With its miles of oceanfront beaches, nine months of temperate climate and gentle breezes, Virginia Beach is an ideal place for outdoor sports and family picnics.

The Boardwalk: A world famous 3-mile oceanfront promenade is the place to see and be seen. Renovated, wider and prettier with landscaped pedestrian beach entrances, larger-than-life sculptures, manicured park areas and resort area along Pacific Avenue between 1st Street through 40th Street.

Events: Virginia Beach hosts a variety of national sporting events including: ESPN X-Trials, Bud Light Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, East Coast Surfing Championship, and the North American Sand Soccer Championships. It can accommodate every beach activity known to man and woman: beach volleyball, sand soccer, surfing, sailing, boat races, triathlons, sea kayaking, open water swimming, and fishing. The main beach ranges from 2nd to 39th Streets.

Lifeguards: are on duty from 9:30a-6p daily from mid-May to mid-September between 1st and 41st Streets and at Camp Pendleton, Croatan, Sandbridge and Fort Story beaches.

Restrooms: permanent restrooms are on 30th, 24th and 17th Streets and portable restrooms at 2nd Street.

Pets: are not permitted on public beaches, the boardwalk, or the grassy area between the boardwalk and hotel property from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Pets are allowed under control in the residential area north of 42nd Street or south of Rudee Inlet after 6p and before 10a.  Virginia Beach spends a lot of money keeping beaches clean.  So do your part.  Be Eco-friendly by carrying airtight containers for clean up.

Parking: More than 4,300 non-metered and 800 metered on-street parking spaces are available.  Parking meters are enforced April 1 - September 30. Paid lots are located at 25th and Pacific Avenue, 19th and Pacific Avenue, 9th and Pacific Avenue and Rudee Loop at the south end of the at the oceanfront. With the exception of the 9th Street Parking Deck, municipal parking lots charge a seasonal fee and are located at 4th Street metered parking, 9th Street and Pacific Avenue, 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, 25th Street and Pacific Avenue, 31st Street and Atlantic Avenue, and at Croatan and Sandbridge beaches.

Free parking is available at the Pavilion Convention Center, and 1000 19th Street, on a first-come basis.

ADA-Friendliness: Designated disabled off-street parking lots include: Rudee Loop-Lighthouse Restaurant and the Municipal Parking Lots at 9th Street and Pacific Avenue, 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, 25th Street and Pacific Avenue, and 31st Street and Atlantic Avenue. Designated disabled on-street parking is at Rudee Loop, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 33rd, 34th, 36th, 37th and 38th Streets. Access ramps for the disabled are located at 1st to 8th Streets, 13th, 17th, 20th and 30th Streets.

Ocean Beach
Located along the northern border of where Norfolk meets the Atlantic Ocean, this beach is frequented by locals who avoid the larger crowds of Virginia Beach.
 along US-60 Highway  MAP

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Back Bay is a 8,500-acre beach, woodland and marsh refuge for a wide variety of migratory birds, endangered species and other wildlife, including snow geese, marsh hawks, red foxes, loggerhead turtles and American Bald Eagles. Biking, hiking and tram rides available
ADDRESS: 4005 Sandpiper Road  MAP
PHONE: 757-721-2412
WEBSITE: http://www.baylink.org/bbnwr

False Cape State Park
This park is a pristine ocean-to-fresh water bay habitat. Just south of the Back Bay Wildlife Refuge, it's accessible only by boat or a five mile hike by foot or bike; camping is allowed in designated areas
ADDRESS: 4001 Sandpiper Road   MAP
PHONE: 757-426-7128

Buckroe Beach
Buckroe Beach is a historically Black Beach and an important venue for various festivals that attract African Americans; A historic national preserve where Hampton meets the Chesapeake Bay
 take US 258 Highway to the end, just beyond the northern end of the preserve lies ADDRESS: Buckroe Beach also reachable by State Route 169.