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Simpson Bay Beach
Simpson Bay
Although the beach is lovely, Simpson Bay Beach is uncrowded and is worth the visit for lovers of deserted beaches.
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Amelia Island State Park
Amelia Island FL
Located near Jacksonville, Amelia Island State Park protects over 200 acres of unspoiled wilderness, including beautiful beaches, salt marshes, and coastal maritime forests. The only state park to offer horseback riding on the beach, a 45-minute riding tour is available through the forest and along the Atlantic Coast beach. Fishermen can surf fish along the shoreline or fish from the mile-long George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier which spans Nassau Sound. Amelia Island State Park is the perfect place for viewing shore birds, with black skimmers, piping plovers, terns, white pelicans, and many other birds.
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Flash of Beauty Beach
Anegada
Flash of Beauty Beach features coral sand, crystal clear water, and a unique trail of conch shells leading from the beach bar to the shoreline. In addition to beachcombing and sunbathing, there is also excellent snorkelling.
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Loblolly Bay
Anegada
Any trip to Anegada has to include a visit to the fantastic beach and reef at Loblolly Bay. Stake out a place on the beach and enjoy some of the most spectacular snorkeling in the B.V.I., accessible right off this beautiful white sand beach, inside of the white foaming breakers on the reef's outer edge.
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Baby Beach
Baby Beach
Aruba
Baby Beach is located in the area known as Seroe Colorado at the southeastern end of the island. It got its name because the calm and shallow waters make it ideal for children and/or inexperienced swimmers. Snorkelers will enjoy gorgeous coral heads in the channel.
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Eagle Beach
Eagle Beach
Aruba
Eagle Beach is a well-visited public beach for locals, replete with shaded picnic areas and plenty of parking right off the main road.
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Hadicurari Beach
Hadicurari Beach
Aruba
Located just south of the lighthouse near the northwestern tip of Aruba and is known for terrific snorkeling.
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Palm Beach
Palm Beach
Aruba
Palm Beach is famous for calm waters and is located right in front of the luxurious high-rise hotel stretch of the island.
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Rodgers Beach
Rodgers Beach
Aruba
This beach features a slightly rough surf. It is located close to the Baby Beach, offering shady areas and shower facilities.
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Fortune Beach
Fortune Beach
Bahamas
Fortune Beach is a quiet beach, five miles from Port Lucaya Marketplace. The beach got its name from a shipwreck worth $2 million which was discovered there. Banana Bay restaurant is located here; it has good food and is a great place for private functions. You will need your own transportation to get there, or you can purchase a tour that visits this beach.
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Gold Rock Beach
Gold Rock Beach
Bahamas
Gold Rock Beach is part of our National Park and is protected by the National Trust. This beach is located east of the Island (about 25 miles from Freeport) and is secluded and spectacular at low tide. It can be accessed via tour bus or rental car. BBQ pits, picnic tables and benches are available, but no other amenities. North of the beach, across the road are the Lucayan Caverns, the world's longest underground surveyed cave system.
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Lucaya Beach
Lucaya Beach
Bahamas
Lucaya Beach is located across from the Port Lucaya hotels. This popular tourist beach has just about any water-sport activity, from snorkeling to parasailing. It's also a nice stretch of beach for strolling.
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Mather Town Beach
Mather Town Beach
Bahamas
Mather Town Beach is about three miles from Port Lucaya. There are limited water activities, but it is a great beach for swimming, eating, drinking and hanging out with the locals. Club Caribe restaurant and Margaritavilla Sand Bar are located here.
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Paradise Cove Beach
Paradise Cove Beach
Bahamas
Paradise Cove Beach, located in the west, is a quiet, secluded beach, offering snorkeling and volleyball as well as food and drink. Various tour packages provide transportation to this beach, which is open from 10 a.m. to sunset.
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Taino Beach
Taino Beach
Bahamas
Taino Beach, located in the Lucaya area, is ideal for families with children ,as it has a small playground. During holidays the beach is the site of many local "cook-outs." Several restaurants are here including The Stoned Crab, Kaptain Kenny's Bay Watch and Toni Macaroni's Beach Experience (featuring roast conch and conch salad). There is limited water activity available;hair braiding, straw goods and other souvenirs are available at Kaptain Kennys.
