Are "Nude Only" Beaches Worth a Visit?

[egkelly]

I ask this because I like to go to beaches, and in several places I have visited (San Diego), Aruba , Buzios (Brazil) there have been these beaches. Never having actually gone to one, I have a few questions:
(1) do the people who go to these beaches have good-looking bodies? I suspect most should keep their clothes on
(2) are these beaches mostly gay?
Given the puritanical tendencies of American society, I wonder if these beaches are best left alone. Of course, I enjoy nice scenery as much as anybody-the question is-is the scenery all that nice?

[Crusoe]

I don't think naturists really prefer nude beaches for the view, so you're probably going to find a lot of people of all ages, shapes and sizes quite unashamed regardless of their appearance.

[SuaSponte]

eg, a little premature support --

I think this issue is worthy of GD, so don't be moving it. :)

Sua

[Anachronism]

From what I have heard, imagine if everyone you didn't want to see naked was in one place. That's your typical nude beach.

[Wildest Bill]

From what I saw at Hippie Hollow on Lake Travis while I was going by it in my boat, I would say Jimshep was 99% accurate. I would find a nice remote place with your significant other and get back to nature if you will. And at least they won't laugh at ya or least they better not. :D

[Maeglin]

I dunno...I once went to a clothing optional beach in the south of France. I was 16 or 17 at the time. I did not regret it.

[Tranquilis]

Had some of the most homely people on the planet. Funny to note that there were frequently 'spotters' looking for babes/hunks near the beach, but you'd never catch a spotter actually gittin' nekkid. Rarely saw the same spotter more than a couple of times: Guess they went back to the strip clubs where the eye-candy was fairly predictable. I liked the place 'cause no-one was strutting about acting macho, and besides, there were a few cuties there.

[Dinsdale]

One recommendation should you choose to partake, use PLENTY of strong sunscreen!

I don't think there is necessarily a greater percentage of "uglies." Fact is, most of us ain't all that beautiful, and generally look better with at least some clothes on.

[thinksnow]

I think the easiest way to describe the people you'll (likely) see on/at a nudist/clothing optional beach is to first take a look at the people you see every day, walking down the street, in the office (except for Sandy, in accounting...grrrowl!), or in the grocery store.

Everyone has this grand idea that the people you'll see there are the people you generally think of when you think of naked people (did that make sense?), ie: PlayboyTM[/sub] Playmates[sup]TM, porn-stars, Chippendale dancers, etc. The truth is, the people you see there are everyday folks, like you or me or your next door neighbor. Will there be some hotties, sure, perhaps. Will there be some people that would make a mans equipment shrink up so it looks like a fur coat with a button, you bet. By and large, it's going to be average folks.

My $.02

[thinksnow]

Damn, sorry 'bout that. That's what you get for trying to be clever with copyright stuff. :)

[Stoid]

Originally posted by egkelly
I suspect most should keep their clothes on


I'll turn this into a GD for you... I resent that remark. Who are you to say that someone "should" keep their clothes on? Are they removing them for your entertainment or viewing pleasure? Don't think so. They are nude for their own pleasure, whether you like looking at them is completely beside the point.

And ya know what? Going to a nude beach to look for naked women to gawk at? Please... buy a Playboy magazine.

stoid

[Wrath]

Reminds me of the Sienfeld episode with the fat naked guy on the subway train.

Naked guy: "I'm not ashamed of my body."
Seinfeld: "That's your problem. You should be."

[handy]

I went to Black's beach 100's of times in SD, Calif for surfing.

There were always beautiful college women there naked. Just about any type of person imagionable was there. Lots of guys got hard ons just being naked.

There was an area called 'gay man's bluff', which is the gay section. One time I had to walk through there (Only once), I went way up the back to pee & I turned around & there a few feet from me was a guy who followed me & who was reaching into his pants. That was my clue to never walk that area again.

Most of the people on the beach were lurkers wearing clothes. Blacks is closed most of the summer now due to cliffs that fall down.

[Oblong]

I went to a resort in Jamaica that had an island where clothing was prohibited. There were people of all shapes and sizes there. There were some hotties and some fatties and some in betweeners like myself. It was the best part of our trip. I was about 25 pounds overweight at the time and had no problem.

