Beaches
Waikīkī, Clearwater Beach, Santa Monica, Cannon Beach: the best-known beaches – for swimming, surfing or the sunset.
- 218
- beaches in this area
- 32
- states/provinces with entries
By state
Alaska 1
Arizona 1
Windsor Beach
British Columbia 16

Foster Bar
China Beach
Sunset Beach
Island View Beach
Foto: Brandon Godfrey from Victoria B.C, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
White Pine Beach
California 40


Bowling Ball Beach
Foto: Brocken Inaglory (edited by Noodle snacks), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
China Beach, San Francisco
Foto: The original uploader was Wng at English Wikipedia.. "Taken personally.", CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Moss Landing State Beach
Foto: Daniel Hoover, U.S. Geological Survey. Public domain., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Connecticut 4
Ocean Beach
Greenwich Point
Florida 16

Boneyard Beach
Fort Island Gulf Beach
Vanderbilt Beach
Anne's Beach
Hawaii 27

Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area
Kamilo Beach
Barking Sands
Anini Beach
Lumahai Beach
Gillins Beach

Papailoa Beach
Richardson Beach
Ha'ula Beach
Kalalau Beach
Illinois 2

Maine 3
Pine Point Beach
Manitoba 1
Grand Beach
Maryland 1
Carr's Beach
Massachusetts 24


Carson Beach, South Boston
Wollaston Beach
Marconi Beach
Nauset Beach
Savin Hill Beach
Yirrell Beach
Cahoon Hollow Beach
Coast Guard Beach
Magazine Beach
Cooks Brook Beach
Lambert's Cove Beach
Peggotty Beach
Attaquin Beach
Constitution Beach

North Scituate Beach
Minnesota 1
Cedar Lake East Beach
Nevada 2
Chimney Beach
Whale Beach
New Jersey 4
Water Taxi Beach
Sunset Beach
Chicken Bone Beach
New York 12
Jacob Riis Park
Foto: You may select the license of your choice., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Tobay Beach
Buono Beach
Short Beach (New York)

Bar Beach
Cedar Beach
Lighthouse Beach
Newfoundland and Labrador 1
Straight Shore
North Carolina 3
Coquina Beach
Foto: Gregory Urbano from St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Onslow Beach
Nova Scotia 1
Crescent Beach, Lockeport, Nova Scotia
Ohio 1
Ontario 5
Woodbine Beach
Michigan Beach
Marie Curtis Beach
Oregon 9

Barley Beach

Poet's Beach
Lighthouse Beach
Audrey McCall Beach
Prince Edward Island 1
Rhode Island 7
Scarborough Beach
Foto: Pub. by Berger Bros., Providence, R.I., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Roger Wheeler State Beach
Roy Carpenter's Beach
East Beach State Beach
Saskatchewan 2
Melville Beach
Leslie Beach
South Carolina 2

Texas 4
Padre Island National Seashore
Foto: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
US-PR 13
Lucía Beach
Escambrón Beach
Playa Espinar

Virginia 3
Bay Shore Beach
Washington 8
Second Beach
Waikiki Beach
Double Bluff Beach
Wisconsin 2
Agate Beach
Yukon 1
Komakuk Beach
Good to know
- Watch for red flags and rip current warnings – swim only where lifeguards are on duty.
- Alcohol, glass bottles and dogs are banned on many beaches; the rules are usually posted at the access point.
- The Pacific is often cool even in summer; in Florida and on the Gulf, hurricane season runs from June to November.
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