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Sandspur Beach
Bahia Honda FL
Sandspur is the largest beach in Bahia Honda State Park, located on the southeast end of the island. There are three large pavilions in the Sandspur area and a bathhouse with outdoor, fresh water showers. The park covers 540 acres of the islands 600 acres, and is known for beautiful beaches, magnificent sunsets, and excellent snorkeling. In 1992, Sandspur Beach was named the best beach in America.
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Batts Rock
Batts Rock
Barbados
Batts Rock is located on the west coast of the island just a few minutes from the capital city of Bridgetown.
Batts Rock is a designated Public Beach area and has picnic benches, shower and changing facilities, drinks machine, and a small children's playground with slides, swings, and see-saws.
The sea here is calm and excellent for swimming while the crystal-clear waters and small rocky areas make it an interesting snorkeling location as well.
Batts Rock adjoins Paradise beach and the wooded area between the two beaches is equipped with benches, with the trees providing the perfect shade for picnics.
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Fitts Village
Excellent Beach for Swimming
Barbados
The area contains several reefs and with clear blue waters its good for snorkeling. Ocassionally you may even spot a turtle surfacing for a breath of air. There are also areas along this coast that are excellent for swimming. This is typically a quiet beach, and is the ideal spot to relax with a good book under the shade, or enjoying the sea and sun.
Picnic benches are scattered among the Casuarina trees lining the shore, and to the north is a small, open esplanade complete with benches.
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Paynes Bay Beach
Paynes Bay Beach
Barbados
Located along the west coast, in the parish of St.James, is Paynes Bay beach.
There is a public entrance to the beach opposite the Coach House restaurant and another entrance a little further to the north. Along the former, you will find two small changing area for patrons of Coach House.
Coach House also runs a small beach stand, where you can purchase drinks and snacks.
Beach chairs are available for rental and there are several shaded areas on the beach to which you can retreat when the sun gets a bit too hot.
The waters here are very calm and the area is safe for swimming.
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The Sandy Lane
The Sandy Lane
Barbados
This magnificent beach is situated on the west coast of Barbados, just south of the Holetown area.
The Caribbean waters here are very calm, making this a great spot for swimming. Jet skis and catamarans pass by, along with the occasional local fishing boat. Widely known as the "Sandy Lane" beach, this stretch takes its name from the luxurious Sandy Lane Hotel which is nestled in the mahogany trees, directly off this beach. First opened in 1961, this magnificent hotel has gained a reputation as one of the finest resorts in the Caribbean, and has welcomed royalty, celebrities, and the business elite.
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Brandons Beach
Brandons Beach
Bridgetown
Brandons Beach is located just on the outskirts of the capital city of Bridgetown, on the west coast of Barbados. The waters here are very calm and this is a great place to swim, and is also the perfect place for cruise visitors to spend the day in Barbados.
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Turtle Beach
Buck Island
Turtle Beach is located on Buck Island and is considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the entire Caribbean. You can access this beach by taking one of the many charter sail boats that visit the island each day. Be sure to visit the island's under-water snorkeling trail.
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Honeymoon Beach
Honeymoon Beach
Caneel Bay
Only several feet and a large boulder away from Solomon's, Honeymoon is more inviting for the clothed visitors lodging at Caneel Bay. These beaches both face St. Thomas and Pillsbury Sound. Rather small but hey, who needs Ocean City anyway.
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Protestant Cay
Christiansted
Protestant Cay is located just off the shore from Christiansted. Take a short ferry ride to get to the beautiful sandy beach at "Hotel on the Cay"with crystal clear water and a breathtaking view.
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Clearwater Beach
Clearwater Beach
1130 Cleveland Street
Clearwater Beach FL 33755
Tel: 727-461-0011
Fax: 727-449-2889
Clearwater and its island beaches are one of Florida's most popular vacation spots. Because of our world-renown beaches, our extensive recreational opportunities, including the largest recreational fishing fleet on the West Coast of Florida, walking distance to restaurants and attractions, and all types of accommodations designed to fit every budget and taste, and nature-based attractions, we are the place to play in Tampa Bay!
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Paradise Beach
Paradise Beach - Cozumel
Carretera Costera Sur, Km. 14.5
Cozumel
Tel: +11 52 987 872 5629
Sun, sand, surf, and a pina colada! Friendly staff serve you on the beach or in the bars and restaurant, offering cold beer, cocktails and soft drinks, as well as delicious food from the extensive menu.
