Boca Bash 2026 draws huge crowds to Florida’s waters
Boaters and partygoers converge in Boca Raton, Florida, for the annual Boca Bash. The event featured a flotilla of vessels, from boats to jet skis, on April 26, 2026. (Romain Maurice of Fox News Digital)
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Thousands of bikini-clad revelers were met by increased law enforcement as they took to Florida’s waters over the weekend for another year of the infamous boca Bash.
The party, held annually on the last Sunday of April, is a free, ticketed event hosted on Lake Boca Raton, along the southeast coast of the Sunshine State.
Although the bash attracts thousands of revelers, this year’s party has seen a significant law enforcement presence up and down the coast after previous events have resulted in several arrests.
“I will say that this year there will definitely be law enforcement,” CJ Thomas, a local resident who frequents the Boca Bash, said. he told WPEC. “This year they really hit the boat ramps. So all the boat ramps from Delray to Fort Lauderdale are closed.”
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Another resident of the area, Taylor Thomas, told the store that there were two undercover police officers.
The City of Boca Raton has no official role in the group’s sentencing, a Fox News Digital spokeswoman said.
However, officials are working closely with community partners, such as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), “on public safety, working with partner agencies, and providing the appropriate level of enforcement and response to help protect the public,” a city spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The Boca Raton Police Department confirmed that one person was arrested for driving under the influence.
Additionally, preliminary information indicates that FWC officials made three arrests over the weekend, two for boating while intoxicated and battery, a Fox News Digital spokesperson said. Authorities also responded to six boat collisions that did not result in serious injuries.
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Revelers gather at the annual Boca Bash on Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Boca Raton, Fla. Hundreds of party-goers float on the lakes in canoes, kayaks and paddle boards. (Romain Maurice/Fox News Digital)
The move comes after the spring commemoration has been marred by tragedy and lawlessness in recent years.
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In 2018, Francis Roselin, 32, of West Palm Beach, drowned while enjoying the festivities in the water.
At the time of his death, his friend, Strogoff Prevot, he told WPTV that Roselin was left behind when their group swam to the sandbar. Law enforcement and Roselin’s friends searched for the missing swimmer, but rescue efforts by Ocean Rescue and the Coast Guard were unsuccessful.
Roselin’s body was later found by a swimmer down the Intracoastal Waterway, and the Boca Raton Police Department determined she died of drowning.
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Roselin’s girlfriend, Tamekia Rich, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton, alleging that officials were negligent by failing to provide proper water control and failing to control the crowd.
However, the city dismissed the allegations, saying that the Boca Bash was an unauthorized event and therefore not organized by officials.
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Six years later, in 2024, drone video captures two teenagers throwing two trash cans full of bottles and other trash over the side of their fishing boat in footage that has gone viral, leading to outrage both online and in the public.
The video showed two young people aged 15 and 16 leaving the event at high speed as there was no trash left.
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The Boca Bash Facebook page condemned the incident, writing that they were “offended and disturbed by these actions.”
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“When the video was uploaded, we quickly worked with the public to find out who is the owner of the boat and who was on the boat in this incident committing a bad act,” they wrote.
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The young couple eventually surrendered to the police and faced three charges of creating pollution “in order to injure or harm the health or well-being of people, animals, plants or aquatic animals or property,” the Miami Herald. report.
In a statement sent by the Palm Beach Post, one of the boy’s parents issued a statement through a spokesperson apologizing for their son’s actions.
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“We take the responsibility of caring for our oceans and our community very seriously, and we are deeply saddened by what happened last weekend at the Boca Bash,” the family wrote. “We want to extend our sincere apologies to everyone who was affected and upset by what happened.”
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
