List of beaches

Following is a list of "famous" beaches of the world:

Argentina

* Mar del Plata
* Cariló
* Claromecó
* Mar de Ajó
* Mar de las Pampas
* Miramar
* Monte Hermoso
* Necochea
* Orense
* Ostende
* Pinamar
* Reta
* San Bernardo
* San Clemente del Tuyú
* Santa Teresita
* Valeria del Mar
* Villa Gesell

Source: [http://argentinastravel.com/outdoors/beaches/ Argentina's Travel Guide - Beaches]

Australia

The coastline of the Australian mainland stretches more than 30,000 km. With the addition of all the coastal islands this amounts to more than 47,000 km. The coastal landscape ranges from broad sandy beaches to rocky cliffs and mangrove swamps. A beach can be defined as a stretch of sand longer than 20 metres and remaining dry at high tide. Based on this definition, the Coastal Studies Unit at the University of Sydney has counted 10,685 beaches in Australia. [ [http://www.culture.gov.au/articles/beach/ The Beach - Australia's Culture Portal] ]
*flag|New South Wales
**"Sydney"
***Avalon Beach (Northern Beaches)
***Bondi Beach
***Coogee Beach
***Cronulla Beach
***Manly Beach
***Maroubra Beach
* Bells Beach,Torquay, Victoria
* Byron Bay, New South Wales
* Cable Beach, Western Australia
* Margaret River, Western Australia
* Noosa Heads, Queensland
* Rainbow Beach, Queensland
* Surfers' Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland
* Cottesloe Beach, Cottesloe, Western Australia

Bangladesh

* Cox's Bazar Beach, Cox's Bazar. Longest natural sandy beach in the world.
* Kuakata Beach, Patuakhali
* St. Martin's Island, Cox's Bazar
* Patenga Beach, Chittagong

Brazil

*flag|Rio de Janeiro
**"Rio de Janeiro"
***Copacabana
***Ipanema
***Botafogo
***Barra da Tijuca
**"Other cities"
***Angra dos Reis
*flag|São Paulo
**"São Sebastião"
***Maresias
***Guaecá
***Praia de São Francisco
***Toque-Toque Grande
***Barequeçaba
***Paúba
***Camburi
***Juquehy
***Juréia
***Barra do Sahy
***Arrastão
***Cigarras
**"Ilhabela"
***Ilha das Cabras
***Praia da Feiticeira
***Praia do Curral
***Praia do Bonete
***Castelhanos
***Julião
***Veloso
***Enchovas
***Praia Grande
**"Ubatuba"
***Itaguá
***Lázaro
***Saco da Ribeira
***Maranduba
**"Other cities"
***Praia da Enseada, Guarujá
***Boqueirão, Santos
*Other states and cities
***Boa Viagem, Recife
***Porto de Galinhas (Ipojuca, Pernambuco)
***Ponta Negra (Natal)

British Virgin Islands

*The Baths, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands

Canada

*Albro Lake, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
*Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto
*Birch Cove, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
*Bluffers Park, Toronto
*Cherry Beach, Toronto
*Chocolate Lake, Armdale, Nova Scotia
*Crescent Beach, British Columbia
*Crystal Beach, Ontario
*English Bay (Vancouver), including Sunset Beach, Second Beach and Third Beach
*Frenchman's Bay, Pickering
*Grand Beach, Grand Beach (Manitoba)
*Hillside Beach Manitoba
*Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC
*Kew Beach, Toronto
*Kitsilano,Vancouver, BC
*Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia
*Lions, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
*Locarno Beach, Vancouver, BC
*Long Beach, Vancouver Island, BC
*Parlee Beach, New Brunswick
*Prince Edward Island, Canada
*Rainbow Haven, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
*Risser's, Nova Scotia
*Rouge Beach, Toronto
*Sauble Beach, Ontario
*Sidney Spit, Sidney Island, BC
*Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
*Shubie Park, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
*Spanish Banks, Vancouver, BC
*Victoria Beach Manitoba
*Wasaga Beach, Wasaga Beach, Ontario
*White Rock Beach, BC
*Woodbine Bathing Station, Toronto
*Wreck Beach, including Acadia Beach and Tower Beach, Vancouver, BC