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Solomon's Beach
Solomon's Beach
Cruz Bay
Known for nude sunbathing, illegal as it may be, Solomon's is a small and enchanting spot under the palms at the base of the trail leading from Cruz Bay town, up to a beautiful panoramic vista, and back down again to Solomon's Bay.
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Cupecoy Beach
Cupecoy Bay
Cupecoy Beach is a small, clothing optional beach located at the Southwest corner of St Maarten, on the Dutch side of the island. It is lined with beautiful rock formations and caves.
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Dawn Beach
Dawns Beach
Dawn Beach is a sugar white powdery sand beach facing the East side of St. Maarten with a spectacular views of the sunrise and St. Barths in the distance. The snorkeling is incredible, with the coral reef right off the shore, you just have to wade into the water.
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Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach FL
Daytona Beach is known world wide for its annual Spring Break events, drawing college students from many nations to enjoy the beach. For years, Daytona Beach drew more Spring Break visitors than any other destination in the world. Daytona Beach is also home of the largest motorcycle gathering in the world, Bike Week. Held in early March, bike enthusiasts from around the world gather here each year to see new and unusual motorcycles. Daytona's wide beach of smooth, compacted sand attracted automobile and motorcycle races beginning in 1902, as pioneers in the industry tested their inventions. Automobiles are still permitted on the beach, although now only at slow speeds.
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Caladesi Island State Park
Dunedin FL
For serenity and seclusion, Caladesi Island State Park is ideal. One of the few remaining undeveloped barrier islands along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Caladesi´s white sand shores have been rated as one of the nation’s best beaches. Located off the coast of Dunedin, Florida, Caledesi Island State Park is actually comprised of six islands and more than 2,500 acres of surrounding mangroves and tidal flats and sea grass beds. Accessible only by private boat or ferry from Honeymoon Island State Park, there are picnic tables, shelters, a marina, a snack bar, and a gift shop.
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Lover's Key Beach
8700 Estero Blvd.
Fort Myers Beach FL 33931
Lover’s Key State Park was ranked as the fourth most popular destination in the Florida State Park system. Lover’s Key is a group of islands in the Gulf of Mexico between Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach. Motorboats are not permitted within the park, but kayaking and canoeing are popular. The two mile long beach is accessible by boardwalk or tram and is popular for shelling, swimming, picnicking, and sunbathing. It has picnic areas, canoe rentals, restrooms, rinse-off showers and a snack bar. The bay side has a boat ramp, volleyball areas and more picnic areas.
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Half Moon Bay
Freetown
Half Moon Bay, on the southeastern coast, stretches for almost a mile and is a national park located along the Atlantic Ocean with a large reef that protects the shore.
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Seven Mile Beach
Seven Mile Beach
Grand Cayman
Seven Mile Beach (SMB) is a long crescent of coral-sand beach on the western shore of Grand Cayman island. The beach is world renowned for its beauty, recently receiving the honor of "The Caribbean's Best Beach" from Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine. SMB is the most popular and in turn, the most developed area of Grand Cayman and is home to the majority of the island's luxury resorts and hotels. Despite the name, the beach is only about 5.5 miles long and falls victim to annual erosion, which has reduced its size in some areas. There are few restrictions on use of the beach. Open grilling is allowed, and pets are free to roam the beach off leash. Loud music and public nudity are, however, strictly prohibited.
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Ke'e Beach
Haena HI
Located literally at the end of the road, Ke'e Beach is probably the most visited beach on Kauai. The Kalalau Trail leading along the Na Pali Coast begins at the western end of the beach. Ke'e's inviting lagoon is teaming with fish and perfect for snorkeling.
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Hamoa Beach
Hana HI
Hamoa Beach, located just outside of Hana, is a beautiful public beach that shares some facilities with the Hotel Hana Maui. Sea cliffs surround the bay and the tropical vegetation. This beach has been voted one of Hawaii's favorite beaches.
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Honokalani Black Sand Beach
Hana HI
Honokalani Black Sand Beach is located in the Wainapanapa State Park. This large beach is set among lava cliffs and a small sea arch, sea caves, and seaside lava tubes are located in the beach area. The black sand is actually small, smooth, lava pebbles.
