South Pointe Park

Name: South Pointe Park
Address: 1 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA, United States

Miami, United States

Plan your visit

Ships usually leave PortMiami in the late afternoon, so check the port's schedule for departure times. The pier has almost no shade: bring sun cream and water.

About this place

South Pointe Park fills the southern tip of Miami Beach, with lawns, palm trees, a beach and a walkway along the water. Its pier reaches out beside Government Cut, the deep channel ships use between PortMiami and the open sea.

That is what makes it special before a cruise. In the late afternoon the ships leave port one after another and pass close enough to the shore to wave to the people on deck. We came the day before our own sailing to watch one go, and nothing built the anticipation better.

The park is free, and from here it is an easy walk up the coast to Ocean Drive and the rest of South Beach.

Our take

The best free thing to do in Miami the day before a cruise. Find a spot on the pier and watch the ships sail out through Government Cut.

A wooden pier stretches toward the sea where a large cruise ship sails under a clear blue sky.

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship named Wonder sails past a rocky shoreline under a clear blue sky, with smoke rising from its funnels.

A large cruise ship docked in a harbour with a city skyline and palm trees in the foreground under a partly cloudy sky.

Location

Find South Pointe Park

South Pointe Park is at 1 Washington Avenue, at the southern tip of Miami Beach, about twenty minutes' walk south of Ocean Drive.

Coordinates: 25.7664° N · 80.1347° W

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