Just think about if you've been in a locker room at the gym. I'd say that's pretty representative of what you'd get on a nude beach.

[SuaSponte]

Originally posted by Oblong
Just think about if you've been in a locker room at the gym. I'd say that's pretty representative of what you'd get on a nude beach.
So your gym has co-ed lockers? How can I join? :D

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Snow has it just right. It's just your average cross section of humanity. Most people aren't Adonises or Venuses, but all of us are attractive in our own way.
One problem with nude beaches is that there almost always seem to be jerks who line the cliffs just to look; with privately operated naturist recreation centers that problem is usually avoided. A few years ago I made several visits to Elysium in Topanga Canyon and found the experience liberating, to say the least.

[Yarster]

Having been to Black's Beach in San Diego many times, I'm left wondering...why do all the hot nekkid chicks only come out when Handy is around :(

[ScoobyTX]

Originally posted by javaman
Snow has it just right. It's just your average cross section of humanity. Most people aren't Adonises or Venuses, but all of us are attractive in our own way.


I have to disagree here... there is an old saying (and I have no idea to whom it should be attributed):

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone. :D

[Fletch]

I strongly encourage anyone going to a nude beach to apply the highest SPF sunscreen to the areas of your body that never see the light of day. First hand experience here, if you think sunburn on your back is bad, wait till your cheeks, johnson and the bag boys get fried. The sunscreen you apply everywhere else will not cut it.

[Muffin]

Originally posted by egkelly
I enjoy nice scenery as much as anybody-the question is-is the scenery all that nice?

If you want to go for the scenery, then please do not go. Lurkers are not appreciated.

If you want to go because you prefer to be nude, then by all means go, but get a bit of a tan first or you risk one heck of a painful burn.

[DaveRaver]

Originally posted by TXLonghorn


I have to disagree here... there is an old saying (and I have no idea to whom it should be attributed):

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone. :D

-Redd Foxx

[Gaudere]

I think this issue is worthy of GD, so don't be moving it. :)

[Moderator Hat ON]

Tough. :D Moving to IMHO...

[Moderator Hat OFF]

[ricepad]

Been to Black's, been to More Mesa, been to Secret Beach (Santa Barbara County, CA, and I'm compelled to say two things. For starters, nudists are pretty typical people. Some fat, some skinny. Some hot, some not-so-hot. Some old, some young. Singles, couples, families. Look around at the mall. Then imagine those folks without their clothes at the beach. That's what you find at nude beaches.

Second, nudism is not really all that erotic. It feels good, but if you're in it for the gawking, you're going to feel very unwelcome.

[Redboss]

can I invite you, egk to think about why you want to go anyway?

You said I ask this because I like to go to beaches and I think that's a good reason. Most of the nude beaches I have been to are in remote and scenic areas. If you love the feeling of being at one with nature, frolicking naked in the water while gazing back at the dramatic cliffs of Maslin's Beach in South Australia is about as close as you can get.

However, if going to the beach is a bit of a pervy, turn-on thing for you, then you will be disappointed.
do the people who go to these beaches have good-looking bodies? I suspect most should keep their clothes on Well, suspect away - they don't care about your opinion! I don't take my clothes off to impress you; I do it because it feels so good and so natural. If you gawk or make comments you can succeed in making me feel uncomfortable, that's all. If you mind your own business, and behave as you would on any normal beach, there's no problem. In other words, please don't enter us in a beauty contest.

If you are in the habit of saying in public things like "gee, look at the size of the thighs on that girl over there," you will not fit in at the nude beach.

Finally, if you are just curious as to what it's like and whether you'd enjoy it, have a go, mate! Just do it!
These beaches are actually clothing-optional; nobody is likely to tell you off if you stay covered. But if you aren't buck-naked in about ten minutes, and if you don't feel entirely conmfortable within 15 minutes I would be very surprised. After all, you post on these boards, don't you, and that mostly means you're mature, interesting and funny.

Gay is also gay-optional. Nobody will harrass you unless you stroll provocatively into the shrubbery on your own. Gay men very rarely do unconsenting sex.


and finally...

Originally posted by Wrath
Reminds me of the Sienfeld episode with the fat naked guy on the subway train.

Naked guy: "I'm not ashamed of my body."
Seinfeld: "That's your problem. You should be."

