Herzliya Beaches: A Guide to Every Beach, North to South

By Solomon Wiesen, TLV Beaches. Last reviewed October 2026.

Herzliya sits on the Mediterranean coastline just north of the Tel Aviv coast, and its beaches run on both sides of the Herzliya Marina. Herzliya’s municipality listed eight declared bathing beaches in 2025, the ones with lifeguards. All of them are free to enter; parking is the part you pay for. This guide goes through every beach from north to south, with the information you need for your Israel visit in 2026!

1. Nof Yam Beach (Sidna Ali)

• Where: the northern end of Herzliya’s coast, a short strip of about 150 meters below the Sidna Ali Mosque.
• Lifeguard: it is on the municipality’s 2025 list of declared beaches, but check before you swim. The beach was closed in 2022, the Health Ministry banned bathing here in June 2024, and the city’s tourism site lists no beach services.
• Best For: Nature lovers and anyone who wants quiet.
• Good to know: the shore north of Nof Yam, below Apollonia National Park, is closed because of the risk of cliff collapse. The beach under the park is not a declared beach and has no lifeguard.

Apollonia National Park, on the cliff to the north, is a paid Nature and Parks Authority site with the ruins of a Crusader fortress. It is worth pairing with a beach day.

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2. HaSharon Beach

• Where: at De Shalit Square, toward the northern end of the main beach strip. You enter through the arches.
• Lifeguard: Yes, and this is one of the two beaches with lifeguards all winter.
• Amenities: Showers, restrooms, loungers and umbrellas for rent, shade, outdoor fitness equipment, a sailing club and restaurants.
• Best For: Couples, winter swimmers and anyone who wants a restaurant right by the sand.
• More: see our full page on HaSharon Beach.

3. Zvulun Beach

• Where: between HaSharon and the Acadia beaches.
• Lifeguard: Yes, in the bathing season.
• Amenities: First aid, showers, restrooms, play and fitness equipment, and the Sea Scouts base.
• Parking: the paid Zvulun North and Zvulun South lots.
• Best For: Families who want a regular, low-key beach day.

4. Acadia North Beach

• Where: below the Daniel Herzliya hotel on the Ramat Yam seafront. Locals also call it Dabush.
• Lifeguard: Yes, all year. This is the other beach with winter lifeguards.
• Amenities: the widest stretch of sand in the city, lounger and umbrella rental, volleyball, lifts down from the promenade and a bathing wheelchair.
• Blue Flag: Yes, for 2026.
• Best For: Families, sunbathers and anyone who wants the most complete beach in Herzliya.

5. Acadia Center Beach

• Where: directly below the Dan Accadia hotel.
• Lifeguard: Yes, in the bathing season.
• Amenities: Showers, restrooms, a bathing wheelchair and paths down to the waterline.
• Blue Flag: Yes, for 2026.
• Best For: Hotel guests and anyone who wants a slightly calmer version of Acadia North.

6. Acadia South Beach (the Accessible Beach)

• Where: beside the entrance to the Herzliya Marina. This is the real “marina beach”. It is also known as HaNechim.
• Lifeguard: Yes, in the bathing season, and into mid-November in 2026.
• Amenities: built as the city’s accessible beach, with lounger and umbrella rental. The nearest parking is the private paid lot at the Arena mall.
• Good to know: it was closed for a few days at the end of May 2026 after water tests came back over the limit, then reopened.
• Best For: Wheelchair users, and anyone combining the beach with the marina’s shops and restaurants.

The Herzliya Marina itself is not a beach, but it holds a Blue Flag for 2026 too.

7. HaKochavim Beach and the Surfers’ Beach

• Where: the first beach south of the marina.
• Lifeguard: Yes, in the bathing season, and into mid-November in 2026.
• Blue Flag: Yes, for 2026.
• Surfers’ beach: a stretch of about 100 meters just north of HaKochavim was set aside in 2024 for surfing, windsurfing and kayaks. Swimming is not allowed there.
• Best For: Surfers and active visitors.

8. The Separate Beach (HaNifrad)

• Where: a few hundred meters south of the marina.
• What it is: Herzliya’s gender-separated beach for the religious public. Women swim on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, men on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and on Saturday it is open to everyone.
• Lifeguard: Yes, in its season, which starts later than the other beaches.

South of that is the Southern Beach, where swimming is prohibited and the water is left to non-motorized water sports.

Lifeguard Hours on Herzliya’s Beaches

The 2026 bathing season ended on Saturday 10 October. For the winter of 2026 to 2027, lifeguards work from 07:30 to 16:00 at Acadia North, Acadia South, HaSharon and HaKochavim until mid-November, and after that only at Acadia North and HaSharon, through April 2027.

Summer hours are set every year. In 2025 they ran from 07:15 to 15:45 at the start and end of the season, and until 18:45 from late June to the end of August, with Acadia North staying open an hour longer. Check the municipality’s beach page for the current season before you go, and only swim in front of a staffed lifeguard station.

Hotels Near the Herzliya Beaches

• Dan Accadia: on the seafront at Acadia Center.
• Daniel Herzliya and the Shizen spa: facing Acadia North.
• The Ritz-Carlton, Herzliya: on the marina.
• Herods Herzliya: also on the marina.
• Publica Isrotel, Autograph Collection: located in the Herzliya Pituach business district, about a 10-minute walk from the beach.
• NYX Herzliya and the Benjamin: business hotels about a kilometer inland. Fine for work trips, not beachfront.

Staying nearby? See our list of hotels near Herzliya Beach, with maps, walking directions and price tiers.

How to Get to the Herzliya Beaches

• From Tel Aviv by bus: line 90 runs from central Tel Aviv to the Herzliya Marina in about 40 minutes.
• From Herzliya train station: Metropoline line 31 goes to HaSharon and Zvulun beaches (about 16 to 17 minutes) and on to the Arena mall at the marina. Line 27 reaches the Arena in about 10 minutes, and line 29 links the city center, the train station and the marina.
• By car: the municipal lots (Zvulun, Marina, HaOgen and Haim Peled) charge non-residents 18 NIS per hour, billed by the minute.

Old guides mention a Herzliya Central Bus Station. It closed in 2016, so plan around the train station instead.

We luuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvvvv Herzilya!! You must come visit this lovely port city!

Herzliya is one of eight beach regions in Israel. For the full picture, from Tel Aviv down to Eilat, see our guide to all 55 beaches in Israel.

Sources: the Herzliya Municipality’s beaches page and its surf club rules (Hebrew), the city tourism company’s beach and hotel pages, the municipality’s 2025 beach list as reported by Mynet Herzliya (Hebrew), Sharonline on winter lifeguard stations (Hebrew, October 2026), Ice on the 2026 Blue Flag list (Hebrew) and Bizportal on beach parking prices (Hebrew, September 2026). Checked October 2026.

Solomon Wiesen

Solomon (Shlomo) Wiesen is the author and photographer behind TLV Beaches. Originally from New York, he moved to Israel in 2011 and lives in Tel Aviv, a short walk from Frishman and Bograshov beaches. Every guide on the site is written from the beach, with more than 200 of his own photos of the Tel Aviv coast. He works in marketing, SEO and startups.