The Sea Aire Motel in Cocoa Beach, Florida made me feel at home, if only home had an oceanfront view!

I don’t know how they do it, but the Sea Aire Motel has some amazingly soft green grass! It’s actually worth mentioning because it makes walking around their property quite nice. Most motels don’t make walking out the front door this enjoyable on your feet, especially when you are at the beach. It’s hallways, then elevators, then lobbies, but here… soft green grass then sand and beach. I loved it! What a gem!

A little bit of history

The Sea Aire Motel has been here since 1950. The famous Mercury 7 Astronauts (the first 7 test pilots to become the first Astronauts in the USA) once stayed in this motel. Kelly Slater has also stayed at this motel in the late 90’s.

Where is the Sea Aire Motel?

The Sea Aire Motel is located toward the center Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Address: 181 N Atlantic Ave, Cocoal Beach FL 32931.
They are on the east side of the road A1A, or N Atlantic Ave.
Sea Aire Motel on Booking.com

The room was clean and the beds were comfortable. When you open all of the blinds, there really was a lot of light that poured in. This is also something sort of unique. My room had more windows than a normal motel would have. I really liked that about my room. I’m not sure if they are all like this though. The rooms may be slightly different. But from what I noticed, everything pretty much looked similar. I think because my room was on the end of the row, it had more windows.

Make your way across the grass to the BBQ’s. I actually met a couple of people here that I made friends with. One of the employees later told me that it’s real common for people to make friends here and return year after year together.

They have plenty of benches under an overhang that make it easy for multiple small parties of people to sit and not feel like they are crowding anyone’s personal space. There are also a couple of benches in the sun, and a swing where you can sit back, relax, get sun and enjoy the ocean breeze.

If you’re looking for less people, book a room more towards the beginning of the week if you can. But even if there are too many people, which there was not for me, there’s a very big beach right in front of you. There are two entrances to the beach. You can’t see them here, but there’s one just to the right of the BBQ’s and one to the left right outside the gate. Also if you are planning on venturing out, I wrote a post on enjoyable things to do in Cocoa Beach, Florida. All of the things listed on that post are not far from this motel.

Here’s the beach access on the north side of the motel. I’ve written about Cocoa Beach, Florida, which also includes photos of the beach directly behind the Sea Aire Motel. There are more photos of the motel if you follow the booking link below. If you see photos of the motel as a red color, that was the older color. The motel has recently been repainted and is now green. Also don’t forget that the Oceanview rooms are optional.

Do you know of any fun things to do near the Sea Aire Motel? Have you stayed at the Sea Aire Motel, leave a comment, I’d love to hear from you!