1 / 99ACTIVE$110,000,000
9 beds | 11 baths | 10,791 sqft | 0.75 acres
1420 W 23rd St, Miami Beach, FL 33140
LISTED BY Coldwell Banker Realty↗
MIAMI BEACH · WATERFRONT
Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale
Miami Beach waterfront homes: bayfront, islands, canals, oceanfront and boat access.
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Quick Answer
Miami Beach is a barrier island with water on every side: Biscayne Bay to the west, the Atlantic to the east, and canals and waterways between them. This page reads each water from the County's parcels and water, and the homes that sold on it.
Miami Beach waterfront homes are single-family houses whose lots touch Biscayne Bay, its channels, a canal or the Atlantic. The city has 1,697 of them, of 4,833 houses (Miami-Dade Property Appraiser and County water layer, 2026). Of those, 307 face open bay (same record). Another 725 face a canal (same record). In the five years to September 30, 2026, houses on the water closed at a median of $10,800,000 at $2 million and up (MLS closed sales). Julian Acosta, of Compass, works with buyers and sellers in Miami Beach.
What this is for
What this is for
Use the 1,697 houses on the water and their median sale, $10,800,000, by the County's parcels and MLS closed sales, to size the Miami Beach waterfront market before you read its islands.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “Quick Answer.” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Sources: Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser and water layer, read October 28, 2026; MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales, Miami Beach, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#quick-answer
Current Waterfront Listings in Miami Beach
On the market from $2,000,000, on the water, the highest price first.
AS OF OCT 31, 2026 · MLS9 OF 73 FROM $2M SHOWN
1 / 99ACTIVE
1 / 8ACTIVE$100,000,000
7 beds | 10 baths | 10,250 sqft | 0.47 acres
3100 N Bay Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33140
LISTED BY Douglas Elliman↗
1 / 66ACTIVE$69,500,000
8 beds | 7 baths | 5,685 sqft | 0.43 acres
4760 N Bay Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33140
LISTED BY Flat Fee Florida Realty LLC↗
1 / 50ACTIVE$68,500,000
7 beds | 10 baths | 8,805 sqft | 0.41 acres
58 La Gorce Cir, Miami Beach, FL 33141
LISTED BY Douglas Elliman↗
1 / 13ACTIVE$60,000,000
9 beds | 15 baths | 15,132 sqft | 0.69 acres
130 Palm Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
LISTED BY One Sotheby's International Realty↗
1 / 14ACTIVE$50,000,000
6 beds | 8 baths | 9,416 sqft | 0.31 acres
1224 S Venetian Way, Miami, FL 33139
LISTED BY One Sotheby's International Realty↗
1 / 19ACTIVE$49,900,000
7300 Ocean Ter, Miami Beach, FL 33141
LISTED BY One Sotheby's International Realty↗
1 / 89ACTIVE$49,500,000
7 beds | 8 baths | 8,300 sqft | 0.37 acres
360 S Hibiscus Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
LISTED BY Douglas Elliman↗
1 / 72ACTIVE$48,000,000
9 beds | 9 baths | 0.73 acres
30 Palm Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
LISTED BY Douglas Elliman↗
DOCUMENTED · MLS CLOSED SALES
The Miami Beach waterfront market, at a glance.
On the water, a single-family home in Miami Beach sold for a median of $2,194 per square foot over the five years to September 30, 2026; off the water, $1,123. Those five years at $2 million and up counted 367 house sales on the water and 518 off it, in the parcels of the City of Miami Beach.
Closed sales are the MIAMI REALTORS® MLS's at $2,000,000 and up, 2021-10-01 to 2026-09-30. "On the water" is the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser's parcel against the County's water layer, read October 28, 2026: a parcel within 6 m of the water's edge, or on the Atlantic with only the beach between. The 34 house sales on San Marco and Biscayne Island, City of Miami land in this site's Miami Beach zone, are not classed. A median is stated from twenty sales. A dash is a value the feed has not supplied, never a zero.
