Cocoa Beach the surfing capital of the East Coast Florida and birth home of the greatest professional surfer of all time, the unprecedented 11 world surfing champion, Kelly Slater! There are many surfing festivals in Cocoa Beach including surfing on Easter, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. There is even a Surfing Hall of Fame Museum here dedicated to the history of East Coast Surfing and those responsible for its development and growth. Home of Ron Jon Surf Shop, where more than 2 mil people visit this distinctive art deco surf palace and marvel at its 52,000 square-foot facility with its own waterfall and glass elevator open every day of the year, Cocoa Beach is a well-known tourist and surfer destination on the Space Coast with dozens of restaurants, shops, fine hotels, its own Cocoa Beach Surfside Players Theater, parks plus many residential communities on water where one can quickly take a boat ride from their back yard and visit its Thousand Islands or be part of the Boat Parade at Christmas. A historic landmark on Florida's Space Cast, the renovated Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier stretches 800 feet over the Atlantic Ocean and offers fishing equipment rentals, beach rentals, restaurants, gifts shops and live music entertainment. The pier is a great launch-watching site and towers above a beach on which many of the area's festivals and events, such as the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Surf Festival, New Year's Celebrations, as well as various concerts and shows, take place. On certain times of the year, one can catch the famous Pirate festival. Lori Wilson Park is a must see if you like the beach. The Museum of Dinosaurs and Ancient Cultures is a fixture in Cocoa Beach. This 26,000 square-foot privately owned museum contains two floors of exhibits on dinosaurs and ancient human cultures. Cocoa Beach is famous for its restaurant life, food festivals and eclectic culture. Make sure to try the local food and its most famous restaurants and eateries such as Coconuts on the Beach, Squid Lips, The Pompano Grill, Sandbar Sports Grill, Fat Kahunas, Gregory's (also offers Comedy nights), Florida Seafood Bar & Grill, Heidelberg Restaurant (with its Heidi's Jazz Club), The Tiny Turtle, The Green Room Cafe, Florida's Fresh Grill, Barrier Jacks, Cafe Surfinista, Slow & Low Bar-B-Que, Jazzy's Mainly Lobster, Juice 'N Java Cafe, Simply Delicious Bakery, just to name a few favorites here. The perfect year-round climate of the Space Coast coupled with the beauty of its natural surroundings lends itself to a golfer's paradise. If you would like to golf, then check out Cocoa Beach Country Club. The zip code for Cocoa Beach is 32931.
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