What is your favorite beach? Beach lovers check in!

[tigereye]

We aren't going to the beach this year, since we went to SF. But I am still longing for a trip to the ocean. We usually go to South Bethany Beach in Delaware. I also have nice memories of Hampton Beach, NH.

I did get to dip my toes in the Pacific, though, ( it was freezing!), so I guess I can't complain too much. And I did see guys swimming in the Bay in SF. Brrrr.

[arcane1]

1. Outer Banks, NC

Hatteras, Okracoke, etc :loveya:

[Dastard Stepchild]

2. I'll second North Carolina...

Beautiful... just beautiful.

And Booth Bay Harbor in Maine is nice, too, though in a different, less-beachy way.

[tigereye]

8. yes, yes!

forgot about Hatteras. We went there for a lot of years since my h's family used to go there. It was very unspoiled, peaceful, compared to all the other beaches we went to when I was young.

[arcane1]

13. IIRC, it got rather devastated after a recent hurricane

:(

not sure how well the island has recovered from it

[tigereye]

76. when did that happen?

do you have a link to info? :(

[arcane1]

88. a year or two ago(?)

been on the west coast for a while so I don't get out there anymore... I seem to recall Hatteras being split in two :(

[kodi]

67. yeah, a yearly pilgrimage to ocracoke is good for the soul

when i was in grad school i would camp out there for two-three weeks every august right on the water.

best mental enema available

[tigereye]

77. mental enema

that's a good one. I have never seen as many stars as I saw there at night. Beautiful view of the Milky Way.

[alarcojon]

3. Tortuga bay, Galapagos islands, Ecuador

Happy Ecuadorean Independence Day!

[tigereye]

9. wow!

[alarcojon]

20. Hey, if you like that, check out my other Ecuador pics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3829471&mesg_id=3829471

[Shoeempress]

4. At Hampton last weekend, going this weekend. Favorite beach,

Waikiki. Love busy beaches, great people watching

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Race Point Beach, Provincetown, MA

[AllieB]

15. I'm headed up there next week to visit some friends

they rent a house in P-Town every year. The beaches at that end of the Cape are some of the best in the country. With the hurricanes in the tropics, the water is in the 70s right now.

[Zuni]

6. outer Banks, NC

I absolutely love that area

[tigereye]

10. hey!

yeah, you seem like a beach bum! :)

[Zuni]

19. not really

I haven't been to the beach in a while. The outer banks are great though

[tigereye]

23. actually I was being facetious

but one never knows. Me, I could live by pretty much any body of water. I think I was a fish or some other denizen of the sea in a previous existence.

[mtnsnake]

58. Outer Banks are nice, but the people who go there are sooo conservative!

unless things have changed in the last 5 years or so.

My wife and I have been there several times because my best friend and his wife had a place there and they used to bribe us into coming down. While the beaches were nice, and the body surfing is good, I've always felt like I was stuck in a sea of Republicans there.

Plus, the entire stretch, from Duck all the way south to Hatteras, closes up at around 8 PM with the exception of 1 or 2 bars stretched out over the course of the entire banks. Other than the lighthouses, which are definitely wonderful, I thought the place was pretty boring.

Worst evening ever was when I got dragged to that outdoor play about the Lost Colony. Seemed like an eternity!

Sorry for the poor review!!

[tigereye]

78. well

when I started going there with my bf, now my husband, we were sort of past the wild nightlife thing, but I do remember going to a great ( as opposed to the wonderful low key outdoor joints) restaurant in Duck or Corolla.

I liked that it was so quiet. All the other Atlantic beaches I had been to were pretty "tourist trappy" and although that can be fun, the isolation of Hatteras was a treat. Also Ocracoke had some action, didn't it? ;)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

7. Ipanema

We stayed there when my husband gave a talk in Sao Paulo in 1998; we got to go to Rio for a few days afterward.

[tigereye]

11. that's a hard one to top!

sounds beautiful.

[rfranklin]

12. Mombasa, Kenya

Of course, I haven't been there in a while.

There was a good one I went to outside of Cap Haitien, Haiti.

[puerco-bellies]

14. Thousand Steps Laguna Beach California

Beautiful, and the beach setting is cool too!

[BrewerJohn]

16. New Brighton Beach, Monterey Bay CA

Just to the east of Santa Cruz. Spent uncounted totally relaxing weekend afternoons there when I lived in San Jose. Usually not too crowded, great view down the bay shore, and the surf was just right for boogie-board action (yeah, I'm just a kid at heart).

[tigereye]

24. wish we had been able to see more Cali. beaches

maybe next time!