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Hanalei Bay
Hanalei HI
The entire Hanalei Bay is ringed with a white sand beach. The surrounding mountains embrace this bay and, in the early morning when the ocean is like glass, it mirrors the beauty of the cliffs. The surfing in this area is excellent and many locals visit the area. The Hanalei Pier is located on the east side where the Hanalei River enters the ocean.
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Tunnels Beach
Hanalei HI
Tunnels Beach is the superb snorkeling spot on the North Shore. The center portion has a huge half-moon shaped reef just 1/8 mile offshore where snorkeling is the best. Deep water caverns are located close to shore making it a great dive site, too.
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Ala Moana Beach
Honolulu HI
One of the best all around family parks on Oahu is Ala Moana, which is Hawaiian for the Path to the Sea, a beach and general recreation area of more than one hundred acres.
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Waikiki Beach
Honolulu HI
Although Waikiki Beach is frequently crowded, it is a very nice area to swim, canoe, surf and snorkel. The beaches towards Diamond Head are near the picnic and recreational facilities, including those of Kapiolani Park.
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Sandy Cay
Jost Van Dyke
Sandy Cay, a six-acre island less than a mile offshore east of Jost Van Dyke, has a sandy white beach, coconut palm trees, a nice offshore reef, and a wooded interior. There is alsa a trail that circles the interior salt pond and takes you past rocky cliffs favored by nesting seabirds. Conditions are also favorable for windsurfing and kiteboarding near the island.
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Green Sands Beach
Ka Lae HI
Green Sands Beach is an unusual feature of the Big Island, however it is in a remote location. It is made from lava rock rich in the mineral olivine, giving the sand an uncommon green color.
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Ka’anapali Beach
Kaanapali HI
Ka’anapali Beach is one of the best beaches on Maui, stretching along most of the Ka'anapali resorts. There is a path that runs along the entire beach from Black Rock to the Hyatt Hotel. Black Rock is a popular area that divides the beach in half and is renowned for terrific snorkeling.
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Kahaluu Beach Park
Alii Drive
Kailua Kona HI
Kahaluu Beach Park is famous for its snorkeling. This small beach is a colorful experience, the sand is a salt-and-pepper mix, the water is exceptionally clear, and the rainbow-hued reef fish ride the currents in chorus lines of vivid color.
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Pauoa Beach
Kamuela HI
Pauoa Beach is rated as the best beach for swimming. Pauoa Beach is infused by natural freshwater springs beneath the ocean’s surface. White sands stretch wide along the shore and rocky arms protect the lagoon and maintain calm, placid waters.
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Cape Florida State Recreation Area
Key Biscayne FL
Frequently named one of Americas top 10 beaches, Cape Florida State Recreation Area offers a wide sand beach over a mile long to attract sunbathers, swimmers, and picnickers. Fishing, biking and kayaking are also popular activities. Cape Florida is home to a historic lighthouse built in 1825 and reconstructed in 1846, the oldest standing structure in Miami-Dade County, with guided tours at 10 and 1 Thursday through Monday.
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Smathers Beach
Key West FL
A two mile long man-made strip of sand is one of the best-known beaches in Key West, Smathers Beach has Florida charm with a Caribbean-Mexican flare. This beach is an excellent choice if you have children, with plenty of parking, restrooms, concession stands, chair rentals, picnic tables, watersport rentals and more. Nearby John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park offers a unique underwater experience. With living reefs and a submersed bronze statue called Christ of the Abyss, this area of Florida has some of the best diving and snorkeling in the country.
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Kalapaki Beach
Lihue HI
Kalapaki Beach is a crescent-shaped sand beach that opens out to Nawilwili Bay, the Harbor and the Hoary Head Mountains. The sand gently slopes and the bay is partially protected, making the beach very popular with locals and tourists.
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Little Harbour
Little Harbour
This tiny harbour has a narrow, short beach and almost no surf, perfect for swimming and beginner Sunfish sailing. Hemingway’s Restaurant sits atop the western bluff.
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Mead’s Bay
Mead's Bay
One of the widest and longest beaches on the island, Mead’s Bay is quiet and pristine — perfect for evening strolls and morning runs. Gentle breakers lap the shore making swimming and snorkeling fun and safe. Carimar Beach Club and Malliouhana, Frangipani and Blanchard’s restaurants are right off the beach.
