Ocean Beach is the Vice City district Rockstar named first and showed most: pastel art deco hotels along bright white sand, the image at the top of the official site. It is the game's answer to Miami's South Beach. Confirmed
What Rockstar has shown
Ocean Beach is the art deco strip: hotels in pink and mint, a wide beach with lifeguard towers, the boardwalk and the water. Official screenshots show it by day with crowds and by night with the neon on. Confirmed
North of it, fans label the neon nightlife strip South Beach (community name), but that name is a community label rather than Rockstar's. Community
The real place
The model is Miami Beach's South Beach and its Ocean Drive. Ruby's travel guide goes through what Rockstar kept and what it changed. In the real city, Miami Beach's commission voted in September 2026 to let "Vice City" branding go on the beach chairs and umbrellas as part of the game's marketing. Confirmed
Official screenshots
Questions
Is Ocean Beach in GTA 6 based on South Beach?
Yes, by every visual sign: the art deco hotels, the white sand and the lifeguard towers match Miami Beach. Rockstar named Ocean Beach; the comparison is ours.
Sources and further reading
- Inside GTA 6's Vice City (SixStarsWanted)
- Miami to Vice City: a travel guide (SixStarsWanted)
- Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto VI
Last updated 2026-11-06.