Miami Beach · waterfront single-family homes
◆ MLS closed sales to September 30, 2026 · documented
House Sales on the Water
367
five years to September 30, 2026 · at $2M+
Median Price per Sq.Ft, on the Water
$2,194
the same sales
House Sales off the Water
518
five years to September 30, 2026 · at $2M+
Median Price per Sq.Ft, off the Water
$1,123
the same sales
What this is for
What this is for
Use the 367 house sales on the water and the 518 off it, at $2 million and up by MLS closed sales, to see how the market divides before you compare one water with another.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “The Miami Beach waterfront market, at a glance.” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Source: MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales, Miami Beach, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#waterfront-glance
Miami Beach Waterfront Prices in Brief
You pay about twice as much per square foot for a house on the water in Miami Beach: $2,194 against $1,123, at $2 million and up, in the five years to September 30, 2026 (MLS closed sales joined to the County's parcels). These are the market's sales, not Julian Acosta's own.
For the city as a whole, read the Miami Beach guide. For the buildings, see Miami Beach luxury condos, and for the numbers by quarter, the Miami Beach market report.
What this is for
What this is for
Use the medians on and off the water, $2,194 and $1,123 per square foot at $2 million and up in the five years to September 30, 2026 by MLS closed sales, to see what the water adds before you compare a street.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “Miami Beach Waterfront Prices in Brief.” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Source: MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales, Miami Beach, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#waterfront-market
Miami Beach Bayfront Homes and Islands
You will find most of Miami Beach's waterfront houses on the bay side. By the County's record, 946 houses face the bay: 307 face open water, and 639 a channel between the islands or a waterway.
Every house on Star Island and on Allison Island touches water. On the wider islands, the houses of the inner row stand across a road from it.
North Bay Road runs through the Nautilus, Sunset Lake and La Gorce Golf plats: 331 single-family homes, by the County's record. 133 of them touch the bay: 85 face open water and 48 a channel or waterway. Over the same five years, 98 North Bay Road houses closed at $2 million or more, at a median of $4,575,000.
| Island | Houses | On the water | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Island | 24 | 24 | See Star Island → |
| Palm Island | 130 | 89 | See Palm Island → |
| Hibiscus Island | 133 | 79 | See Hibiscus Island → |
| Di Lido Island | 149 | 83 | See Di Lido Island → |
| Rivo Alto Island | 99 | 61 | See Rivo Alto Island → |
| San Marino Island | 80 | 51 | See San Marino Island → |
| Sunset Islands | 191 | 96 | See Sunset Islands → |
| Allison Island | 46 | 46 | See Allison Island → |
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◆ Miami-Dade Property Appraiser and County water layer
Nº 01 Houses sold on each island, and up, the five years to (MLS closed sales)
the Sunset Islands 50, at a median of $11,850,000; Palm Island and Hibiscus Island 63, at $9,250,000; the Venetian Islands in Miami Beach (Di Lido, Rivo Alto, San Marino, Belle Isle) 84, at $8,650,000; La Gorce Island 24, at $8,150,000. Star Island sold 5 and Allison Island 3.
What this is for
What this is for
Use the count of the 946 houses that touch the bay, by island and street, from the County's record of 2026, to see where a Miami Beach bayfront home can stand.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “Miami Beach Bayfront Homes and Islands.” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Sources: Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser and water layer, read October 28, 2026; MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales, Miami Beach, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#bayfront
Miami Beach Canal Homes
A Miami Beach house on a canal closed at a median of $6,999,000, or $1,621 per square foot, over the five years to September 30, 2026, from 149 sales at $2 million or more (MLS closed sales joined to the County's parcels). A house on a bay channel or waterway closed at a median of $11,900,000, from 139 sales.
You have 725 single-family homes on a canal to choose from, by the County's water layer. The plats carry their waters' names: Sunset Lake, Surprise Lake, Lake View, Flamingo Waterway and Normandy Waterway.
| Water | Sales at $2M+ | Median price | Median $/Sq.Ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| On a canal | 149 | $6,999,000 | $1,621 |
| On a bay channel or waterway | 139 | $11,900,000 | $2,454 |
◆ MLS closed sales joined to the County parcels
What this is for
What this is for
Use the 725 houses on a canal and their median, $1,621 per square foot at $2 million and up, by MLS closed sales, to compare a canal lot with one on the bay.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “Miami Beach Canal Homes.” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Sources: MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales, Miami Beach, read October 28, 2026; Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser and water layer, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#canals
Miami Beach Oceanfront Homes
An oceanfront purchase in Miami Beach is almost always a condominium. By the County's record, 129 condominiums stand on the ocean, against 26 single-family homes. Over the five years to September 30, 2026, their units sold at a median of $3,650,000 at $2 million and up, or $2,177 per square foot, from 408 sales.