[AllieB]

17. I'm partial to RI beaches, Cape Cod, Cape Ann, and Hawaii

I like the beach, and my skin certainly shows the effects of it, unfortunately.

[Dave Reynolds]

18. Playa Linda #2,

followed closely by an unnamed beach by Patrick AFB.

[Midlodemocrat]

21. York Beach, Maine.

[alarcojon]

22. Vagator beach, Goa, India

[bertha katzenengel]

25. Seal Beach, California

I'm a native of Huntington Beach, just south of Seal, but Seal Beach are cleaner, nicer, quieter.

[tigereye]

79. hey Bertha!

you Cali lady! Now that we have been there ( well, SF, anyway), I understand better why Californians are so cool.

[bertha katzenengel]

85. I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

San Francisco is my favorite "big city" on earth. :hi:

[tigereye]

87. it was so beautiful

and progressive, and friendly, and arty and the food, and well, amazing! We can't wait to go back!

[motely36]

26. Rehoboth Beach

Cause that's where my home is!

[JimmyJazz]

28. I like Rehoboth, but I like the privacy of South Bethany, too.

Plus the houses on the stilts are really cool!

[tigereye]

39. that's where we went when I was a kid

I liked it a lot. It's still cool. And I love the Dogfish brews.

[Mizmoon]

27. Bloody Bay, Jamiaca

I have not been to the Pacific Islands yet, though. I hear the beaches there are to die for.

[TX-RAT]

29. Destin Fla

We go there every Oct for our anniversary.

the Whales Tail ( Nice little beach side bar and grill) Good breakfast, and you get to watch the Dolphins swim by every morning.

Captain Dave's ( Nice restaurant, great seafood )

[LynneSin]

30. I'm an Ocean City Maryland gal

But I haven't been there the past couple of years. I thought I would be partying there until I dropped dead as a lil great-grandmamma but well, times and myself have changed!

[tigereye]

40. I like the image of you as a partying gramma, Lynne

:)

It is amazing the differences between Rehoboth, Bethany, Fenwick and then Ocean City. They are all their own little/not so little worlds.

[Richardo]

31. West Coast beaches always have cold water - except Ocean Beach in SD

The ocean currents come down from Alaska, don'tcha know. (All ocean circulation in the northern hemisphere is clockwise, therefore, west coasts are cold water and east coasts are warm water (e.g. the Gulf Stream).

HOWEVER: Ocean Beach in San Diego is very shallow, so the water heats up better - plus, it's further south.

[tigereye]

42. we just had to dip our toes in the Pacific

it was just down a dirt road from Stage Road, near where Neil Young supposedly has his compound - is that near Marin/Woodside? I forget.

My son wished I had brought his bathing suit, but it was way too cold. Still there were people in the water! and really cool caves.

[elehhhhna]

32. Rum Point, north end of Grand Cayman:

We learned to snorkel there. Saw my first giant eagle ray. Thanks B & G Z for teaching us. We've returned the favor many times over...



Eagle rays have a 6 foot "wing" span--

[elehhhhna]

33. Also, Baby Beach on Aruba --

...where Beanie at age 4 snorkelled in the sea for the first time & SAW A FISH! "DADDY! I saw a fish! Daaaaaaaaaaddy!"

[tigereye]

43. both are stunningly beautiful!

[elehhhhna]

34. Here's Seven Mile beach on Grand Cayman wher

Our youngest daughter first snorkelled in the sea and saw LOTS of fish!

[FLSurfer]

35. Lived on Roi Namur in the Marshall Islands

The entire Island was a beach. Incredible place.
The pacific on one side, the lagoon on the other.
Can't imagine a more beautiful place.

[XNASA]

36. Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP Beach at Big Sur

It's even got a waterfall.

[usedtobesick]

37. Kakup Malaysia

[lpbk2713]

38. Fort DeSoto Beach

Always makes it to all the major top ten beach lists. Great place.

[unsavedtrash]

41. Orange Beach, AL and I will be there next week worshiping the sun

[bearfan454]

44. Santa Anna Island in Breigherton Fla

Beautiful white sand beaches.

[sundog]

45. south beach in miami

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

46. *sigh* Ahhh, the copycats that can never be.

[sundog]

56. nice pic!

:thumbsup:

:P

[tigereye]

59. hmmm

I'm pondering that one, CPD. Go for it, I'm sure you are clever enough to slide it past.... :silly:

[swimboy]

47. Little Makena Beach, Maui

[Scout]

48. Pancake Bay, Lake Superior, Cananda

chilly, but beautiful sand beach and views.

I love Lake Superior!