Caribbean

Costa Rica

List of some beaches in Costa Rica, by province:
Beaches on Limon Province, Caribbean side of the country:

* Tortuguero, Costa Rica and Tortuguero National Park
* Westfalia
* Cahuita National Park
* Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

Beaches on Guanacaste Province, North Pacific side of the country:

* Gulf of Papagayo
* Playa Grande
* Playa Tamarindo
* Playa Negra
* Ostional Wildlife Refuge
* Nosara
* Santa Teresa
* Montezuma

Beaches on Puntarenas Province, Central and South Pacific side of the country:

* Puntarenas
* Playa Blanca
* Playa Herradura
* Jacó, Costa Rica
* Manuel Antonio National Park
* Playa Zancudo

Croatia

* Zlatni Rat, Bol, Island of Brač
* Zrće, near Novalja, Island of Pag
* A good list of Croatian beaches categorized by several criteria can be found [http://www.croatia-beaches.com/index.html here]

Estonia

* Lohusalu, Keila
* Klooga beach, Klooga
* Pärnu beach, Pärnu
* Rohuneeme, Viimsi
* Pirita, Tallinn
* Kakumäe, Tallinn
* Vääna-Jõesuu

Gibraltar

* Eastern Beach
* Catalan Bay
* Sandy Bay
* Western Beach
* Rosia Bay
* Camp Bay
* Little Bay

Grenada

*Anse La Roche, Grenada
*Grand Anse, Grenada

Greece

*Valtos Beach, Parga Greece

Haiti

*Labadee, Jacmel

India

*Marina Beach, Chennai India
*Golden Beach, Chennai India
*Adyar Beach, Chennai, India
*Thiruvanmiyur Beach, Chennai, India
*Elliot's Beach, Chennai India
*Santhome Beach, Chennai India
*Silver Beach, Cuddalore India
*Girgaum Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India
*Palolem Beach, Goa
*Calangute, Goa
*Anjuna Beach, Goa
*Ahmedpur-Mandvi Beach, Gujarat
*Vasco Da Gama Beach, Goa
*Bagmola Beach, Goa
*Baga Beach, Goa
*Mirmar Beach, Goa
*Versova Beach, Mumbai
*Juhu beach, Mumbai
*Kovalam, Trivandrum, Kerala
*Ezhimala, Kerala
*Beypore, Kerala
*Varkala, Trivandrum
*Shangumughom Beach, Trivandrum
*Veli beachside lagoon, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)
*Band Stand, Mumbai, India
*Alibaug Beach, Maharashtra, India
*Gopal Pur Beach, Orissa, India
*Andaman & Nicobar, India
*Gorai Beach, Mumbai, India
*Fort Kochi, Cochin, India
*Anjuna Beach, Goa, India
*Alappuzha Beach, India
*Ahmadpur-Mendvi Beach, Gujrat, India
*Chandipur Beach, Orissa, India
*Colva Beach, Margao, India
*Ganpati Phule Beach, Maharashtra, India
*Kanyakumari Beach, Tamil Nadu, India
*Malpe Beach, Udupi, India
*Mypad Beach, Andhra Pradesh, India
*Puri Beach, Orissa, India
*Vagator Beach, Goa, India
*Varca Beach, Goa, India
*Tiruchendur Beach, Tamil Nadu, India
*Karwar Beach, Karnataka, India

Indonesia

*Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
*Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia
*Legian, Bali, Indonesia
*Dreamland, Bali, Indonesia
*Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
*Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
*Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia
*Lovina, Bali, Indonesia
*Medewi, Bali, Indonesia
*Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia
*Padang, Bali, Indonesia

Ireland

*Ballinskelligs, County Kerry
*Ballintra, County Donegal
*Ballybunion, County Kerry
*Ballyheigue, County Kerry
*Banna Strand, County Kerry
*Barleycove, County Cork
*Bray, County Wicklow
*Brittas Bay, County Wicklow
*Bundoran, County Donegal
*Clogherhead, County Louth
*Graystones, County Wicklow
*Gurteen Beach, County Galway
*Inniscrone, County Sligo
*Lahinch, County Clare
*Laytown, County Meath
*Myrtleville, County Cork
*Rosscarbery, County Cork
*Rossnowlagh, County Donegal
*Tramore, County Waterford
*Youghal, County Cork

