The Pompano Beach oceanfront from the air at sunrise, looking north along the sand to the pier

A local publicationWeek of October 12, 2026

Pompano Beach is changing shape

The tide right now This weekend Eat and drink
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The beach today

Today’s tide at Hillsboro Inlet

The highs and lows NOAA predicts for Oct 15, 2026, and the light.

3.1 ftThe highest tide today, at 12:01pm
6:52pmSunset at the pier
86°FAt NOAA’s Lake Worth Pier station, 26 miles north, read at 3:48pm
  1. Low5:42am0.7 ft
  2. High12:01pm3.1 ft
  3. Low6:10pm1.2 ft

The highs and lows are NOAA’s predictions for Hillsboro Inlet, station 8722862. The curve between them is ours, a smooth line from one turn to the next, the way a tide table is usually read. The water temperature is NOAA’s reading at Lake Worth Pier, station 8722670, read again each time this page opens. Sunrise and sunset are worked out for the pier. The lifeguards’ flag is on the beach page.

In this issue

01 The tide and the light, right now NOAA’s table and the pier’s sunset 02 This weekend and what is coming up 50 events 03 Where to eat and drink 90 places, sorted not ranked 04 The parks, with their hours 46 in the city, 7 on the ocean side 05 What is going up 6 towers rising 06 Every building on the oceanfront 91, north to south

Four ways into the town

Round tables with yellow and red cloths set under palms on the beachfront promenade

Eat and Drink

90 places with Google’s rating on each, sorted and not ranked 20 happy hours, today’s first Tables set on the beachfront for the reopening party, April 2013
Green and gold fireworks bursting over the dunes at night

What’s On

50 events on the city’s calendar, this weekend first Fireworks on the beachfront, April 2013
A surfer riding a breaking green wave

The Beach

The flag, the tide, the pier, and 46 parks with their hours A surfer beside the fishing pier, February 2013
Low buildings, palms and the beach looking south from a high rise, with towers in the distance

Living Here

How old the homes on the oceanfront are, and what they sell for Looking south from the Whittington high rise, 1979

Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to fit. Ready for the dinner at The Re-opening Party of the new Pompano Beach Area by Richard Mc Neil, CC BY 3.0; Firework on the ocean at Pompano Beach, Florida, USA by Richard Mc Neil, CC BY 3.0; Surfing beside the Fishing Pier, Pompano Beach, Florida by Richard Mc Neil, CC BY 3.0; Beach Pompano South 1979 by Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.0.

From the city calendar

Coming up

The next 8 events on the city’s calendar. All 50 still to come are on What’s On.

This, in an occasional email

What is on, what opened and closed, what is going up, and the tides for the weekend. Sent when there is something worth sending, and nothing else.

Going up

6 towers rising now

Most of this oceanfront was built before 1980. The nearest to finished first.

Rosewood Residences Hillsboro Beach At full height, due 2027 Waldorf Astoria Residences Pompano Beach At full height, due 2027 The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Pompano Beach Under construction Armani/Casa Residences Pompano Beach Announced Ocean 580 Announced W Pompano Beach Hotel and Residences Announced
Compare all 8 projects Every building on the oceanfront

The newsletter

Pompano Beach, in an occasional email

There is no schedule yet. It goes out when there is something worth sending, and your address is the only thing it asks for.

  • What is onDated events from the city’s calendar, before the weekend they fall on rather than after it
  • What changedWhat opened and what closed, from the state’s license records, and what the city decided
  • What is going upHow far along each tower on the beach is, and what stood there before it
  • The waterThe weekend’s tides at the inlet and the sunset at the pier

Every email ends with a link to leave. What happens to your address.