Hyde Beach at the SLS South Beach is Miami’s best-known pool party for a reason. It’s basically a nightclub—but it’s during the day, everyone wears bathing suits and the dance floor is a pool. If it’s a Vegas-style bash with bottle service and champagne showers you seek, you’ll find it here. Want to plus up your party? Swap a table for a boat with Hyde Seas, a private yachting experience that takes Hyde Beach experience out into the ocean with you and your closest (or newest) friends.
There are few pleasures more universally loved in life than day drinking by a pool, and in Miami, you better believe we indulge regularly. We've got lavish hotel decks, rooftop pools you can actually get into and public watering holes aplenty. None, however, beckon so boldly as a full-on pool party. Yes, we have the kind of splashy untz-untz ragers filled with bachelor and bachelorette crews. But we also have poolside get-togethers that skew more local and low-key. When you’re ready to trade in your club nights for a piña colada-soaked day in the sun, we’ve scoped out the best Miami pool parties for going wild or keeping chill.