- About 1.5 miles away
Beaches
Cortez Beach
A Manatee County beach on Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach, on Anna Maria Island, with county lifeguards.
Cortez Beach is a Manatee County beach on Gulf Drive South in Bradenton Beach, on Anna Maria Island, not in the Cortez fishing village on the mainland. Manatee County Beach Patrol staffs lifeguard towers here, and the county's renourishment from November 2026 into spring 2027 may close parts of it for a while.
Communities close by
- About 2.5 miles away
- About 2.5 miles away
More beaches
Beaches · Anna Maria
Bean Point
The undeveloped northern tip of Anna Maria Island, in the City of Anna Maria, where the Gulf meets Tampa Bay. No lifeguards; swimming is not recommended.
- Jim Hegemier's pick
Beaches · Bradenton Beach
Coquina Beach
A Manatee County beach park at the south end of Anna Maria Island, on Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach.
- Jim Hegemier's pick
Beaches · Tierra Verde
Fort De Soto Park
A Pinellas County park, outside Manatee County, near Tierra Verde across the Sunshine Skyway, with beaches, a dog beach and a historic fort.
- Jim Hegemier's pick
Photo credits
Dunes at the north end of Anna Maria Island by Gzzz (CC BY-SA 4.0); Battery Laidley at Fort De Soto Park by Beyond My Ken (CC BY-SA 4.0).