Cocoa Beach, Florida is the place we headed to on day four of our road trip. In the morning we each ran a trial FastCAT run and then we headed out on the hour or so drive to find the ocean. This mural is in the center of town and we just love it. The parking lot is all blocked off with no entry signs, so our rule breaking mom parked and took us in anyway. It is such a cool mural, don’t you think?
Besides FastCAT, Mom’s goal for our trip was to have us dip our paws into the ocean. We went on our first day in Orlando so we could be sure this would be checked off our must do list. Dog friendly beaches are hard to find but we found Canova Beach which is a dog beach.
One needs to really pay attention as the dog friendly portion of the beach isn’t very large. There are signs on both ends letting one know the dog beach ends there. On the drive in, you see the no dogs sign, and then the dog head with the arrow. From what we read about the beach it isn’t very crowded and it was the case when we were there.
Heading out to the beach entrance there is a big sign with all the beach rules. No, we didn’t stop to read any of the rules but we were also not arrested or anything. One goes up and over the steps and your paws are in the sand. Cocoa Beach is on a barrier island between the Banana River (lagoon) and the Atlantic Ocean.
We made it and here we are in the sand. The water has a lot of big waves. Olivia is a bit fearful of such things but I was excited to get in there and attack the waves. Bailie was at a dog beach with Emma back in 2013 and she told us it was a lot of fun in the ocean. I’ve never been to the ocean but Bailie and I went to Montrose Dog Beach in Chicago in 2017. I had a blast jumping in the water and waves.
I stood back and took a good look at the ocean. It does look like fun, and I decided I would get ready and head on in.
Ready set, here I come! I have no fear.
Olivia is a chicken. She is afraid of the waves coming to attack her and carry her out into the ocean.
Don’t see this wrong. Olivia sees the wave approaching and even though the shot looks like she is running into it, she is actually running to get away from the wave attack! She did get some water on her paws and that is all Mom really wanted from her.
I would have played in the water all day if we could have stayed. Off leash would be better, but I still had tons of fun! My side of the car looked like a beach for the rest of the trip.
We saw our first beach bird. Does anyone know what the name of this bird is? Mom isn’t a bird person and she can’t remember what it is. We tried to chase it, but it runs really fast.
I think we did our visit backwards as we went to the Ron Jon Surf Shop after the beach. It is a huge store which is super dog friendly. They even have dog treats at the customer service desk. Everyone welcomed us into the store, told us how cute we are and petted us. Outside we found some fun photo spots.
Surf’s Up! I’m ready to go back to Cocoa Beach and play in the ocean. Olivia says she will watch me from afar. It is a great place to visit for dogs, that is for sure!
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Looks like a great place. Stunning pictures!
It’s a fun beach town!
These are such great photos! Our mom “broke” into the beach this summer for us! She doesn’t follow rules either. It was 6:30 in the morning so the beach was EMPTY! My sister LOVED it. She had visited a beach and the ocean before. I had never been. I was okay with it. My mom was so happy with how much Lilly hopped around, ran into the water, wagged her tail, she was so happy to be there!! It is great you girls got to go to the beach and check out the ocean. Great post!! from your really cool doodle friend Chester (my sister is sleeping late today!)
For us it was the opposite, I loved the ocean and attacking the waves but Olivia was scared of it all. It sure is a fun place and I’m glad you got to give it a try. There is no harm done and no one would even know you were there!
Great pictures.
Thank you.
You girls are so lucky to be able to go to the beach and have a bit of fun in the ocean and you find the best murals! Awesome photos!
This mural was a surprise find and is one of our favorites of all time. The beach was great!
I’m not an ocean beach person – I much prefer mountain lakes – but it looks like you all had a great time! Cocoa Beach looks like a great little town!
Mom likes to visit the ocean if she is nearby but otherwise, she would rather go for a hike in the mountains.
I bet you could be one of those surfer dogs. Sorry we missed seeing you. Maybe next year. XOXO Sparkle
I would be a good surfer as I am long and low. Olivia would probably have more trouble with it.
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oh the most beautiful beach girls!!! enjoy a super time there
I had a lot of fun on our short visit and I brought a whole bunch of sand home with us but Mom says she is going to vacuum it away in the car.
Playing in the ocean is the best fun ever and it’s so much warmer there than back home. I’m so happy you’re having a great time.
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Oh you doggies are having such fun ~ great photos of you and the beach~ Xo
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I had a great time at the beach, too bad I couldn’t spend more time and really get soaked with ocean water.
I’m so glad you had fun and got to go to the beach! We have friends and family in that area so the Dad has been there lots and has been to that surf shop too, it’s a fun place!
The beach was great and the surf shop was so dog friendly, we loved it all!
Great photos girls!
Thank you.
Beaches are so much fun, i’m glad you got to go while you were there!
It was fun for me. Olivia wasn’t real keen on the water part but we still had a nice time.
Oh What fun! Cinnamon misses being able to go in the ocen like she did when Mom lived in Vancouver. She says it is way more fun than the sand bank along the river. I Marv am more like Olivia, I am not keen of water at all since I fellin the bathtub when Mom was having a bath. We are really enjoying your trip!
We really enjoyed our trip too! The beach was so much fun, I could have stayed and played in the waves all day long. Mom says we are awesome travel buddies.
Clover runs away. Glad you got to see it.
Clover and Olivia can work on their fur tans on the sand. I will play in the ocean.
I believe the bird is a sandpiper! Cute photos!
I think you are right. Mom isn’t a bird person. She knows the name but can’t remember it. Sand Piper sounds right.
Looks like you had a blast Madison!! Arty was the beach dog of our pack…the rest of us are pretty much like Olivia BOL!
xoxo,
Jakey, Rosy & Sunny
I thought it was so great but Olivia wanted nothing to do with the waves and water.
Oooh, beach time! What fun. We’d probably watch from afar since water isn’t our favorite thing. But it looks like at least one of you had a blast. 🙂
Your fur-iends,
Norman & Elsa 🐾
I had a lot of fun, but wish I could have spent more time there. Mom said we had places to go and she didn’t want a sopping wet dog. Maybe next time we will get to stay and play longer.