Miami Beach Offers Free Power Beach Wheelchairs
Miami Beach now offers free loaner manual and power beach wheelchairs at a number of beach locations. They are available on a first-come basis from 9 AM to 6 PM from February to October, and from 9 AM to 4:30 PM from November to January. Visitors can check them out at the Beach Patrol Headquarters at 1001 Ocean Drive, and at the Beach Patrol location at South Pointe Park. The manual beach wheelchairs can go into water up to six inches deep, but the power beach wheelchairs, cannot enter the water. For more information, or to check on the availability of the beach wheelchairs, call (305) 673-7714. Miami Beach also has Mobi-Mats, that allow wheelchair-users barrier-free access to the beach. Additionally, a number of beaches are also equipped with swim ropes. For more information, and details about the Mobi-Mat and swim rope locations, visit https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/city-hall/public-works/ada/beach-wheel-chair-access/.