Most of those houses stand on Atlantic Way in the plat Altos del Mar No. 1. Eight sold at $2 million or more in the five years.
What this is for
What this is for
Use the County's record of houses on the Atlantic, 26 of 4,833 in 2026, to see that the ocean is mostly a condominium purchase.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “Miami Beach Oceanfront Homes.” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Sources: Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser and water layer, read October 28, 2026; MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales, Miami Beach, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#oceanfront
What size boat can a Miami Beach home keep?
Your boat passes under every bridge between your dock and the bay. The National Bridge Inventory records each one's clearance over the water:
The clearance is the bridge's, at the inventory's reference water level: a boat's air draft, the tide and any opening span decide the rest.
Depth is your other limit. NOAA's Coast Pilot 4 reports 5 feet in Indian Creek (1963) and 3 feet in Collins Canal (1983), whose bridges limit clearance to 5 feet. These are historical soundings from those years, not a current survey, so confirm the depth at a given dock before you buy.
| Bridge | Over | Clearance |
|---|---|---|
| Sunset Drive and West 29th Street | Sunset Lake Canal | 7 ft |
| 63rd Street | Indian Creek Canal | 8 ft |
| Bay Drive | Normandy Waterway | 9 ft |
| West 47th Street | Biscayne Waterway | 10 ft |
| Venetian Causeway | Biscayne Bay | 16 ft |
| NE 79th Street | Intracoastal Waterway | 22 ft |
| SR-934 | Intracoastal Waterway and East Biscayne Bay | 21 ft |
| I-195 | Biscayne Bay | 36 ft |
| MacArthur Causeway, east | East Channel | 35 ft |
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◆ Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory
What this is for
What this is for
Use the bridge clearances of the National Bridge Inventory, from 7 to 36 feet in 2026, to check a boat's height before an offer; read the depth on the current chart.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “What size boat can a Miami Beach home keep?” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Sources: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory, read October 28, 2026; NOAA, United States Coast Pilot 4, chapter 12, read October 30, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#boats-and-bridges
What does it cost to own a waterfront home in Miami Beach?
Your property tax is the City of Miami Beach's: 18.7601 mills before any exemption, or 19.4906 under the city's second code, in the Property Appraiser's 2025 adopted table. A waterfront home pays it as any other does, and you carry two costs of the water: the seawall and the flood zone.
The costs of the water
The seawall
$300 per linear foot
The City of Miami Beach requires a seawall to be raised when it is substantially repaired: any work costing that much or more must bring the wall to the elevation in its Seawall Ordinance 2021-4393. A permit for seawall or dock work also needs Miami-Dade County's environmental Biological Opinion.
The flood zone
Zone AE
Every single-family home in the City of Miami Beach stands in FEMA's flood zone AE, except 11 of the 26 on the ocean, in zone X. The median base flood elevation on the map is 8 feet, on the water and off it. No house stands in zone VE.
Short-term rental
Six months and one day
The City of Miami Beach states that rentals of less than six months and one day are prohibited in all single-family homes.
◆ City of Miami Beach · FEMA flood map · Miami-Dade County
What this is for
What this is for
Use the City's seawall rule, $300 per linear foot, and FEMA's map to see the two costs a Miami Beach waterfront home carries beyond its tax; confirm a home's flood zone, its permits and its seawall before an offer.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “What does it cost to own a waterfront home in Miami Beach?” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Sources: Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser, 2025 adopted millage table, read October 30, 2026; City of Miami Beach, seawall and rental guidance, read October 28, 2026; FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, read October 28, 2026; Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser and water layer, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#cost-of-owning
What is the price per square foot of a Miami Beach waterfront home?
A house on the water sold for about twice as much per square foot as one off it. Which water matters as much as the water itself: open bay led, then the bay's channels, then the canals.
Those are the market's sales, not Julian Acosta's own.
Single-family homes at $2M+, five years to September 30, 2026
See every figure
| Water | Sales | Median price | Median $/SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| On the water | 367 | $10,800,000 | $2,194 |
| Off the water | 518 | $3,325,000 | $1,123 |
| On open bay | 71 | $15,500,000 | $2,882 |
| On a bay channel or waterway | 139 | $11,900,000 | $2,454 |
| On a canal | 149 | $6,999,000 | $1,621 |
◆ MLS closed sales (Compass, first-party)
What this is for
What this is for
Use the medians by water, from $2,882 per square foot on open bay to $1,621 on a canal at $2 million and up, by MLS closed sales, to place a Miami Beach waterfront home.
