Discover Cocoa Beach: Surfing, Sea and Culture

Cocoa Beach combines a long surfing tradition with the Atlantic Ocean, guided kayak tours and cultural attractions. Its places and activities offer different points of reference—from its seaside location to lesson formats, tour duration and cultural themes.

The Atlantic and a seaside park

The Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier extends 800 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Lori Wilson Park covers 20 acres, sits right by the ocean and is free to visit. The two places offer different ways to experience the coast: the pier extends over the water as a structure, while the park is a large area right by the ocean. If you consider the coastline an important feature of your destination, you can choose between a pier over the Atlantic and a seaside park that is free to visit.

Surfing and the skate park

Cocoa Beach has a long surfing tradition. The Cocoa Beach Surf School by Flohana offers private, semi-private and group lessons, as well as surf clinics. The town’s surfing appeal therefore ranges from a longstanding tradition to a variety of lesson formats. Designed by Team Pain, the Cocoa Beach Skate Park adds a distinct skateboarding element alongside surfing. When assessing the destination, this gives you a choice between surfing traditions, lessons and another sporting theme.

Kayak tours by time, setting and theme

Kayak tours vary in timing, setting and theme. Cocoa Kayaking offers small guided tours during the day, at sunset, for rocket launches and to see bioluminescent comb jellies. The tours travel through the Thousand Islands in Cocoa Beach and the Haulover Canal in Titusville. On Cocoa Kayaking tours in the Indian River Lagoon, you may see bottlenose dolphins, endangered Florida manatees, and resident and migratory birds. Adventure Kayak of Cocoa Beach offers guided eco-kayak tours lasting 2 to 2.5 hours and passing through canals, mangrove tunnels or out to islands. Different criteria can help you compare them: Adventure Kayak focuses on a specific duration and tour settings, while with Cocoa Kayaking you can choose based on time of day and tour theme.

Culture in Cocoa Beach

Surfside Playhouse is a community theater dedicated to the performing arts through productions, presentations, educational programs and outreach. The Florida Surf Museum is located inside Ron Jon’s Surf Shop. These are two distinct cultural attractions: the performing arts at a community theater and a museum focused on surfing. Together, they connect a cultural perspective with Cocoa Beach’s long surfing tradition.

You can compare sporting activities by format and duration, and cultural venues by subject area.

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