Spring break season in Florida is kicking into high gear.
Things can get out of hand with rowdy students.
And Florida police shut down one spring break beach party after this scary problem.
Police break up a beach party after fighting and out-of-control behavior
The attitude toward spring break in Florida has changed greatly over the last decade.
Florida was the spring break hotspot in the 1980s and ’90s.
Movies celebrated the annual rite of passage in the Sunshine States.
Celebrities and musicians flocked to MTV Spring Break every year in Florida.
Florida has been cracking down on spring break after rowdy crowds brought crime and chaos.
Miami Beach and other former hotspots warned spring breakers not to show up.
The city added a curfew, restricted beach access, jacked up parking prices, and used a heavy police presence to discourage spring breakers from showing up.
A massive spring break party was held on a beach in Sunny Isles, Florida, that was promoted on TikTok.
The police were called in to disperse the crowd after reports of fighting and rowdy behavior.
“Huge crowd started pulling on. There was two people fighting actually,” an eyewitness told 7 News Miami.
Cellphone footage showed a police officer shouting at the crowd with a bullhorn.
Spring Break chaos in Sunny Isles!🏝️🚨#ONLYinDADE
*Massive crowds have taken over the beach, but authorities are stepping in-police have ordered partygoers to leave peacefully or face arrest. pic.twitter.com/lE5qOqLdzg— ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) March 21, 2025
The Sunny Isles Police Department was able to disperse the crowd without a major incident for a “non-permitted gathering.”
Sunny Isles requires a permit for parties on the beach to discourage spring breakers from congregating there.
Spring breakers search for the party
Miami Beach’s crackdown on spring break has sent partygoers to other locations in Florida to have a good time.
“Miami Beach is too strict. Cops are checking everybody,” Leslie Rivero told WSVN.
“I felt like the rules were a little bit too much and exaggerated, so we came here,” Harmony Hernandez said.
Fort Lauderdale is one old-school spring break hotspot that is still popular.
“Man, Fort Lauderdale, they love us over here. Everybody’s having a great time,” a spring breaker said.
Another person noted the increased police presence for spring break.
“There’s kind of less people and there’s more police,” a spring breaker said.
South Florida’s beaches and roads were still busy even with the crackdown.
“This is a lot more younger people, I’d say, and it’s a lot more people … the people are a lot crazier here,” another spring breaker said.
Sunny Isles Mayor Larisa Svechin admitted his city was a beneficiary of Miami Beach’s strict rules.
“I can tell you that we’ve always been a popular place because we have such beautiful beaches. … We had that very, very large group — something that we’re not used to. That was unusual,” Svechin told Fox News. “Was that a result of the warnings from Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale? Probably. I would say yes. But once we got out there, we were able to bring everything back to order within less than two hours.”
Svechin noted that the city’s police were guarding against out-of-control behavior.
“Certainly, this wasn’t about being able to enjoy the beach. Myself as a teenager enjoyed the beach very much. This is not about that,” Svechin said. “This is about underage drinking and … consequently, fighting and unsafe activity that we are not going to tolerate.”
DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
