St Pete Beach: Beaches and Water Tours

St Pete Beach combines beach days with a variety of ways to spend time on the water and other reasons to visit the area. Wide, soft, white-sand beaches sit alongside water sports, guided kayak tours, and boat trips. If you don’t want to focus your stay solely on the coast, you can also plan a self-guided walking tour in the Pass-a-Grille National Historic District or a visit to the Corey Avenue Sunday Market.

Beach Days and Coastal Facilities

The beaches offer an obvious starting point for planning your day: St Pete Beach has wide stretches of soft, white sand. Upham Beach Park is recommended as an option for a beach day. At Pass-a-Grille Beach, dunes, beach access points, walkovers, piers, boat ramps, and showers are also part of the public beach facilities maintained by the city. These facilities complement the beach with practical access and water infrastructure. If you’re planning a beach day, you can consider Upham Beach Park as a recommended option; for facilities at Pass-a-Grille Beach, their exact location is what matters.

Water Sports, Kayak Tours, and Boat Trips

Parasailing, jet skiing, stand-up paddleboarding, and kayaking are available in St Pete Beach. This gives you a range of ways to spend time on the water. Coastal Kayak Tours St Pete offers guided kayak tours in St Pete Beach. For boat tours, Dolphin Landings Charter Boat Center offers public and private tours departing from St Pete Beach, including dolphin-watching trips. When planning, you can choose between individual water sports, a guided kayak tour, and a boat tour. Dolphin Landings also gives you the option of choosing between public and private tours. Dolphin watching is part of its boat tour offerings.

A Walking Tour and a Market Visit

A self-guided walking tour is available in the Pass-a-Grille National Historic District. It offers a different focus from a day on the water: you can plan a walk through the named Historic District as a separate activity. This gives you another way to shape your stay, alongside the beach and tours.

The Corey Avenue Sunday Market takes place every Sunday morning year-round. About 100 vendors are listed for each weekend. If you’d like to plan a market visit, you can set aside a Sunday morning. The approximate number of vendors also gives you an idea of how many to expect, without setting an exact figure for any particular date.

Include the Beach and City in Your Plans

The SunRunner connects St Pete Beach with downtown St. Petersburg; the trip takes about 35 minutes. If you’re planning to visit downtown as well as spend time at the beach, this approximate travel time can help you plan your day. Check the current schedule for your travel date before setting firm times.

When looking for hotels in St Pete Beach, you can use your planned activities as a starting point: a beach day, water sports, a kayak tour, a boat trip, a walking tour, or a market visit each offers a different focus. If downtown St. Petersburg is also part of your plans, factor in the SunRunner connection and its approximate travel time. This way, you can start your search by focusing on the activities that genuinely interest you during your stay.

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