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Dania Beach, FL
A small coastal city between Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood with a fishing pier, a state park beach and an antiques row on Federal Highway.
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Today in Dania Beach
- Tonight Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy 70°
- Friday Partly Sunny 78°
- Friday Night Partly Cloudy 58°
Forecast: National Weather Service
Tides
- Low 3:43 AM 0.5 ft
- High 10:17 AM 2.8 ft
- Low 4:11 PM 1 ft
- High 10:17 PM 2.5 ft
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Dania Beach is a small coastal city in Broward County, wedged between Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood and right beside Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. It was incorporated as the Town of Dania in 1904, took its current name in 1998, and still feels more local than resort. People come for the Dania Beach Fishing Pier, the uncrowded sand at Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park and browsing the antique shops on Federal Highway.
Things to do in Dania Beach
Dania Beach Ocean Park is the main public beach, with parking, shade huts and the Dania Beach Fishing Pier, which is lit for night fishing and known for catches like snook and tarpon. Just north, Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park (formerly John U. Lloyd Beach State Park) has a quieter beach, picnic areas, a boat ramp and kayak routes along Whiskey Creek, with views of ships entering Port Everglades. Back on the mainland, Antique Row along Federal Highway (US 1) earned the city its nickname, the Antique Capital of the South. Dania Pointe is the newer shopping and dining district near I-95, and the city’s jai alai fronton is one of the largest in the country.
Getting to Dania Beach
Dania Beach is one of the easiest places in Greater Fort Lauderdale to reach: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport sits on its northern edge, about 10 minutes from the beach. I-95 and Federal Highway (US 1) run north to south through town, and Dania Beach Boulevard leads east over the Intracoastal Waterway to the ocean park. Tri-Rail stops at the airport station nearby. There are no beachfront hotels, so most visitors stay inland or drive in for the day. Winter brings the best weather; summer is hot with afternoon storms.
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