Sunglow Pier has stood in Daytona Beach Shores since the 1960s — and the story of its last few years is the storm story of this whole coastline, told in one structure. Hurricane Ian wrecked it; the pier came back shorter, and its famous restaurant came back later. These nine films document every stage, including the parts brochures skip.

Checking Out Daytona Beach, Sunglow Pier and Swimming At Alexander Springs in Florida.

Gray Dog Adventures

Gray Dog Adventures drives to Sunglow Pier to fish it — and finds, as filmed in 2026, that pier fishing has not resumed since the storm damage: the $20 parking is paid, the poles go back in the Jeep, and the day reroutes to Dahlia Park beachcombing and a swim at Alexander Springs. An honest, useful film precisely because the plan fails: it documents the pier's current state better than any brochure.

Key takeaways
  • As filmed in 2026, pier fishing was unavailable after storm damage
  • Parking at the pier was $20 for the day, as filmed
  • The second half of the film leaves Daytona for Alexander Springs

Taking it back to my younger days Fishing the SUNGLOW pier

JETTIE ROCKS FISHING and OUTDOORS

JETTIE ROCKS FISHING returns to Sunglow Pier, where he fished as a teenager, for a morning of whiting fishing off the shortened pier — the storm-damaged structure is visibly not as long as it used to be. He lands his target species, reminisces about all-day sessions with his grandfather catching whiting, pompano and drum, and makes the case for the pier as a memory-making spot. Filmed in 2021, before the worst of the hurricane damage.

Key takeaways
  • Whiting fishing from the pier, first fish on early
  • Filmed in 2021 — the pier was longer then than after the storms
  • The pier's blanket fishing setup explained as he rigs up

We Tested Crabby Joe's on the Pier | Here's What We Found

Trade Winds Travel

Trade Winds Travel reviews Crabby Joe's Deck & Grill, the restaurant that sits on Sunglow Pier itself: destroyed by hurricanes, rebuilt and reopened in the months before this September 2025 visit. Seafood platters, fish tacos, the mahi sandwich, ocean on every side and a $58 dinner-for-two bill as filmed. The pier's dining room, reviewed properly.

Key takeaways
  • Crabby Joe's sits directly on Sunglow Pier over the Atlantic
  • Rebuilt and reopened after hurricane destruction
  • Expect waits in high season, per the review

Crabby Joe's: destroyed, rebuilt, reopened

Crabby Joe's Deck & Grill sits on the pier itself, over the Atlantic. WESH 2's reopening-day report — August 2024, after nearly two years closed — notes the traditional feel kept and 98% of the staff returned, with a line of regulars out the door. A proper review from September 2025 finds the rebuilt room working: seafood platters, fish tacos, the mahi sandwich, ocean on every side, $58 for two as filmed. A Sunday breakfast buffet film adds the local ritual.

Fishing: the honest status

The 2021 fishing film shows the old rhythm — whiting off the rail, the blanket fishing setup, all-day sessions like the host's grandfather's. The 2026 film is the update, and it is candid: the crew drives down to fish the pier and finds pier fishing has NOT resumed since the storm damage, pays the $20 parking as filmed, and reroutes the day. A pre-hurricane walk shows the longer pier longtime visitors remember. Read together: the restaurant is back; as of the latest film, the fishing is not. Check before you bring the poles.

Crabby Joe's reopens in Daytona Beach Shores nearly 2 years after Hurricane Ian

WESH 2 News

WESH 2 News covers Crabby Joe's reopening day in August 2024: the Daytona Beach Shores landmark on Sunglow Pier — built in the 1960s — shut for nearly two years after Hurricane Ian tore through it, reopening with its traditional feel kept, its staff 98% returned, and a line of regulars who treat the place like home. The news record of the pier's comeback.

Key takeaways
  • Crabby Joe's closed nearly two years after Hurricane Ian
  • Reopened August 2024 with most of its 120 employees back
  • Sunglow Pier itself dates to the 1960s

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Carolina Things

A 2025 walk out Sunglow Pier — the current structure end to end, the beach below and Crabby Joe's at the entrance.

POV Walk-Through Sunglow Pier & Crabby Joe's Deck & Grill, Daytona Beach | Original Audio | Unedited

Florida Living | Homes By Rau

A walk of Sunglow Pier filmed before the hurricanes shortened it — the longer pier as longtime visitors remember it.

The pier itself

A 2025 tour walks the current structure end to end, local news covers the pier's own repair-and-reopening story separate from the restaurant's, and a drone flight closes the set. Comeback stories are this coast's genre; Sunglow's is unusually well documented.

Sources: the 9 videos on this page, filmed at Sunglow Pier between 2021 and 2026; statuses are as filmed and dated in the copy.

Watch: Sunglow Pier, guided

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Drone Flight- Sunglow Pier, Daytona Beach Shores

Ifoundyou Sandninja

Local news coverage of Sunglow Pier's own storm repairs and reopening in Daytona Beach Shores — the pier structure's comeback story, separate from the restaurant's.

Sunglow Fishing Pier, Daytona Beach, FL

Brad Barrett

A fishing compilation from Sunglow Pier — catches and sessions from the rail across multiple visits.

Crabby Joe's Deck and Grill Sunday Breakfast Buffet on SunGlow Pier, Daytona Beach Shores, FL

Up For Adventure

A music-track short built over Sunglow Pier footage — the pier and the Shores beachfront as a mood piece rather than a tour.

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