Herzliya Beaches and Marina: Which Beach Is Which, Lifeguards and the Winter Season
Herzliya's coast runs from the marina in the south to the cliffs below Apollonia in the north, and the city splits it into a string of separately named beaches. Each one has its own crowd. Families on one, teenagers on the next, surfers at the far end, a beach with men's and women's days, and a stretch under the cliffs where dogs are allowed.
Entry to all the city's declared beaches is free. What you pay for, at some of them, is parking.
The beaches, south to north
Separate beach. About 400 metres south of the marina, run jointly by Herzliya and Bnei Brak for religious bathers. Women swim on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, men on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and it's open to everyone on Saturday. It's quiet, with no restaurants. The gender-separated days start on 1 July each year.
Accadia South. Right next to the marina, with sunbeds and umbrellas for hire and a private paid car park.
Accadia Central. Below the Dan Accadia hotel. A Blue Flag beach, popular with a younger crowd, with a surf club close by.
Accadia North. Locals call it Dabush. It's the widest stretch of sand on the Herzliya coast and a Blue Flag beach, with a volleyball court, sunbed hire and lifts down from the promenade for wheelchairs and pushchairs. This is the easiest beach in the city for anyone with limited mobility.
Zevulun. Named after a building from 1939. Mostly teenagers and students, with fitness equipment and the Dakar sea scouts' water-sports base.
HaSharon. The family beach, below the Sharon hotel, with a wide paved access path, playground equipment and a sailing club.
HaKochavim. A smaller beach further north that the city opens in season and has kept open into the autumn in warm years.
Nof Yam and Sidna Ali. The northernmost beach, under the sandstone cliffs near Apollonia National Park. It's wilder and less built up, and it's where the city allows dogs, on a lead and muzzled. The cliff is unstable, and the municipality has closed parts of this beach in some seasons over the risk of collapse, so check before you go.
The southern beach is set aside for surfing and other non-motorised water sports and is lit at night. It works best when the waves are over about 60 centimetres.
When there are lifeguards
The national bathing season in 2026 ran from 25 March to 10 October. In season, Herzliya puts lifeguards on all its declared beaches.
Herzliya is one of the cities that keeps some beaches guarded through the winter. From 10 October to 24 March there are lifeguards every day from 07:30 to 16:00 at Accadia North and HaSharon. Last winter the city also kept HaKochavim open until the end of November because the weather stayed warm.
Swim only where there's a lifeguard. The Mediterranean along this coast has strong rip currents, and most drownings in Israel happen on unguarded beaches.
The marina
Herzliya Marina was built between 1990 and 1992 and is one of the largest in Israel, with about 680 berths for boats of up to 35 metres. Its entrance faces north, to stop the southern currents filling it with sand, and two small lighthouses mark the way in.
The main breakwater carries a promenade more than a kilometre long, the best walk in the city at sunset. On land, the Arena mall opened next to the marina in 2003, and two hotels followed: the Ritz-Carlton in 2013 and Herods in 2015. Restaurants and cafés line the quay, and several operators run sailing lessons, boat trips and charters.
There's a working side too. A shipyard with a 50-ton crane has hauled boats out here since 2000, and the Israeli Navy sometimes ties up patrol boats.
The marina has its critics. A later study linked it to coastal erosion on the beaches to the north, and a 2020 plan for seven new breakwaters to protect the cliffs drew opposition from environmental groups. It's a reminder that this whole coast, from the marina to Apollonia, is still being reshaped by the sea.