# What's the best beach you've been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511 "2007-08-22T16:00:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/21 "2007-08-22T17:39:05Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] The best natural beauty would be [Canon](http://www.oregonscenics.com/co-haystack-rock.jpg) [Beach](http://www.oregonscenics.com/co-ecola-old.jpg) in Oregon. [/QUOTE] Wow. Sort of makes Gay Head look like crap, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/22 "2007-08-22T17:42:20Z")
I have to first say that the best snorkling/diving beachs that I’ve been too are in Grand Cayman. It’s also got the second best sand. The absolute best beach I’ve ever been too was a beach in Cozumel. We took the mayan (?) city tour and behind one of the Mayan (Aztec?) buildings was this little beach. The sand was soft and not hot. The visibility was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/23 "2007-08-22T17:43:22Z")
[QUOTE=awldune] How come? I love the beaches in the Bahamas.. [/QUOTE] Because it would win in almost every category. Except for snack bar. $5 for a hot dog, $10 for a burger? > [@](#): > > With a filename like that, I was pretty underwhelmed by the photo. She wasn’t the finest beauty on the beach, just the one who happened to get in the way of my photo. The Best Butt award goes to the Czech lifeguard at Inkwell Beach, on the other side of the island. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/24 "2007-08-22T17:48:44Z")
[Two](http://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/195358849/) [pictures](http://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/405681447/) of my favourite beach. It’s about a mile walk from where I lived in Australia, and it’s mostly ued by the locals: hardly any tourists ever find it. And notice how crowded it is in the second picture, on a sunny day in the first month of summer. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/25 "2007-08-22T18:03:08Z")
Aitutaki in the Cook Islands is hard to beat. [White sand, turquoise sea, cobalt sky](http://www.geocities.com/robkingston/cook12.jpg) [Lots of fish](http://www.geocities.com/robkingston/cook11.jpg) [Lots of tiny “desert islands” for those Robinson Crusoe moments](http://www.geocities.com/robkingston/cook13.jpg) [Ridiculously over-the-top sunsets](http://www.geocities.com/robkingston/cook09.jpg). NB I’m not sure if the above links will allow hotlinking the images. If not go [here](http://www.geocities.com/robkingston/) and click to “Cook Islands” then click forward 8 or 9 images. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/26 "2007-08-22T18:06:39Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] I’m not sure if the above links will allow hotlinking the images. [/QUOTE] The links worked for me: I especially liked your sunset picture! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/27 "2007-08-22T18:10:19Z")
Oh. and the best bioluminescent bay (and only one I have found so far) is [Malo Jezero](http://www.find-croatia.com/islands-croatia/images/mljet/mljet-national-park.jpg) on Mljet island in Croatia. Last Thurday night, under a clear starry sky, I proposed to my girlfriend as we swam in the bay at the bottom centre of that photo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/28 "2007-08-22T18:19:56Z")
I don’t know the exact location, and I don’t know the name, and it was a long while ago, but I know it’s in the Florida Keys (in Islamorada?) and it’s _perfect_. _flailing hands_ ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/29 "2007-08-22T18:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=awldune] With a filename like that, I was pretty underwhelmed by the photo. [/QUOTE] Seconded. Not to insult the young lady (who I’m sure is pretty), but that tankini wouldn’t make the list of things I’d remember long after the summer is over. I’ve seen more amazing bikinis during an average day on LI’s north shore. In September. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/30 "2007-08-22T18:37:01Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] Seconded. Not to insult the young lady (who I’m sure is pretty), but that tankini wouldn’t make the list of things I’d remember long after the summer is over. [/QUOTE] Truly, the photo doesn’t do her justice. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/31 "2007-08-22T18:45:20Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Truly, the photo doesn’t do her justice. [/QUOTE] I also think there such a thing a sun narcosis. I don’t take a camera to the beach very often – I don’t like the voyeur vibe - but I’ve snapped photos of girls I thought were achingly beautiful at the time, only to pull up the photo later and think, “meh.” ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/32 "2007-08-22T18:47:43Z")
There’s a place called “Banana Bay” on Grand Bahama. It’s the most beautiful beach I’ve ever seen. It’s got white sand and the water is crystal clear. But the main thing I liked was that the water was so shallow. You could walk out in the water at least 100 yards without getting your knees wet. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/33 "2007-08-22T19:38:44Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I don’t know the exact location, and I don’t know the name, and it was a long while ago, but I know it’s in the Florida Keys (in Islamorada?) and it’s _perfect_. _flailing hands_ [/QUOTE] Probably Bahia Honda. There aren’t actually that many good beaches in the Keys. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/34 "2007-08-22T20:42:41Z")
[QUOTE=plnnr] Probably Bahia Honda. There aren’t actually that many good beaches in the Keys. [/QUOTE] I found a pretty good one in Key West. But my ankles kept getting pummelled with golf ball-sized chunks of coral. Funny story: I was there with my GF on December 27th. We’re from Boston. The sign on the attendant’s booth said the water temperature was 75. “Wow, 75!”, I said. “Yeah”, replied the attendant. “So you can’t go in the water!” Florida wimps. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/35 "2007-08-22T20:52:03Z")
[The Crane Beach](http://media.canada.com/gallery/travel-shots-032206/crane-beach.jpg) in Barbados, though it’s better for surfing than snorkelling. Pink sand is pretty. Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/36 "2007-08-22T21:03:03Z")
The hidden red sand beach in Hana, Maui. Lots of black sand beaches there, too, but the red sand beach is exquisite. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/37 "2007-08-22T21:19:05Z")
[Maya Bay](http://picasaweb.google.com/jimmywee/BlessedToBeAWitnessPhiPhi/photo#4965434231035330578), Phi Phi Leh, Thailand. It’s “the beach” in the movie [The Beach](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163978/) and for good reason. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/38 "2007-08-23T03:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] What’s the Redneck Riviera? St. John river? I remember the sands of Cumberland Island being really white. That place is easily my runner-up for best natural beauty. [/QUOTE] Not to argue with anyone else, but the Redneck Riviera as understood by those of us who live in these parts runs from Panama City, Florida, west through Gulf Shores, Alabama. And a mighty fine strip of beaches and bars it is, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/39 "2007-08-23T04:36:10Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Hey, I live on the East coast. No fair. [/QUOTE] [Sunset Beach, Cape May?](http://www.brandi.org/photos/wildwood2001/) It’s even got a cool concrete sunken ship from WWI. Except **garygnu** ’s right. It doesn’t hold a candle to Canon Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511/40 "2007-08-23T05:11:11Z")
Well there is this beach in [Guam](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/BeachInGuam/photo#5101754609794948418) The water was very [clear](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/BeachInGuam/photo#5101754777298672978) It was only a couple of miles from [Downtown](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/BeachInGuam/photo#5101755494558211442) It’s just the other side of [Gun Beach](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/BeachInGuam/photo#5101755773731085698) Here is the beach from the top of the [cliff](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/2006_08_30/photo#5101756014249254306) [Sunsets,](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/2006_08_30/photo#5101756585479904690) [did someone mention](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/2006_08_30/photo#5101756924782321090) [sunsets?](http://picasaweb.google.com/richard.ewald/2006_08_30/photo#5101757307034410450) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-beach-youve-been-to/416511.md?page=3)