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Canaveral National Seashore
Merritt Island FL
Canaveral National Seashore covers 57,000 acres and is the longest stretch of undeveloped beach on Florida's east coast. Throughout the year enjoy lagoon and surf fishing, boating, canoeing, surfing, sunbathing, swimming, hiking, horseback riding and backcountry camping. Located just north of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Canaveral National Seashore offers an excellent view of launch operations. Remember, as a protected wilderness area, running water and showers are not available.
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South Beach
Miami Beach FL
South Beach is more beautiful than any on the French Riviera, with a wide stretch of soft, white sand, warm blue-green water and gentle waves. Add palm trees and puffy white clouds to the blue sky and you have the picture postcard definition of the perfect beach. South Beach is famously filled with energy, nightlife options, celebrity sightings and beautiful people, with shirtless bodybuilders showing off rock-hard abs, thong-clad ladies strutting their stuff and bohemians strumming flamenco riffs on guitars.
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Punalu'u Black Sand Beach
Na'alehu HI
Punalu'u Black Sand Beach has black sand created by lava flowing into the ocean which explodes as it reaches the ocean and cools. Punalu?u is frequented by endangered Hawksbill Turtles and Green Sea Turtles, which can often be seen basking on the black sand. Visitors must remain 15 feet from the turtles at all times.
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The Finer Side of Island Life
The Finer Side of Island Life
Naples FL
In this Southwest Florida beach town, elements of big city life mix with miles of beautiful coastline to create a rich, tropical air. Here, it's just as natural to go strolling through high-end boutiques and art galleries in Naples' fashionable downtown as it is to go barefoot, collecting seashells on a pristine island.
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Jamaica Beaches
Jamaica Beaches
Negril
Tel: 888-232-2437
Beaches knows how to please families—one member at a time. With top-of-the-line features and activities galore, there’s something to appeal to and delight everyone. So, from the smallest child to the youngest-at-heart grandparent, we promise that a great time will be had by all!
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Reggae Beach
Reggae Beach
Ocho Rios
We invite you to visit the 1/4 mile stretch of white sand beach nestled into a lush tropical jungle. Cool out under a palm tree with a fresh fruit cocktail served in a coconut at the "Village Beach Bar". Or try Caribbean cuisine like fresh fish, lobster, conch or spicy jerk chicken from the grill. Capture a golden tan while drifting peacefully across turquoise waters on a lie-low float. From waving fan coral to colorful clownfish and graceful rays, you'll find plenty to look at while snorkeling the bay's reefs. Kayak the coastline or hike the natural trails or experience a seaside massage. Try the seasonally fresh native fruits like Mangos, guineps, guava, ortanique, sugar cane, pineapple, papaya or naseberry. Challenge a friend to backgammon, checkers, or join a domino game. Reggae Beach has it all.
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Carlisle Bay
Old Road
Carlisle Bay, on the south coast, features a sandy white beach and crystal clear waters. Carlisle Bay offers a taste of travel away from the beaten path, uncrowded, yet offering some amenities.
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Ho’okipa Beach
Paia HI
Ho’okipa Beach is known as possibly the best place in the world for windsurfing, with two major world-class competitions held here. Due to the strong surf, windsurfing at this beach should be limited to the experts. However, the beach has a coral reef that makes a pond-like area perfect swimming in the early morning or when the ocean in calmer.
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Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach FL
Panama City Beach has been recognized by the Travel Channel, Southern Living Magazine and Dr. Beach as a top US beach destination for its emerald green and sapphire blue waters and sugary white sand. The soft sand is actually quartz crystals, broken down, bleached, polished and deposited on the shoreline by the wave action. Located at the east end of Panama City Beach, St. Andrews State Park is one of the most popular outdoor recreation spots in Florida, a 1,260-acre park with thick forests, sand dunes covered with sea oats, fresh and saltwater marshes, a lagoon swimming area, fishing jetties, hiking trails, 1.5 miles of beach and two campgrounds.
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Po'ipu Beach
Po'ipu HI
Po'ipu is the major beach on the South Shore. Swimming here is almost always safe especially on the left side of the beach. A small strip of sand divides this section of the beach from the rest.
