Posted on August 25, 2025
Here are the five best beaches in Stuart.
Stuart Beach
Includes lifeguards in two towers, restrooms, showers, pavilions with picnic tables, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, playground, Seaside Cafe
Ross Witham Beach
Next to House of Refuge; access to Georges Valentine Underwater Archaeological Preserve Shipwreck Dive Site about 100 yards off shore
Chastain Beach
Nicknamed “Stuart Rocks” by surfers; includes restrooms, showers, raised wooden boardwalk to watch surfing
Bathtub Reef Beach
Includes lifeguards and restrooms; unique and fragile reef system located just offshore created by tiny tube-building sea worms cementing sand grains together
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park
Accessed by water only, $3 per boat and $2 per kayak, canoe or paddleboard; extensive Anastasia worm reef located offshore extends 4.7 miles along coast
