Favorite Beaches
 

With summer more or less on its way. Lets discuss everyone's favorite beaches.

Hutchinson Island, Florida. Nice waves which you normally do not find in Florida and the water is clear blue.

Another nice beach is New Smyrna, Florida. The sand is like powder.

Island Beach State Park, NJ

It is one of the few truly untouched beach system in the world. It has the primary dune, secondary dune, and the forest. Yes, there is supposed to be a forest on the beach. Plus, the waves are usually decent. I love the fact there aren't many guarded places because it usually pretty clear.

I go for the beaches that are aesthetically pleasing. Also toping my list are North Wildwood, Harvey Ceders, Cape May(the Point, The Nature Conservancy Beach, and the place that the nun's own-who were ever so kind when I was an intern at TNC and needed a bathroom) and Barnegate Light. All in Jersey.

I'm very patial to my own beaches, and don't really go to anyone else's...although I would like to see Hawaii, Calf, and Austrialia.:)

Oh yeah, I'm also a Marine Bio dork who goes for all the above over the commericalized beaches.

i LOVE St Petersburg/Clearwater, FL

My ABSOLUTE favorite is Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsunday Islands in Australia. It makes American beaches look so ugly.

The only American beach I've ever been to is Myrtle Beach. It's fun, but the water is gross and VERY crowded. I prefer to swim in the hotel pool and look at the ocean :)

I love it there! I also like Ormond Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach, both of which are in Florida. I prefer the ocean beaches to the gulf beaches, for some reason.

That's where I'm from! I saw this thread and thought...Sand Key Beach!!!

Seriously, I think the Clearwater beaches and the keys are the most beautiful beaches in the US. Although I've never been to the west coast or Hawaii, so I don't know. But from what I've seen, that's my opinion.

I looooove Caribbean beaches! They're beautiful!

Newport....OC Biatch!

You know, there's only one public entrance to the beaches @ PVB. It's almost totally private.

That's what I love about it, actually. It's amazing what a difference there is between PVB and Jax, Neptune and Atlantic Beaches.

I'd say my favorite beaches abroad would have to be in the Belaric Islands on Ibizza, beaches in the Gotland area in Sweden and on Margarita Island off of the Venezuelan coast. Favorite domestic beaches would be New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet, Clearwater, Isla Morada and SoBe.

Huge difference....they keep getting shittier as you go north. Maybe it's just the people that live in the areas, I dont know. But it seems like, when they had the opening of the beaches festival, the further north you go the more the area looks like crap. Its seems more run down the closer you get to the naval base. Don't get me wrong...I've found some excellent surf shops in Atlantic and Neptune Beaches.....but as far as the houses on the ocean, they seemed a little run down compared to PVB.

i have to agree with you. that is why i do not like Atlantic Beach. it does not look that great. i adore Ponte Vedra Beach cause i love the seclusion of the neighborhoods. it has a very elite atmosphere. not too crazy about most of the people that live there (this of course excludes you craig) but the houses, hotels, and well just about everything are so beautiful. in between ponte vedra and st. augustine is the crappiest and scariest beach i have ever been to....Vilano Beach. that beach freaks me out.

Being from So cal...Seal beach to me is really nice

up north there is a secluded little patch of beach a friend took me too called san gergorinio beach

hawaii by far!

clearwater beach in florida rocks! anarondeck chairs already waiting for you on the white sands........ahhhhh :D

I have many for different reasons.

Guy watching and surfing: Waimea Bay, Velzyland, Hale`iwa (all on the North Shore). I never surf NS during the Winter. I value my life.

Bodyboarding: Makapu`u or Sandy's

Sunning my buns: Lanikai, Kailua, Malaekahana or Queen's Surf

Heaven on Earth: Makena (Maui) and Anini/Kalihiwai (Kauai)

I'm spoiled. I don't think I could ever appreciate any of the other beaches on the mainland. :)

How far are these cool beaches from south beach area? I'll be there in a couple weeks and want to figure out something to do other than just stay there.

-Rudey

PVB is outside of Jacksonville, so it would be a far drive if you are down near Miami ;)

I LOVE Longboat Key and Siesta Key in Florida.

paradise island in the bahamas
grand cayman island

I'm not as crazy as I once was....my girl has chilled me out to a point you can't imagine. I was out cutting the grass the other day and was talking to my neighbor while taking a break, he said he's surprised that we're not always having huge parties after he found out we were in school ( I thought it was kind of wierd that he wanted to know what I do.)


I love St. Augustine. The old part of the city and where Flagler is are both very beautiful as well as Casa de Rio ( I think thats it). I remember going there for the first time and thought to myself that i should have went to Flagler for 2 yrs when I started college being as it's right near the beach and I could have surfed everyday. :p

Long Island has nice beaches especially the Hamptons. I like the Bahamas also.