Italy

*Citara, Ischia, Italy
*Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy
*Fontelina, Capri Island, Italy
*Lampedusa Island, Italy
*Grado, Italy
*Rimini, Italy
*Viareggio, Italy

Jamaica

*Negril, Jamaica

Japan

*Honshū
**Boso Peninsula
***Kujukuri Beach
**Izu Peninsula
***Tenno Beach
**Tenjin Beach

Kenya

*Diani Beach, Kenya
*Serena Beach, Kenya
*Bamburi Beach,Kenya

Madagascar

*Ifaty Beach, Madagascar

Malaysia

*Datai Beach, Langkawi, Malaysia
*Tioman Island, Malaysia
*Similajau National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
*Redang Island, Terengganu, Malaysia
*Perhentian Islands, Malaysia
*Pantai Teluk Belanga, Pangkor Laut, Malaysia
*Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Martinique

*Le Diamant, Martinique

Mexico

*Acapulco, Guerrero
*Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur
*Cancún, Quintana Roo
*Cozumel, Quintana Roo
*Huatulco, Oaxaca
*Ixtapa, Guerrero
*Manzanillo, Colima
*Mazatlán, Sinaloa
*Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit
*Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
*Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
*Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

Montenegro

*Miločer, Montenegro
*Slovenska Plaza, Budva, Montenegro
*Jaz, Budva, Montenegro
*Mogren I, Budva, Montenegro
*Mogren II, Budva, Montenegro
*Trsteno, Budva, Montenegro
*Bečići, Budva, Montenegro
*Mala Plaza, Ulcinj, Montenegro
*Velika Plaza, Ulcinj, Montenegro
*Sutomore, Bar, Montenegro
*Crvena Plaža (Red Beach), Bar, Montenegro

Morocco

*Agadir, Morocco
*Essaouira, Morocco

Myanmar

*Sandoway Beach, Myanmar

Netherlands Antilles

*Cupecoy Beach, St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles
*Baie Orientale, St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles (a.k.a. Orient Beach)

New Zealand

*Anawhata
*Boulder Beach
*Hot Water Beach
*Karekare, New Zealand
*Muriwai
*Ninety Mile Beach
*Oreti Beach
*Paraparaumu Beach
*Piha
*Red Beach
*Taylor's Mistake, Christchurch
*Te Henga (Bethells Beach)
*Tunnel Beach
*Whatipu
*Worser Bay

Pakistan

Karachi
* Cape Mount
* Clifton Beach
* French Beach
* Hawke's Bay
* Kinara Beach
* Manora Beach
* Paradise Point
* Russian Beach
* Sandspit Beach
* Sea View
* Turtle BeachGaddani
* Gaddani Beach

Peru

*Ancón, Lima, Peru
*Barranco, Lima, Peru
*Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Peru
* Santa María del Mar, Lima, Peru
*Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru
*La Punta, Callao, Peru
*Mancora, Piura, Peru

Philippines

*Bantayan Island, Cebu, Philippines
*White Beach, Boracay Island, Philippines
*Puraran Beach, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines
*Honda Bay, Palawan, Philippines
*Muelle Bay, Puerto Galera, Mindoro Island, Philippines
*Malapascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
*Amanpulo, Pamalican, Palawan, Philippines

Portugal

*Adraga, Sintra, Portugal
*Albufeira, Portugal
*Algarve, Portugal
*Costa da Caparica, Portugal
*Vilamoura, Portugal
*Porto Santo, Portugal
*Meco, Portugal

aint Kitts and Nevis

*Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts
*Pinney's Beach, Nevis

aint Vincent and the Grenadines

*Casuarina Beach, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

eychelles

*Anse Lazio, Seychelles
*Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles
*Ile Souris, Seychelles

outh Africa

*Western Cape
**Beaches of Cape Town
*Eastern Cape
**Kidds Beach
**Nahoon Beach, East London

ri Lanka

*Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

Tanzania

*Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tahiti

*Teahupoo, Tahiti

Thailand

*Ao Phang Nga, Thailand
*Ao Phra-Ae, Thailand
*Haad Rin, Thailand
*Pattaya Beach, Thailand
*Phuket, Thailand
*Rawaii, Thailand
*Hat Chaweng, Thailand
*Hat Farang, Thailand
*Hat Mai Khao, Thailand
*Hat Sai Kaew, Thailand
*Hat Sai Ree, Thailand
*Ko Pai, Thailand
*Ko Phi Phi Don and Ko Phi Phi Leh, Thailand
*Ko Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand

Tobago

*Englishman's Bay, Tobago

Tonga

*Atata Island, Tonga
*Ha'apai, Tonga

Tunisia

*Sounine, Tunisia

Turkey

*Cleopatra's Beach, Gulf of Gökova, Turkey
*Çalis Beach, Turkey
*Gemile Bay Beach, Fethiye, Turkey
*İçmeler Beach, İçmeler, Turkey
*Kaputaş Beach, Kaş - Kalkan, Turkey
*Ladies Beach, Kuşadası, Turkey
*Ölüdeniz, Fethiye, Turkey
*Patara Beach, Turkey
*Side Beaches, Side, Turkey
*Turtle Beach (İztuzu Beach), Dalyan, Turkey
*Sarimsakli/Altinova Beach, Ayvalik, Turkey
*Davutlar/Kalamaki Beach, Kusadasi, Turkey
*Didim/Altinkum/Golden Beach, Didim, Turkey
*Silver Beach, Kusadasi, Turkey
*Ilica beach, Cesme, Turkey
*Alacati Beach, Cesme, Turkey

Turks and Caicos Islands

*Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos Islands

Ukraine

* Arcadia Beach, Odessa (Odessa Oblast)
* Hidropark, Kiev
* Trukhaniv Island, Kiev
* Tsar's Beach, Novyi Svet (Crimea)

United Kingdom

*Benone Strand, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
*Blackpool, England
*Bournemouth, England
*Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
*Brighton, England
*Chesil Beach, Dorset, England
*Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England
*Fistral Beach, Newquay, England
*Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England
*Newquay, Cornwall, England
*Par Beach, Cornwall, England
*Portstewart Strand, Northern Ireland
*Southend on Sea, Essex, England
*Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
*Studland, Dorset, England
*Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
**Biggar Bank
**Earnse Bay
**Rampside Beach
**Roanhead
**West Shore Beach
*Weymouth, Dorset, England

United States

*American Samoa
**Ofu Island
*California
**Black's Beach
**Children's Pool Beach, La Jolla
**Corona del Mar
**La Jolla Cove, La Jolla
**La Jolla Shores, La Jolla
**Mission Beach, San Diego
**Pacific Beach, San Diego
**San Onofre Beach
**Santa Monica
*Delaware
**Bethany Beach
**Dewey Beach
*Florida
**Cocoa Beach
**Daytona Beach
**Fort Lauderdale
**Grayton Beach
**Key West
**Miami Beach, Florida
**Palm Beach
**Panama City Beach
**Pensacola Beach
**Ponce Inlet
**South Beach, Miami
*Hawaii
**Anaehoomalu Beach
**Green Sands Beach, Hawaii County
**Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Oahu
**Hanelai Bay Beach, Kauai
**Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area, Hawaii
**Hulopoe Beach, Lanai
**Kaanapali Beach, Maui
**Kailua, Oahu
**Kapalua Beach Park, Maui
**Kee Beach, Kauai
**Maui, Hawaii
**Moka'apu, Hawaii
**Palauea Beach, Maui
**Papohaku Beach Park, Molokai
**Poipu Beach Park, Kauai
**Salt Pond Beach Park, Kauai
**Sunset Beach, Oahu
**Waianapanapa
**Waikiki Beach, Oahu
**Wailea Beach, Maui
*Maine
**Old Orchard Beach
*Maryland
**Ocean City
*Massachusetts
**Silvershell beach, Marion
*Michigan
**Warren Dunes State Park
**Weko Beach
*Minnesota
**Ramsey County Beach
*New Hampshire
**Hampton Beach
*New Jersey
**Atlantic City
**Point Pleasant
**Seaside Heights
**Wildwood
*New York
**Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
**Coney Island, Brooklyn
**Jones Beach
*North Carolina
**Cape Hatteras
*Puerto Rico
**Luquillo Beach
**Playa Flamenco, Culebra
*South Carolina
**Myrtle Beach
*Texas
**Mustang Island State Park
**South Padre Island
*US Virgin Islands
**Magen's Bay, St. Thomas
**Trunk Bay, St. John
*Virginia
**Virginia Beach