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St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
Port St. Joe FL
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park has miles of white sugar sand beaches, striking dune formations, a heavily-forested wilderness preserve interior and a favorable climate for year-round outdoor. The 2,516-acre park is bounded on three sides by the waters of St. Joe Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, offering picnicking, swimming, camping, saltwater fishing, boating and wilderness hiking. St. Joseph Park also provides excellent opportunities for bird watching; over 240 species have been sighted in the park.
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Kalihiwai Beach
Princeville HI
Kalihiwai Beach is a great sandy beach on Kalihiwai Bay. During the summer months, the ocean is usually calm and swimming is good here, even for the kids. During the winter the waves make this spot popular with surfers. Shady ironwood trees make this beach comfortable for picnicking and relaxing.
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Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata
The sands are bright white and the waters are turquoise blue. Just offshore are corral reefs teeming with life which make them perfect for diving and snorkeling.
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Ehukai Beach Park
Pupukea HI
When you think of Ehukai Beach Park, the Banzai Pipeline comes to mind When it's active, the surf, besides being the most spectacular in the world, can also be the most dangerous. During calmer periods, usually during the Spring and Summer, swimming is good.
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Sanibel Island
Sanibel Island FL
Located on the Gulf Coast of Florida near Fort Myers, Sanibel Island is world renowned for its shelling beaches. Almost a third of the island is covered by the J. N. Darling National Wildlife Refuge, with excellent bird watching opportunities. The city of Sanibel enjoys a laidback lifestyle and is determined to keep it. There are no stoplights on the island, and no new buildings are allowed that are higher than the tallest palm trees.
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Shoal Bay
Shoal Bay
Anguilla’s most famous beach, where you can swim, snorkel, and sun bathe on these powder white sands. Umbrellas, lounge chairs, snorkeling equipment, glass bottom boat ridesand other activities are all available.
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Siesta Key Public Beach
Siesta Key FL
Siesta Key Public Beach is renowned for its breath-taking sunsets, easy-going waves, and gorgeous, crystal-white sand. The sand is 99% pure quartz, soft and even on the hottest days, the sand is so reflective that it feels cool underfoot. Named “The Best Sand Beach in America” by the Travel Channel in 2004, Siesta Key beach offers tennis and volleyball courts, shaded playground and picnic area, and convenient concession stands. Shallow water near the shoreline and year-round lifeguard protection make it a great family beach.
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Pelican Key
Simpson Bay
Pelican Key is a popular snorkeling spot as well as for beach strolls and watersports.
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Anastasia State Park
St. Augustine Beach FL
Located just south of historic St. Augustine on Anastasia Island, Anastasia State Park boasts a broad beach flanked by sand dunes and a lagoon bordered by rich tidal marshes. Camping, beachcombing, swimming, fishing, picnicking, windsurfing, hiking, wildlife-viewing, canoeing and kayaking are popular activities, with nature trails that wander through sand dunes shaded by hammock forest. The park has 139 campground sites equipped for both tent campers and RVers.
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Cane Beach
St. Croix
Cane Bay is the best beach on St. Croix, ranking best with sunbathers, snorkel enthusiasts, for walking, and is a perfect "kids" beach.
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Hawknest Bay
Hawknest Bay
St. John
This beach has several sandy beaches offering seclusion and good snorkeling thanks to a two coral banks starting only several feet from the sand. Bathroom and changing facilities are available though in need of renovation. Park your car or jump out of a cab and walk no more than twenty yards through palm trees to your perfect blanket laying spot. Probably the best beach to access for anyone with physical conditions.
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Salt Pond Bay
Salt Pond Bay
St. John
Secluded and beautiful. Great snorkeling, but a rather long down hill walk to reach beach. Bathroom facility, no showers. If you make it this far, then you're a true adventurous sort and shouldn't give up until you make the 2.2 mile hike out to the immense and stoic Ram's Head Point. Watch for wild goats.... generally will run from you and I haven't heard of any goat attacks before. This is a physically demanding trek, so take water, sunscreen and your meditation books. Definitely a place to ask the univeral questions about life and existence.
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Trunk Bay
Trunk Bay
St. John
The most renown beach on the islands, and probably in the Caribbean. Certainly the most photographed and printed beach in the island magazines. This is probably due to its picture perfect view from North Shore Road. A combination of the underwater snorkeling trail, water sports kiosk, concession stand, excellent changing and bathroom facilities, and lifeguards on duty, make this a beach not to be missed. The only bummer is the National Park Service now charges a fee for entry, five dollars or so.
