This place is great. The one down fall is that parking can be an issue on hot days. And also there is only one porta potty and no where to change into swimming gear. I think this place would be 5 stars if it had more parking and a better bathroom facilities. Otherwise its a beautieful place.

A beautiful walk along the beach, the rocky shoreline is very picturesque.

July 2020. If you’re looking for a soft, sandy beach, you won’t find it here. High water levels means the beach area is covered with rocks and pebbles. Still, the water was clean and refreshing on a hot day and the kids had a great time.

The beach is almost gone due to rising lake levels, but its a great place to rock, driftwood, and beach glass hunt!

Great weather lake is high so beach is small. We still have a good swim .

Theres not a lot of parking available, and the beach is mostly rocks. As long as youre aware of these two things youll have an amazing time at the beach! The waters a little cold (typical lake Michigan) but still enjoyable

High tide is fun! The bluff has washed down making the beach shorter.

Just know ahead of time that its a slim beach and people are generally not wearing masks there, but its nice and long and if you go during off hours its pretty easy to get your own little chunk of beach.

Beautiful place. Clean bathrooms (portapotty). Lots of parking.

Kids had a blast and was a very nice day with the family will be coming back again soon

A beautiful place to walk along the beach! Its rocky and gorgeous.

Nice park, the quality of the beach itself varies, but generally its a narrow gravelly beach.

If you want a good place to see the lake, and walk on the beach,, this is a bit less crowded, and beautiful. It wont be a well kept secret if too many people post about it, but I was so impressed with its beauty. I happened to be there on a record cold day when I took these pictures. The beach we walked in the Fall was covered in ice mounds, but part of it was still accessible. How much? Who knows!! I was too cold to explore! If youre a polar bear and have extra warm boots, you could still walk the beach in -54 windchill. Me, I prefer Southern Florida beaches in the Winter! You can walk quite a ways after the ice melts. After a beach walk, its always fun to go to the marina, and then walk out to the lighthouse. Just wait until its not covered in ice!

Well maintained parking and lake access. Plenty of parking bit little to no cell service when you are there. There is not much room for larger groups of people, but indiduals and small groups have a long shorline to use.

Its a nice quiet beach for rock hounds.

The beach has been shrinking with the high water levels. However the beach is a great place to go and let your pup take a swim.

Had no idea this was there. We rode up the inter urban and wandered around. Great quiet little beach

I love this place .

Used to be better. People have lost respect for it and leave garbage lay

Great place at sunrise

Its on the smallish side but allows you to bring your pup to play while on leash! Make sure to pick up after your pet so we all can keep the privilege.

If you want to see some good waves crashing against the rocks, this is the place to go. At least it was for us this cold, windy March day.

Quick walk from the parking lot unlike the North beach. Huge expanse of beach. Clean. Nice waves to listen to. Many birds. Its my favorite place in Port.

The beach its always clean and peaceful. I love to take pictures here.

Loved the beach!

In past years visiting hear it has been the typical beach experience. This year...just an experience. Lake is so high that barely any sand and with what sand there is it is full of drift wood. The water is dark with dirt and drift wood too. With that said, we still had fun making wood forts and finding stones. Hopefully, next year the water will go down and the city will clean it up.

Great little beach front.

The only bathroom facilities were a porta potty. So theres nowhere to change clothes or to wash. The beach was peaceful enough but there wasnt much of it due to the high water in lake Michigan. It would be nice to see better facilities there. Also there were dogs on the beach, it would be nice to have a place for families where dogs were not allowed.

Great beach

This is a tiny beach but really pretty

When I cant get to the ocean, this may be my next favorite spot.

Too crowded no sand beach.Too many dogs.And I like dogs.

Great little beach with easy access for launching kayaks.There is usually a porta-potty there for public use.On weekends there are often kayak rentals, guides and lessons available right on the beach.

Nice little Beach area.

We went to South Beach last year and it was great!! Just went there to swim and now there are large rocks. Why cover the sand? Kids were majorly bummed we drove an hour to be disappointed.

The beach was great... Porta Potty was a little full and gross.

No beach left but Teepees that someone made provided shade and were pretty cool to sit in

Beautiful place with clear blue waters. Almost like youre in a different country!

Such a beautiful beach area. Right off of parking. Lots of shore line. Nice breaking waves.

Port Washingtons South Beach Park is a great place to relax, meditate and recharge or get ready for the day ahead. I find it peaceful and quite. I like listening to the lake and watching the gulls or geese, depending on the season. Just remember, Lake Michigan near Port Washington can have Dangerous Rip Currents!

My kids love this beach! The rock picking is amazing! There is such a crazy variety of stones to choose from out there. However after a while I had had enough of walking on rocks. Make sure to bring a bucket to bring back all of your treasures that you cant resist.If you go swimming, the first four feet are terribly Rocky, then it gets sandy again.

Nice beach. Gets busy.

Theres always something interesting here from scenery to wildlife. The views of the lake are awesome

I love going to the beach and south beach is really nice beach but at the entrance there was some poison ivy. My sister and I made some cool forts with the drift wood aswell. I hope this was helpful.

Just needs sand and not stones

Great dog beach! And its free! Better than Harrington Beach State Park!

Love this beach but sad to see the water levels so high this year and more erosion to the bluffs. Still a nice beach to go to and very accessible kayaking.

Its always great to spend some time out at the beach exploring for cool and interesting pieces of driftwood. Great exercise year round :)

Beautiful shoreline

Fun in the sun

Awesome little hide away

Great beach with easy access from the parking lot

Beautiful little town, nice little beach

Nothing wrong with this hidden gem. Its for kayak or canoe boat launch but it is easy access to a clean, quiet beach. The views are awesome. There is porta potty in the parking lot along with a picinic table. Its in a little cove so the waves are small and the beach is filled with water smoothed stones.

Due to high water level this year, not much of a beach. What was there was very rocky.

Nice clean beach!

Always such a beautiful back to come walk on and look for sea glass.

Beach was clean, water was clean

Enjoy the sounds of nature while you can before development starts on the bluff land above!

Very nice place for the kids, family even for just some solo chill time

Not much beach. Someone either dumped their shad bait or dead fish floated up on beach. View of rhe old coal plant.

Nice place for running the

Nice sandy beach with a great view and easy access.

Warm, clean, beautiful beachfront . Great place to relax and read a book, or bring the whole family.

Great place for winter photos.

Very relaxing and excellent views. No only if others would pick up their garbage.....

Great fun

Good place to access the beach and walk near the lake

Beach is getting smaller. Bring water shoes.

Long live Porky SB 13. Water too cold for this Texas vato

Lake Michigan is so high that there is no beach

My favorite beach in Wisconsin!

Reminds me of the carribean. Blue turquoise water with rainbows and wind swell waves that look ridable!

Beautiful scenic town full of hospitality.

I love it here.

It was amazing

The south beach is a bit more rugged than the north beach, with the constant shadow of the adjacent powerplant looming westward.

Its a rather narrow beach with a lot of rocks

Found piece of metal in water

Very nice

Geocache.

Rocky but easily accessible!

Great place to raise a family!!

Pleasant atmosphere and good food

Water was very nice

Water was 73 degrees

My kids love it

Lil piece of nature in a busy area

Great Beach!

Kayak put-in, no picnicking, access to bike trail

Beautiful, relaxing & awesome