Boneyard Beach
Duval County, Florida, United States
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:46 pm7.1
25 km/h15 mph wind, Great
7.4
23 km/h14 mph wind, Great
7.8
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
7.5
30 km/h18 mph wind, Great
7.5
33 km/h21 mph wind, Great
7.2
34 km/h21 mph wind, Great
7.0
36 km/h22 mph wind, Great
6.8
36 km/h22 mph wind, Good
7.1
36 km/h23 mph wind, Great
7.2
35 km/h22 mph wind, Great
7.3
35 km/h22 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 19°C66°F
- Water
- 22°C72°F
- Wind
- 1510 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 2516 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.1 m4 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:46 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 6 am, 1.0 m3 ft
- Low 12 pm, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 6 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
- Low 12 am, -0.6 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Boneyard Beach
Boneyard Beach is a mile-long beach in Big Talbot Island State Park, near the city of Fernandina Beach, Florida, south of Amelia Island down the First Coast Highway. The "boneyard beach" is so called because of the bleached skeletons of oaks along the beach. By coincidence park archaeologists have also found fossilized mammoth bones on the beach nearly as big as the trees. Big Talbot's Boneyard Beach is not recommended for swimming but is popular with photographers. The beach lies beyond a 20-foot bluff. The beach can be accessed from The Bluffs Scenic Shoreline Picnic Area. A half-mile Shoreline Trail from the picnic area parking lot leads to the north end of Boneyard Beach; during shorebird breeding season, the beach area immediately adjacent to the picnic area is closed to the public.
Source: Boneyard Beach (Florida) on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Picnic tables200 m640 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- 37 km23 miJacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) (NIP)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Seminole Beach13 km8.3 mi south away8.0 Great later
- Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park15 km9.4 mi south away8.0 Great later
- Fernandina Beach20 km13 mi north away7.4 Great later
- Kurzius Beach23 km14 mi south-west away8.4 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat6.0 GoodBest 8 am to 9 amWind up to 52 km/h33 mph, rain 72%
- Sun5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 52%
- Mon5.7 GoodBest 9 am to 11 amWind up to 41 km/h25 mph, rain 8%
- Tue6.6 GoodBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 5%
- Wed5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 36 km/h22 mph, rain 16%
- Thu5.7 GoodBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 38 km/h24 mph, rain 19%