This usually meant a beach well off the flip-flopped patch. That's pretty much the case in Florida, with the exception of one sanctioned nude beach and several private resort clubs. If you want to go nude elsewhere, you have to be plain-out choosy and careful. The compilation below lists our one official public nude beach, a few choices where you can try at your own risk, and some private nudist or naturist, as some say, clubs and resorts. Almost a mile of beach north of the northernmost parking lot is sanctioned as a clothing-optional beach.
Patrollers arrest gawkers.
That's when county officials began enforcing no-nudity on federal land. The legality of their actions will be tied up in courts for years. Meanwhile, arrests have been made. Naturists are hopeful today with the appointment of a new county parks director. Bare at your own risk.