Surfside is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Surfside is a primarily residential beachside community, with several multistory condominium buildings adjacent to Surfside Beach on the Atlantic Ocean. The town is bordered on the south by the North Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, on the north by Bal Harbour, on the west by Biscayne Bay, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. It also serves as part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 5,689 as of the 2020 census.
Between 1923 and 1925, the Tatum Brothers subdivided the land on what is now Surfside.
Starting in 1924, Henri Levy developed Biscaya Island and a portion of land from 87th to 92nd Streets.
In 1929–1930, Russell Pancoast, built the Surf Club 90th Street and Collins Avenue.
In 1935, fearing annexation by the city of Miami Beach, Florida, 35 members of the privately owned club incorporated the Town of Surfside and financed the venture with a $28,500 loan.
Spearman Lewis was the first mayor of Surfside.
In 1956, Surfside purchased the Lehman Estate on the northeast corner of 93rd Street and Collins Avenue. It acquired additional land via eminent domain and then built a community center.
In 1960, Hawthorne Park was dedicated.
On March 1, 1973, Surfside signed a contract with Miami-Dade County to outsource fire/rescue services.
In 1983, The Shul of Bal Harbour was established at 9540 Collins Avenue.
On June 24, 2021, at 1:22 a.m. EDT, Champlain Towers South, a 12-story condominium building at 8777 Collins Avenue, partially collapsed, causing 98 deaths, in one of the deadliest structural failures in United States history. The building's 40-year recertification was in progress and the roof was being repaired.
In June 2026, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released their final technical findings on what caused the partial collapse. The team concluded the collapse began in early June 2021, when two connections between garage columns and the pool deck failed. This led to the partial collapse of the building on June 24, 2021, when two of the supporting columns in the middle part of the tower catastrophically failed.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.564 square miles (1.46 km2), of which 0.557 square miles (1.44 km2) is land and 0.007 square miles (0.02 km2) is water.
Bay Harbor Islands Atlantic Ocean
Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek Atlantic Ocean
Avenues in Surfside are named for British and American authors and run in alphabetical order from east to west.
In 1979, 95th Street in Surfside was renamed "Isaac Bashevis Singer Boulevard" to reflect the residency of the famous Yiddish author Isaac Bashevis Singer on that street from 1977 until his death in 1991.
As of the 2020 census, Surfside had a population of 5,689 people, with 2,302 households and 1,551 families residing in the town. The population density was 10,213.6 inhabitants per square mile (3,943.5/km2).