tiers at $70, $129 and $239; Tampa Bay CityPASS participation; and the statement that 100% of net proceeds fund the rescue mission. Checked 19 September 2026.
- Pinellas County (pinellas.gov) — the $6 per day parking fee at Sand Key Park. Checked 19 September 2026.
- Tampa International Airport (tampaairport.com) — the published distances of 20 miles to Clearwater and 20 to 25 miles to Clearwater Beach. Checked 19 September 2026.
What we did not verify, and are flagging rather than guessing: current public garage rates and capacities on Clearwater Beach; the current street meter rate, which is reported higher than the lot rate but which we could not confirm on the city’s own pages; Pier 60 fishing and pier-access fees; current trolley and ferry schedules and fares; restaurant and boat-excursion pricing; and current red tide and surf conditions, which change constantly and should be checked against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Pinellas County for your dates.
We have not visited Clearwater on your behalf, interviewed anyone, tested any attraction or boat trip, or taken original photographs, and nothing here should be read as implying that we did. This is a desk-researched guide built from the city’s, the county’s and the operators’ own published information and openly licensed photography, dated so you can judge how current it is.
Photo credits
Sunset on Clearwater Beach: photo by Michel Rathwell, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Pier 60 from the water’s edge: photo by Jana Taylor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A pirate ship excursion at sunset off Clearwater Beach: photo by WikiPedant, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.