Tampa Area Naturists (TAN) is a non-profit naturist association created April 1996, and is a proud member of The Naturist Society (TNS) national Naturist Network and an American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) affiliated non-landed club.  Through its affiliation with AANR, TAN is allied with a world-wide network of naturist organizations under the aegis of the International Naturist Federation (INF), with affiliates in countries stretching from Canada to Brazil, and from Ireland to New Zealand.  (You may visit the websites of select naturist organizations on our Links page, and obtain further information about TAN on our Media Center page.)

 TAN’s mission is:

• to promote the family-oriented naturist ideals exemplified by The Naturist Society, the American Association for Nude Recreation, and the International Naturist Federation.
• to protect  the American tradition of skinny-dipping at secluded lakes, streams and beaches, as practiced by diverse Americans throughout our nation’s history, including Benjamin Franklin, John Quincy Adams and Theodore Roosevelt.
• to obtain a safe, designated, clearly posted clothing-optional beach section in the Tampa Bay area on public land for the benefit of local citizens and to increase national and international tourism to the area, modeled on such successful facilities as those at Haulover Beach in South Florida and Gunnison Beach in New Jersey.
• to provide social opportunities for area naturists and their families through monthly gatherings at private homes and resorts, and regular outdoor recreational field trips to appropriate locations.