What’s the most unforgettable coastline/beach you’ve visited, and why?

[Jazzy1]

For me it would be Assateague because there are horses. There are horses that sometimes hang out on the beach. You can't get too close to them because they're wild and they will bite you, but they are so cool. They roam the entire island and especially like to spend time by campfires because the smoke keeps the bugs away.

What's yours?

 

[Pinky]

The beach at Ardrossan, South Australia, where my best friend lives. We walked along, picking up seaweed, while her little dog ran along beside us. They had a summer home there, and since have had a permanent house built, right across from the beach.

 

[CallMeKate]

I've always enjoyed Assateague, too... and Chincoteage. BUT I'd have to name my favorite as St. Augustine, FL... it's where my heart is. Second favorite.... St. Simons Island, GA.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Hopewell Rocks - Wikipedia

 

[John Thomas]

The beach at Monte Gordo in Portugal, the sand actually is white, and the sea is so clear, just beautiful

 

[hollydolly]

The beach at Ardrossan, South Australia, where my best friend lives. We walked along, picking up seaweed, while her little dog ran along beside us. They had a summer home there, and since have had a permanent house built, right across from the beach.

Oh lord Pinks I didn't know there was an Ardrossan in Australia...blimey it couldn't be more different to the original in Scotland..lol

 

[hollydolly]

I've visted many beaches.. I have a property just minutes from the beach in Spain, and many beaches have been lovely that I've visted throughout Europe , my daughter has visited the Maldives, with it's stunning beaches ... but none have been spectacular that I've visted ... I'd love to visit the beaches of NZ

 

[OldFeller]

I've been to beaches in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida in my lifetime.

My favorite memory however is a sunset cruise on Massachusetts Bay at Plymouth MA:

 

[Irishdude]

About 38 years ago my wife and I wound up on a beach in the Bahamas on a little island that belonged to Robert Abplanalp. He was a buddy of Richard Nixon's and built a "little White House" where Nixon went when he stepped down in disgrace.

The sand was white and the water was so clear that you could see your toes while you were standing in waist-deep water.

I don't go to beaches much anymore as I try to stay out of direct sunlight.

 

[Pepper]

I was beachfront at Lynn, Massachusetts. I saw this from my window.

 

[hollydolly]

these are some of the beaches near my home in Spain....i took the photos...

Nice but not spectacular.... ladies I promise you there IS a beach in this picture...

 

[squatting dog]

I've seen many a beautiful beach, but, the most unforgettable would have to be the coastline on the Salton Sea.
Old adds wanted you to believe it was the perfect vacation spot. However, since it has no outlet and the Mexican waste flows in the New River, (along with all residual fertilizer from surrounding farms), it soon became one of the stinky-ist (lots of dead fish) bodies of water on the planet.

 

[jimintoronto]

The longest fresh water beach, in the world, is located here in Ontario at Wasaga Beach. It is a nine mile long sand beach, and most of it is a Provincial Park. A favourite destination for summer time visitors. JIM.

 

[Rae]

I like South Mission Beach in San Diego, California. I went there as a teenager and when I met my husband.

 

[JustBonee]

My family always enjoyed visits to the White Sand Beaches around Northern Florida.

It’s been years, but that “sugar sand” was unforgettable. …. it also could be found in Mobile, Alabama, down in Mexico .. and the backyard sandbox.

 

[John Thomas]

Monte Gordo Portugal, how's that for a white sand beach

 

[jujube]

Cannon Beach, Oregon, has Haystack Rock which is a rock more than 200 feet high that you can go out and walk around at very low tides. I tried it once (in the summer), never getting more than hip deep but had to give up because the water was so cold I truly couldn't feel my legs.

The next day I had what felt like flu-like aches and pains and was sick for three days. I think I got my core temperature so low that I really messed myself up.

It's a gorgeous sight, though. In fact, I think Oregon has the most gorgeous coastal sights of anyplace.

 

[Jackie23]

US West Coast

 

[Rae]

Cannon Beach, Oregon, has Haystack Rock which is a rock more than 200 feet high that you can go out and walk around at very low tides. I tried it once (in the summer), never getting more than hip deep but had to give up because the water was so cold I truly couldn't feel my legs.

The next day I had what felt like flu-like aches and pains and was sick for three days. I think I got my core temperature so low that I really messed myself up.

It's a gorgeous sight, though. In fact, I think Oregon has the most gorgeous coastal sights of anyplace.

I also like Cannon Beach, Oregon. One of my nieces was married there and it was just lovely. Too bad about your aches and pains after visiting.

 

[bowmore]

Here on the South Central Coast of California. This is the view from my window

 

[stephenPE]

Casey Key in the 60s. Stephen King has a house there now. My dad owned a business on the intracoastal water way near it. this is the area we stayed in, fished in and swam in. It was heaven to a teenager back then..... my dads business was just south and east of this about 200 yards....

 

[DebraMae]

Most unforgettable is Tarague Beach, Guam.

 

[againstthegrain]

I spent 2 winters living out of my truck on the beaches of Baja, Mexico therefore those are the most memorable to me.

2nd has to be the beaches in Normandy, France for it's historical significance and what it represents for state of the world post WW2. I had been beaten down in Paris for several days by the locals, but when I returned to Paris I was filled w pride in the sacrifices that the Allies made, including my father and most of my uncles during WW2.

I do most want to visit and live on the beaches in Africa, India, or Australia, but doubt that will ever happen.

Honorable mentions: Cape Cod, Jersey shore(where I grew up), south shore of Long Island, SoCal, NoCal, OR, WA, AK, HI, and the Bahamas.

 

[stephenPE]

nd has to be the beaches in Normandy, France for it's historical significance and what it represents for state of the world post WW2.

I was there with my FIL. He had gone in on a glider before D Day. This was back in the 80s. It took my breath away looking down at it. Knowing what happened there.

 

[chic]

This was my least favorite beach of all time in Castine, Maine. The rockiness is a turn off. I like to feel warm sand beneath my toes.