I don't write many reviews at all, as it stands I think I've only written one other review although tripadvisor is the first place I go to before deciding to travel to a new location. I felt this experience worthy of a review for anyone who many be on the fence about it.

My wife and I had talked about visiting South Beach but were discouraged with the amount of traffic and people who we knew we were going to encounter. I looked up a beach closer to where we were staying and Haulover Beach came up. It sparked my interest because I've always been interested in visiting a clothing optional beach but wasnt sure if we'd ever get the guts to try it. I spoke with my wife about it and she was naturally nervous about it since she's never even gone topless somewhere. I assured her that due to the reviews I felt comfortable coming here and told her that if we got there and she didnt feel comfortable with it then we could just leave and head to South Beach.

We were immediately impressed with out clean the beach was. The sand was clean and white, the water was clear and blue. The beach had lots of people on it but you wouldnt know it by the little amount of noise. Everyone kept to themselves and it was truly tranquil. Anyhow, we decided to stay and my wife took a look around and felt totally fine taking off her top. There was no one ogling or making us feel uncomfortable. There was a review years ago that said they were approached by people but we didnt experience that at all nor did we see anyone bothering anyone else. To my surprised my wife started enjoying the freedom of it all and decided to sun bathe without her bottoms after seeing I had taken mine off. No one at all seemed to care.

There was a mix of age groups, I'd say the ratio was 75% older couples to 25% younger couples. I was fine with this because one of my fears was that the place would be full of old men staring at my wife making her uncomfortable. That wasnt the case at all. Needless to say after it was all said and done we decided that this wasnt going to be the only time we visit and next time we'll try and bring another couple with us.

Like others have mentioned make sure and park at the northern most parking to save yourself a walk. Parking was 7$ I think, it may have been less. You'll park on the west side of the beach and walk under a tunnel to get to the ocean. If you go that route you'll see signs to the left the moment you walk on the beach indicating which side is the clothing optional side. Bring snacks and water.

Just for your frame of reference we're a couple in our early 30s.