[Swede]

49. Bareassed beach about 5 miles south of town.

I don't think I have to say why. :)

[greblc]

50. North Shore of Lake Superior....

[Blue_Tires]

51. Virginia Beach

of course i'm biased....born, raised, worked there for a long time

[MrScorpio]

65. Va Beach has turned into a big time NO FUN ZONE

Bummer

[Blue_Tires]

68. yeah, unfortunately it's really been sanitized and

made 'famlee friendly'

10-12 years ago, it was nothing like it is now...it used to be a real beach where the locals actually felt they belonged...it used to be dirty, cheap, and tacky with a bunch of 70s-era hotels; it attracted drunks, beach bums, scandalous navy wives and a wide assortment of other scummy elements...Mr. and Mrs. Tourist from up north knew it was better to stay off the streets after a certain hour--it used to even be dangerous, dare i say it, and i loved it as it was...

[MrScorpio]

70. Me too

It was one of the reasons why I wanted to settle here


Now it's just a "So what?" kind of joint

[In_The_Wind]

52. all of them ~

I'm a beach LOVER ... if they're clean ... any beach will do! Give me surf & sand & I'm happy.>

[jandrok]

53. Port Aransas.

Loves to kick up the sand at Port A. Yay!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

54. Calanque de Sormiou - in the south of France

I visited this out-of-the-way place several years ago. It's a long fiord (calanque, in French) between tall and very bright limestone cliffs. The Mediterranean is very clear and very blue. It's only accessible by a long private road by car, otherwise you have to get there on foot or by boat. Just below the extent of the photo and to the left, there's a nice white sand beach with a few houses of a fisherman's village. It's very unspoiled and beautiful. However, it's rustic and not for those who need fast food or other amenities.

[tigereye]

60. oooh

that's very, very nice!

[sakabatou]

55. Waikiki, and some beach neasr Santa Monica

[GreenPartyVoter]

57. The one in Cavendish PEI.. See pics below

[tigereye]

62. nice pix GPV

very cute! I love seeing what other folks did on vacation, sounds like you had a great time! Maybe this will inspire me to bug my h about getting some of our SF pix up to be perused.

[GreenPartyVoter]

75. Thanks. Please do get your pics up. :^D

[Lugnut]

61. No beach for us this year either

When we go we always go to South Bethany.

[tigereye]

64. I love S. Bethany

it is so pretty and quiet, but close to the action, too. Funny how to me "vacation" still means the beach.

[MrScorpio]

63. Cannes, in France

Yep, THAT Cannes

[tigereye]

80. well, snap!

Mr Cosmopolitan/europhile

( drooling with envy!) :)

[maveric]

66. Ocean Beach, San Diego. Old Orchard Beach, ME

Cranes Beach in Ipswich MA is a good one too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. Assateague

I like 'em wild...

[tigereye]

81. I have some friends who go camping near there

regularly....

[alarcojon]

71. Manabi, Ecuador

[SoCalDem]

72. Santa Clara beach..Panama

MILES of the most gorgeous white sand...large rolling waves, clean jungle streams emptying into the ocean via crystal clear rivulets carved into the sand..and jungle meeting the sand:)

Of course that's the image from my childhood.. it was late 50's early 60's and there were NO structures for MILES..except for the thatched bohios where scrawny horses lounged ..tethered to the support poles..

Probably these days there are condos and trash everywhere..

back then the only evidence of mankind, was the occasional footprint of a fisherman..and the net drag lines in the sand..

At one end of the beach was a natural rock formation where we kids would try not to step on the land crabs as we climbed the face of it and then dove into the aquamarine lagoon that was just below..

We could ride a horse at full gallop at the surf line for about 1/2 hour befor ethe sand ran out at the other end of the beach, and the rocks started again..

Funny.. in all the years we went, we never went beyond the roks at the other end.. Parents said that was where the sharks hung out..


some pics...




This is what our house looked back then when we lived there.. No A/c.. no window panes


Ft Kobbe in 04..but Albrook was just like this..

[tigereye]

82. nice to see a little history

neat! :hi:

[alarcojon]

73. Denal beach, Chiloe National park, Argentina

[alarcojon]

74. Can't forget Tahiti!

[tigereye]

83. good Lord!

How could anyone forget Tahiti. Maybe someday I will get to see that!

Incredible.

[elehhhhna]

86. go here then: and don't forget to click on the

'cams for tahaa and manihi.

Hurry! It's sunset over Bora bora NOW!

http://tahitinuitravel.com/webcam/borabora/

[Blue-Jay]

84. I've not yet been to my favorite.

http://images.google.com/url?q=

If I ever make it to Tahiti, I doubt I'll return.