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Runaway Beach
St. John's
Runaway Beach is a sugary white expanse on Antigua's western coast, home to many popular resorts, restaurants and bars. Corbinson Point, at the north end of Runaway Beach, has a salt pond, where egrets nest. The waters here are tranquil and calm.
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St. Pete Beach
St. Pete Beach FL
St. Pete Beach is a 4.5 mile long stretch of sandy beach located on Long Key, a barrier island off the coast of St. Petersburg. On the southern tip of St. Pete Beach is Pass-a-Grille, a historic district that started as a fishing village and includes the historic Don Cesar Hotel. Also called “the Pink Castle”, the Don Cesar is known for its rich history and famous clientele. St. Pete Beach offers a wide variety of shorelines, art galleries, restaurants and bed & breakfasts to draw tourist from all over the world
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Coki Point Beach
St. Thomas
The water is crystal-clear and warm, perfect for snorkeling. Just below that transparent surface are thousands of beautifully colored fish, swimming among great coral formations. The rocks are great, but check out around the Coral World underwater tower as well. Located on the north side of St. Thomas near Coral World.
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Lindquist Beach
St. Thomas
Many famous TV commercials and print advertisements are filmed here, with the beach serving as that "Caribbean" backdrop. Another strong point is that it is not crowded - mainly because it's not very well known. Located on the east side of St. Thomas
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Magens Bay Beach
Magens Bay Beach
St. Thomas
Tel: 340-774-8342
National Geographic named Magens Beach one of the top ten most beautiful beaches in the world because mof its beautiful heart shaped and sandy white beaches.
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Sunset Beach Park
59-104 Kamehameha Highway
Sunset Beach HI
Sunset Beach Park is one of the better surfing sites in the world. During the winter fifteen to twenty foot waves are not uncommon, and even in summer there are large swells. When becalmed the ocean is great for swimming and snorkeling.
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Fort Desoto Park
Tierra Verde FL
Fort Desoto Park’s North Beach was named America’s best beach in 2005. Fort Desoto Park occupies 1136 acres on five interconnected islands in southern Pinellas county and is named for the 1898 Fort built for the Spanish-American War. Fort Desoto has several ruined buildings open for the public, as well as four 12 inch mortars and two 6 inch rifled artillery pieces. Both North Beach and East Beach have made the top ten list numerous times. Fort Desoto Park has two fishing piers, paved bike trails, picnic areas, a boat ramp, and camping areas.
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Devil's Bay
Virgin Gorda
Usually a little quieter than the Baths, and with a good stretch of white sand to relax on. It’s also a great base from which to explore the wonderful snorkelling opportunities around the rocks, caves and boulders of The Baths, located nearby.
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The Baths
Virgin Gorda
The Baths are a must-see - a unique, natural phenomenon of exotic pools and grottos formed by enormous boulders scattered across pristine white sandy beaches.
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Trunk Bay
Virgin Gorda
Trunk Bay is one of a series of white sand beaches on the island's western shore, bordered by a private estate and a palm grove and can be reached by boat or along the path from Spring Bay.
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Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area
Waikoloa HI
Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area is where local families drive for hours to spend a day at the beach. They come to an oasis of pure white sand beside a teal sea, with shore breaks for body boarders, fish for anglers, and in the summer, calm water for swimmers.
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Makena Beach
Wailea HI
Big Beach, officially named Makena Beach, a lovely sandy beach over 100 yards wide. Often crowded on weekends, there is a second, smaller, section of the beach connected by a path referred to as "Little Beach". The division between Big Beach and Little Beach was caused by a lava flow and earthquake in 1790.
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KeWa`ena Beach
Waimea HI
KeWa`ena Beach is relatively undeveloped. Be careful in the Fall and Winter when the surf can be large and treacherous. This is a nice beach for swimming and snorkeling when it's calm.
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White Bay Beach
White Bay
White Bay Beach is known for its soothing Caribbean colours, aquamarine water, blue sky and lush, green hills, as well as the gorgeous, palm lined and brilliantly white beach. Just a few hundred feet offshore, there is a reef that shelters nearly the full length of the beach
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