South Florida, covered the way locals live it
Gold Coast Wave is a digital news and lifestyle publication for Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade, from Jupiter to Homestead: where to eat, what is opening, who is building what, and how to spend the weekend. Health, Wealth & Lifestyle News for South Floridians.
Built for the South Florida you actually live in
Most coverage of South Florida is written from somewhere else, about somewhere else. Gold Coast Wave was built to close that gap: a local publication that covers the Gold Coast the way locals actually live it, from the new spot in your downtown to the project reshaping your commute.
That means the practical things first. Where to eat this week. What is opening and what is closing. Who is building what, and what it means for your town. How to spend a Saturday without leaving the county. The businesses, events and people that make Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade more than a place you sleep.
Gold Coast Wave is published by Wave Agency, a digital agency based in Melville, New York, and it is the sister publication of Long Island Wave. It launched in October 2026 on the same idea: a publication that is fast, free, and genuinely local to the place it covers.
If it would not matter to someone who lives here, it does not run.
Four ways in
- Read
The news, every day
Local stories across Business, Food & Drink, Health, Beauty, Lifestyle and Events, all free in the archive.
- Plan
The calendar
A running calendar of local events across all three counties, so the weekend never sneaks up on you.
- Find
Resources and the Marketplace
A directory of local businesses and services, plus products and offers from local makers.
- Join
The community
Member conversations with readers across South Florida. A free account takes an email and a one-time code, nothing more.
Six things we hold to
Not a mission statement. The actual working rules that decide what runs and what does not.
Local or it does not run
Every story has to matter to someone in Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade. We do not pad the site with national wire copy dressed up as news.
Useful beats loud
We would rather tell you where to eat on Friday than chase a headline. If a reader cannot do something with a story, we ask why we are running it.
Honest about businesses
We cover local businesses because readers care about them, not because anyone paid for coverage. When something is sponsored, it says so, plainly.
Written by locals
We publish people who live here: business owners, event organizers, and people who know their towns first-hand. The door is open at Write for the Wave.
The writer's voice survives
We edit for clarity and length, never to make everyone sound the same. If a piece stops sounding like the person who wrote it, we have failed at our job.
Free, and staying free
No paywall, anywhere on the site. Gold Coast Wave is supported by local advertisers who belong in front of this readership, and readers never pay to read.
What you will find here
Everything is built around one question: what does a South Floridian need to know this week?
News & stories
Business, Food & Drink, Health, Beauty, Lifestyle and Events, across all three counties.
Read the archive →The events calendar
Openings, festivals, markets and shows across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade.
See what's on →Resources
A directory of the local businesses and services our readers actually use.
Browse the directory →The Marketplace
Products and offers from local makers, chosen because they are worth your money.
Shop local →The Weekly Wave
One free email a week: new openings, the events worth your weekend, and the people and places shaping how South Florida lives. It lands on Friday, in time to plan, and it costs nothing. Sign up here.
A two-way publication
Gold Coast Wave is written with its readers, not just for them. There are four doors in, and all of them are open.
- Write for the Wave: local voices welcome, from business owners to event organizers to people who just know their town.
- Join the community: member conversations with readers across South Florida, free with an email and a one-time code.
- Advertise with us: first-party placements on the site, managed in-house, in front of readers in your own backyard.
- Sell for the Wave: a commission-based advertising sales role, open across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade.
All of it, free
The latest stories, the full archive, and one good email every Friday. Questions? Send us a message on the contact page.