

Sand & Surf
Finding it
Sand & Surf is in 2nd Level Departures in Central Terminal at Miami International Airport. It sits landside, so you can reach it without a boarding pass — and you still have to clear security afterwards.
Central Terminal has 32 places to eat and 31 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Across the week, MIA security runs longest around 5pm at a median of 16 minutes, and lightest around 11pm at 2 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's MIA wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Sand & Surf keeps a short window for an airport shop: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, pre-security on the Central Terminal's 2nd Level Departures hall. It opens two hours later and closes two hours earlier than Time 4 Shades a few doors down on the same level, which runs 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, so an evening arrival into the Central Terminal will find this one already shuttered. The stock is beachwear and gifts rather than the eyewear or general newsstand goods carried nearby. A second Sand & Surf operates elsewhere in the airport.
One of 2 Sand & Surf locations at Miami International Airport (Central Terminal, South Terminal).
Other options in Central Terminal
All landside, so you can reach any of these before security.
Sources
- MIA Shop Dine - MIAMI International Airport Shops and Food — Miami International Airport, checked 2026-09-08
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.