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Julian Acosta, Compass. “What is the price per square foot of a Miami Beach waterfront home?” Miami Beach Waterfront Homes for Sale: Bay, Canals, Ocean. Source: MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales, Miami Beach, read October 28, 2026. https://julianacostarealtor.com/en/miami-beach/waterfront#price-per-sf
Common Questions About Miami Beach Waterfront Homes
How many waterfront homes are in Miami Beach? 1,697 houses on the water+
Miami Beach has 1,697 single-family houses on the water, of 4,833, by the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser's parcels and the County's water layer in 2026. Of those, 307 face open Biscayne Bay, 639 a bay channel or waterway, 725 a canal and 26 the Atlantic. The rest of the city's houses stand off the water.
What do waterfront homes sell for in Miami Beach? $10,800,000 median sale+
In the five years to September 30, 2026, Miami Beach houses on the water closed at a median of $10,800,000, or $2,194 per square foot, at $2 million or more, by MLS closed sales joined to Miami-Dade County's parcels. Houses off the water closed at $3,325,000, or $1,123.
What is the difference between bayfront and oceanfront in Miami Beach? 26 houses on the ocean+
The bay side holds the houses: the islands, North Bay Road and the waterways. The ocean side holds the condominiums. By Miami-Dade County's record in 2026, only 26 houses stand on the Atlantic, while 946 face the bay, and 129 condominiums stand on the ocean with only the beach or public land between.
Are there single-family homes on the ocean in Miami Beach? 26 on the Atlantic+
A few. The Miami-Dade Property Appraiser's record, read against the County's water layer in 2026, counts 26 single-family homes on the Atlantic with only the beach between them and the water. Most stand on Atlantic Way in the plat Altos del Mar No. 1, and eight sold at $2 million or more in five years.
How high are the bridges around the Sunset Islands? 7 ft, Sunset Drive bridge+
The National Bridge Inventory, read in 2026, records 7 feet of clearance under the Sunset Drive and West 29th Street bridges over the Sunset Lake Canal. The Venetian Causeway clears 16 feet over Biscayne Bay. A boat's height, the tide and any opening span decide what passes on a given route.
Does Miami Beach require a higher seawall? $300 per linear foot+
Yes, when a seawall is substantially repaired. The City of Miami Beach's permitting guidance, read in 2026, says work costing $300 or more per linear foot must bring the wall to the elevation in its Seawall Ordinance 2021-4393. A dock or seawall permit also needs a County biological opinion.
Can you rent a Miami Beach house short term?+
No. The City of Miami Beach states, as read in 2026, that vacation and short-term rentals of less than six months and one day are prohibited in all single-family homes. A waterfront house follows the same rule as any other house in the city, so a buyer should not count on nightly income.
Talk to Julian Acosta
Which water, and what stands between your dock and the bay? It's the first question I ask about a house in Miami Beach. Over five years, a house on open bay sold at a median of $2,882 per square foot and one on a canal at $1,621, and some bridges on the way out clear only 7 feet. Everything after that, the price, the timing, the strategy, answers to it. When I give you a figure, I show you where it came from.
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ABOUT THIS PAGE
Sources and Method
◆ MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, PARCELS◆ MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WATER LAYER (GIS)◆ FHWA NATIONAL BRIDGE INVENTORY◆ FEMA NATIONAL FLOOD HAZARD LAYER◆ NOAA, UNITED STATES COAST PILOT 4, CHAPTER 12◆ CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SEAWALL AND RENTAL GUIDANCE◆ MIAMI REALTORS® MLS CLOSED SALES (COMPASS, FIRST-PARTY)
Which homes touch the water is the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser's parcels read against Miami-Dade County's water layer on 2026-10-28. Sales are MIAMI REALTORS® MLS closed sales (first-party) at $2,000,000 and up, 2021-10-01 to 2026-09-30. Clearances are the National Bridge Inventory's, depths NOAA's Coast Pilot 4, flood zones FEMA's, and the seawall rule the City of Miami Beach's. No figure comes from another brokerage.
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This Miami Beach waterfront page is market information; it is not an appraisal, and not legal, insurance or investment advice.