Tel Aviv BeachesThe Tel Aviv Beaches stretch along the entire west side of the city. The Mediterranean Sea is the host for all of those beaches. The main bathing season is between May-Sep/Oct when the water temperature is nice & relatively warm.
Tel Aviv beaches stretching along the beautiful Mediterranean Sea The local residents of Tel Aviv LOVE the beach and frequent it during the long season. When I was living in the city I used to go to the beach with my friends at least once a week to sit next to the water – have a drink and eat some watermelon… As I mentioned in my Tel Aviv page you will notice many people play Matkot. This is a very popular and fun game and you pretty much can’t escape it as it is being played in all of Tel Aviv’s Beaches. So don’t fight it – just get use to it or better yet play it yourself with a friend or some random person (most Israelis are always up for a game of Matkot). Alongside all the beaches is the long promenade that features plenty of restaurants and beach bars. Here is the list of beaches from north to south with a short description that will help you choose the beach that best fits you: Hatzuk and Tel Baruch BeachesThose 2 Beaches are at the north end of the city. As far as I know those are the only 2 beaches that charge a small fee for entering the beach. Both beaches are very clean and attract mainly Israeli and somewhat upscale crowd of families and teen agers.
The kids usually love the beaches in Tel Aviv Mezzizzim BeachThis beach has a unique sort of urban charm and is host to many of the 20 and 30 something residents of the city. It isn’t the cleanest beach so I wouldn’t recommend you to go there if this is your first visit to the city. However the place has its own cult of followers (I admit I used to be one of them in my early 20’s) that only frequent Mezzizzim. The name by the way means the peeking beach – in reference to a popular 1970’s Israeli film.
One of the options is to play soccer on the beach in Tel Aviv Religious beach (Hof Ha Datiyim)Religious Jewish people use this beach on alternate days for Men and Women. On Mon, Wed and Fri the Men use the beach. On Sun, Tues and Thu the beach is hosting Women only. On Saturday Jewish people go to the synagogue and everybody is welcome to use the beach which is a nice one actually. In a sort of weird way women that wants to bath topless can do so in this beach – on the days women use it of course.Hilton BeachThe Hilton beach roughly divides into 3 areas: the dog’s beach, the gay beach and the surfer’s beach. The northern part is where you can bring a dog with you to the beach. The middle part is where gay people meet especially men. The southern part is where many surfers come to catch the waves – there is also a big surfing competition there each year. So, if you own a dog or if you are gay or if you surf - the Hilton beach is your spot. I guess the perfect person for this beach would have to be gay who enjoys surfing and owns a dog…
Surfing is an option if you know how - Hilton beach in Tel Aviv Gordon & Frishman BeachesThose 2 beaches are probably your best bet as they are both clean & close to all the major hotels. You will find both tourists and Israelis visiting there. The restaurants are good and you will find sun beds and shades along those beaches.
Just sitting around on the sand at one of the great Tel Aviv beaches Jerusalem beach, Banana beach and the Drummers beach (Dolphinarium)The Jerusalem beach is mainly frequented by non Tel Aviv residents perhaps because of its name. It is wide and comfortable but doesn’t have anything special to offer.The Banana beach is nice and quite and mostly caters to older crowd. It is named after the cool café in which you can sit to enjoy a drink and chat. The Dolphinarium beach is called that because in the past there was a dolphin park next by. Today it is known as the drummers beach and every Friday until late at night many people bring their Darbuka (a small hand held Arabic drum) and other drums to play together. At the same time you can see jugglers, dancers and other cool activities that take place. If you want to be part of a different atmosphere come to this beach on Friday late afternoon and spend a few hours there. 
Playing matkot is very popular in (almost) all of Tel Aviv's beaches Alma BeachThe southern most of all Tel Aviv beaches and the last beach before Jaffa. Alma is nice and clean but doesn’t offer many services – not even a lifeguard as far as I know. However you get a great view of the old Jaffa port…
Great sunsets at the beaches of Tel Aviv Jaffa Note: most all of the Tel Aviv beaches I mentioned above include many services such as showers, restrooms and a lifeguard on duty during the season. Return from Tel Aviv Beaches back to Tel Aviv main page Return to the Home Page |