festival · Fort Lauderdale · 14 mi
“Viva Fort Lauderdale: Celebrating Hispanic Art & Culture” at History Fort Lauderdale
History Fort Lauderdale
Free
Things to Do in Deerfield Beach, FL
Deerfield Beach keeps things simple: a Blue Wave beach, a 976-foot fishing pier, and a beachfront strip of bars where the parking is easier than anywhere south of here. Quiet Waters Park adds cable wakeboarding and a splash park for kids.
46 things to do · 250 upcoming events · 72 places to eat · Updated October 2026
This Weekend in Deerfield Beach
Fri 23 – Sun 25
festival · Delray Beach · 10 mi
Downtown Delray Restaurant Month (Extended Through October)
Downtown Delray Beach
Free
theater · Fort Lauderdale · 14 mi
Island City Stage presents Who Killed Joan Crawford? by Michael Leeds
Varies
festival · Boynton Beach · 15 mi
The Moonwalkers: An Immersive Journey with Tom Hanks
10 am · South Florida PBS
$18
Things to Do in Deerfield Beach
46 places
Park
Quiet Waters Park
430 acres, paved loop, MTB trails, Ski Rixen cable park, Woofing Waters dog park.
$1.50 weekendsDogs OK
Beach · Free
Boca Inlet & Deerfield Pier
Deerfield is the Broward standard and where the free lessons happen.
On the water
Cable wake parks
Ski Rixen (Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield — the original US cable park, Wibit aqua park), Miami Watersports Complex (Amelia Earhart Park), Shark Wake Park (Okeeheelee, WPB).
$50–60/2 hr
Park · Boca Raton · 3.0 mi
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center & Red Reef Park
Sea turtle rehab tanks and hammock boardwalk; park free at Gumbo Limbo and walk across A1A to snorkel Red Reef.
DonationNo dogsBeach · Free · Boca Raton · 3.0 mi
Red Reef Park
Artificial reef 20–50 yd out in 2–12 ft — the easiest beginner snorkel. Park free at Gumbo Limbo.
No dogs
Attraction · Boca Raton · 3.0 mi
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park itself is dog-friendly outdoors.
$16No dogs
Where to Eat in Deerfield Beach
72 spots
Nothing else within 15 mi