Much as I love that show, surely Wrath, you don't want us to live by the precepts of a man who broke up with a girl because he knocked her toothbrush into the toilet and then didn't tell her? Or another time because he thought she had a fungus? Or who made out during "Schindler's List"? Or who steals bread off old ladies...

Being nude in the open air is a great, natural feeling.

Thanks for listening



Redboss

[/Mrs Seinfeld] why would anyone NOT like him? [/Mrs Seinfeld]

[dpr]

1) not especially

2) no


Being able to be nude is a good feeling. Doing so in nature is even better. I'm not a 'naturalist' (nudist) but have been to one or two and enjoyed it and not from the aesthetic point which is what all of us who have ever been teenage, hormone-driven boys expect.

Full nudity isn't as erotic as partial. A bikini will encourage mind and libido more than casual full nudity.

[Barbarian]

I frequent wreck beach in vancouver http://www.wreckbeach.org

If you're heading to a beach just to be a voyeur: Shame on you! Expect to get pelted with wet sand or rocks!

If you're going because you think bathing suits are silly (they always get full of sand), good on ya.

Personally, I like Wreck because it's got character. Lots of vendors selling things they're not allowed to sell elsewhere (ah the legal loopholes in not being officially part of any city), body painting, 7k runs come summertime, and occasionally some idiot gets high as a kite and breaks his leg climbing some rocks.. prompting the Hovercraft to come along and haul some naked screaming guy to the hospital. :)

[HeyHomie]

When I was 16 I went to a topless (not nude) beach in Torremolinos, Spain. Being from conservative, uptight central Illinois, and being 16, I had a big Johnson going on from the time I got on the plane just from thinking about all the nubile young boobies I was going to see all around me.

All sorts of cute teenage girls in my tour group. Hoo boy! I couldn't wait to see their boobs!

All sorts of exotic Spanish women lying about on the beach with their boobs waving in the breeze, while the exotic Spanish women seductively munched on grapes and olives! Hoo boy! (Or so I was hoping...)

When I got to the beach, here's what I found: the girls in my tour group kept their tops on, and called us boys "perverts" for expecting them to take theirs off.

Those exotic Spanish women were nowhere to be seen, except for a couple who were too skanky for words. :eek:

I did see topless old women with jugs hanging down to their wastes. *shudder* I also saw a bunch of topless toddlers and kindergadeners. Woo freaking wee.

So there you have it. Rastahomie's one and only experience at an almost-nude beach.

[plnnr]

Imagine going to a regular, clothing required beach. Now, imagine all of those people without clothes. The exact same thing at every nude beach I"ve been to. Some that are attractive, some that aren't. As has been posted, if gawking is the reason you're going then you're going for the wrong reason.

The first time I went I said to myself that I didn't think I would go bare. After about 5 minutes I felt more "conspicuous" with my clothes so I stripped down.

A word of advice: get some sun on your white parts before you go - a sunburned butt is just no fun at all.

[handy]

I also went to a nude beach in Big Sur. Its just a little south of the park entrance.

"there were a few cuties there."

Thats because it's next to the UCSD campus.

[Tristan]

So are there any in northern Cali? I think my wife and I would like to give it a shot..... my fantasy of getting hooked up with a few cute naked chics while at the nude beach has fallen to the wayside (dammit!) but I think it would be fun and liberating.....

I live in Sacramento..... any advice, oh nude beach goers?

[ageless6]

TRISTAN:

Back in the 70's, when I was into nekked swimming and bathing, I spent a lot of time at the Russian River. There were numerous places between I five and the Pacific where you could get naked. Don't know if you still can or not. Even back then, I heard stories about cops making sweeps of the beaches and handing out tickets for public lewdness or whatever bullshit they could come up with, but I spent 4 or 6 hours a day nude, and never saw a cop.

Unless you know someone from the area, you'd just have to travel up there(A short trip) and ask around. It's worth it for the scenery anyway.

If you've never gone nude, I recommend it. I was nervous for 10 or 15 minutes. After that, bathing suits were uncomfortable scratchy things that the gawkers wore on their rounds to ogle us.

[ricepad]

Originally posted by handy

"there were a few cuties there."

Thats because it's next to the UCSD campus.

How things have changed...when I was in school there, few of the students could be called "cuties"...they went to State...