SoBe, as you know, is down by Miami. Ponte Vedra Beach is outside of Jacksonville. PVB is kind of like the Palm Beach/Boca Raton of northern Florida. I'll actually be back home in Palm Beach in a couple of weeks. What kind of stuff do you like to do? I can tell you a million things to do in SoFL and especially in the Miami area. I'll probably be moving to Coral Gables (Miami) in late August because my Fiance keeps dinging me about moving back to SoFL, it depends on what I get going here. Its a total different world from SoFL to NoFL.

Ahhh my hometown beaches! I used to be an NSB junkie but last summer I had a job in Ponce and became absolutely addicted! I love the jetty and Lighthouse Pointe Park. There is so much stuff to do, kayaking, SCUBA, snorkeling, surfing! The water is so beautiful and I love that there is a conservation beach on that part of the island except for the last quarter mile before the jetty. I always go park there and then walk onto the no-drive beach. Mostly old people and houses so it's never crowded!

I also LOVE the beach down in Naples. Absolutely beautiful. Although they are gorgeous I am not a fan of Gulf beaches b/c I hate having to do the stingray shuffle :p

Haven't been to Paradise Island, but I've been to Grand Cayman. I agree - it's nice. I think the most beautiful beach I've been on is in Provodenciales in Turks & Caicos. Ahhh...why am I not there?

I love Ponce because its never crowded and looks really nice. Its one of those beaches that is in Florida that a lot of people really dont know about therefore making it a diamond in the rough. Its so relaxing to get away from everything and go there.

I'm partial to the Outer Banks of North Carolina!

I 100% agree!

Old Silver Beach in N. Falmouth, MA when not filled to capacity with tourists

Falmouth Heights Beach, E. Falmouth, MA

the beach at Port Olympico in Barcelona

Falmouth Heights is definitely a nice beach.

I'm a big fan of Moosup in Martha's Vineyard. It's a beautiful beach, with the cliffs nearby and all of that. I don't think it gets too crowded either.

If you're looking for a nice beach in the South Florida area, I recommend going to Hutchinson Island/Jensen Beach. It's close to Stuart, Florida which is slightly north of West Palm Beach. It would be about a 2.5 hour drive from Miami. The beaches there aren't crowded since they're mostly for the people that own vacation homes there (but it's still a public beach). There are real surfing waves there which is really hard to find in Florida. The sand isn't all pebbles and the water is bright blue...it looks like the water you'd see in the Caribbean.

I forgot to add a beach to my list. Abroad, my favorite beach would be any beach on the island of St. Maarten. The water is bright blue and it's warm. The sand is like powder. The beach is absolutely gorgeous because it's on a tropical island but there are these beautiful green hills that run along the beach.

I agree. Long Island is not bad. I like going during the week though when not as many little bratty monsters are there LOL. The absolute worst beach in NYC has to be City Island though. Ugh. I like Puerto Rico though for beaches, especially the Carribean side.

i love it there. our house is about 5 minutes from it. although i still miss The Wharf. it was so sad when they closed that.

my favorite beach has got to be either Isle of Palms or Folley Beach in charleston, sc. i spent a few summers down there with family, and they are just so beautiful, and you can always see the navy ships....

out here on this "other coast" that i live on now - its gotta be santa monica pier, thats a really fun place, or pt dume in malibu. god i love southern california......... :cool:

Waimea Bay, Hale`iwa - North Shore of Oahu
Beaches of Antigua
El Mendano Beach, Cabo San Lucas
Misson Beach, San Diego


to fans of the Jersey Shore-- why West Coast beaches will always be better-- No "noseeums" or flies biting the isht out of you.

I thought "noseeums" was strictly a southern term!

Makena is tight.

my dad told me there aint no better beaches than Vietnam beaches or thailand or he philipines. Fukkit (or however you spell it) is supposedly relaly really nice.

the best beach in the OC is HANDS DOWN...SALT CREEK...or Strands. Newport can suck a left nut. Huntington beach sucks too, even though i am from there. only good thing about newport or HB is that it has hot chicks and lots of stuff to do.

Northern california is sweet too. Santa Cruz and mavericks...CRAZY.

Mission Beach the other one that starts with a C down in san diego is sweet.

i dated a girl from the gulf coast of Mississippi. your beaches aint got shit on cali.



:)

I've seen pix from my mom from beaches in the Philippines and the further you are away from Metro Manila, the more beautiful the beaches are.

I'm not a big fan of Santa Cruz, but Maverick's. I vow to surf there at least once before I die.

I'll look these places up :) Are they better than the keys?

-Rudey

Good call so you get 10 points.

Dude the beach near santa monica is nicer. You have pretty homeless people everywhere!

-Rudey
--Great place to take a girl and shocker her