Venezuela

*Islas Los Roques, Venezuela
*Playa el Agua (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Parguito (Isla de Margarita), Venezuela
*Playa el Yaque (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa el Ángel (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Valdes (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Caracola (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Moreno (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa la Caranta (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Juventud (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Guacuco (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Cardon (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa El Tirano (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela
*Playa Puerto Abajo (Isla de Margarita),Venezuela

Vietnam

*Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa
*Ha Long Bay, Quảng Ninh
*Mũi Né, Bình Thuận
*Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang
*Hội An, Quảng Nam
*Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu

Unclassified

*Antalya, Turkey
*Antigua, Caribbean
*Argeles sur Mer, France
*Arambol, Goa,India
*Arica, Tarapaca, Chile
*Aruba
*Bakau, Gambia
*Barbados, Caribbean
*The Baths, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
*Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia
*Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
*Bol, Bra, Croatia
*Bora Bora, French Polynesia
*Bredene, Belgium
*Brela, Croatia
*Cancún, Mexico
*Canoa Quebrada, Aracati, Ceará, Brazil
*Casuarina Beach, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
*Coolangatta, southern Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
*Copacabana, Brazil
*Cote de Azur, French Riviera
*Cozumel, Caribbean
*Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
*Dominican Republic
*Dubai beach, Dubai
*Fajara, Gambia
*Florianópolis Santa Catarina, Brazil
*Fortaleza, Brazil
*Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
*Golden Sands, Bulgaria
*Grand Cayman, Caribbean
*Guadalavaca, Cuba
*Beaches of Hong Kong
*Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda
*Horseshoe Bay, Fiji
*Huahine Beach, French Polynesia
*Ilha de Tinharé, Brazil
*Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Itacoatiara,Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Jericoacoara, Ceará, Brazil
*Kolocep Island, Croatia
*Kololi, Gambia
*Kotu, Gambia
*Kyrenia, Cyprus
*Leblon, Brazil
*Lefaga Beaches, Western Samoa
*Little Bay, Anguilla
*Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
*Maldives, Republic of Maldives
*Mamaia, Romania
*Mangalia, Romania
*Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
*Manly, Australia
*Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Mauna Kea, Hawaii
*Mersa Matruh, Egypt
*Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast Queensland Australia
*Miami Beach, Gold Coast Queensland Australia
*Muri Beach, Rarotonga
*Natadola Beach, Fiji
*Natal, Brazil, Brazil
*Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria in Australia
*Noosa,Queensland, Australia
*Palm Cove, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
*Paradise Island, Bahamas
*Pink Beach, Bahamas
*Pipa, Brazil
*Placencia, Belize
*Plage de Tahiti, Cote de Azur
*Porto Galinhas, Brazil
*Porto da Barra, Salvador,Brazil
*Port Vecchio, Corsica, France
*Praia do Forte, Brazil
*Rethymnon, Crete
*Rock Islands, Palau
*Rhodes, Greece
*Saipan Island, Northern Marianas
*Santos Beach Gardens, Brazil
*Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands
*Shark Island, Cronulla Beach, Australia
*Shell Beach, Insula Purbeck, Dorset,England
*Shell Beach,Sarasota Bay,U.S.A.
*Shoal Bay, Anguilla
*Sidi Abdel Rahman, Egypt
*Sinclair’s Bay, Caithness,Scotia
*Slovenska Plaza, Budva
*South Water Caye, Belize
*St. Restitude, Corsica, France
*Ste. Anne Beach, Guadeloupe
*Surfers Paradise, Central Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
*Sylt, Germany
*Tayrona National Park, Colombia
*Temae Beach, French Polynesia
*Tenerife, Canary Islands
*Trincel Beach, Stara Novalja, Croatia
*Varadero, Cuba
*Vatulele Island, Fiji
*Whitehaven Beach, Australia
*Yalong Wan, Hainan, China
*Zrće Beach, Novalja, Croatia

References

ee also

*List of environment topics
*Nude beach