TOP RATINGS : Year 2007 – Top 10 Best Beaches In USA

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YEAR 2007 BEST BEACHES RANKING

1. Ocracoke Island, Outer Banks, North Carolina

2. Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin, Florida

3. Coopers Beach, Southampton, New York

4. Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii

5. Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

6. Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii

7. Main Beach, East Hampton, New York

8. Coronado Beach, San Diego, California

9. Lighthouse Point Park, Daytona Beach, Florida

10. Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Florida

BEACH RATING SCALE

PHYSICAL FACTORS (relate to the vacation/holiday season)	CATEGORIES
	1	2	3	4	5
1. Beach width at low tide	<10 m narrow	10-30 m	30-60 m	60-100 m	>100 m wide
2. Beach material	cobbles	sand/cobbles	coarse sand	—–	fine sand
3. Beach condition or variation	erosional	—–	stable	—–	depositional
4. Sand softness	hard	—–	—–	—–	soft
5. Water temperature	cold/hot	—–	—–	—–	warm (70°-80° F)
6. Air temperature (midday)	< 60° F > 100° F	—–	—–	—–	80°-90° F
7. Number of sunny days	few	—–	—–	—–	many
8. Amount of rain	large	—–	—–	—–	little
9. Wind speeds	high	—–	—–	—–	low
10.Size of breaking waves	high/dangerous	—–	—–	—–	low/safe
11. Number of waves/width of breaker zone	none	1-2	3-4	5	6+
12. Beach slope (underwater)	steeply sloping bottom	—–	—–	—–	gently sloping bottom
13. Longshore current	strong	—–	—–	—–	weak
14. Rip currents	often	—–	—–	—–	never
15. Color of sand	gray	black	brown	light tan	white/pink
16. Tidal range	large (>4 m)	3-4 m	2-3 m	1-2 m	small (<1 m)
17. Beach shape	straight	—–	—–	—–	pocket
18. Bathing area bottom conditions	rocky, cobbles, mud	—–	—–	—–	fine sand
19. Turbidity	turbid	—–	—–	—–	clear
20. Water color	gray	—–	—–	—–	aquablue
21. Floating/suspended human material (sewage, scum)	plentiful	—–	—–	—–	none
22. Algae in water amount	infested	—–	—–	—–	absent
23. Red tide	common	—–	—–	—–	none
24. Smell (eg, seaweed, rotting fish)	bad odors	—–	—–	—–	fresh salty air
25. Wildlife (eg, shore birds)	none	—–	—–	—–	plentiful
26. Pests (biting flies, ticks, mosquitoes)	common	—–	—–	—–	no problem
27. Presence of sewarage/runoff outfall lines on/across the beach	several	—–	—–	—–	none
28. Seaweed/jellyfish on the beach	many	—–	—–	—–	none
29. Trash and litter(paper, plastics, nets, ropes, planks)	common	—–	—–	—–	rare
30. Oil and tar balls	common	—–	—–	—–	none
31. Glass and rubble	common	—–	—–	—–	rare
32. Views and vistas – Local scene	obstructed	—–	—–	—–	unobstructed
33. Views and vistas – Far vista	confined	—–	—–	—–	unconfined
34. Buildings/Urbanism	overdeveloped	—–	—–	—–	pristine/wild
35. Access	limited	—–	—–	—–	good
36. Misfits (nuclear power station, offshore dumping)	present	—–	—–	—–	none
37. Vegetation (nearby). Trees, sand dunes	none	—–	—–	—–	many
38. Well-kept grounds/promenades or natural environment	no	—–	—–	—–	yes
39. Amenities (showers, chairs, bars, etc)	none	—–	—–	—–	some
40. Lifeguards	none	—–	—–	—–	present
41. Safety record (deaths)	some	—–	—–	—–	none
42. Domestic animals (eg, dogs)	many	—–	—–	—–	none
43. Noise (cars, nearby highways, trains)	much	—–	—–	—–	little
44. Noise (eg, crowds, radios)	much	—–	—–	—–	little
45. Presence of seawalls, riprap, concrete/rubble	large amount	—–	—–	—–	none
46. Intensity of beach use	overcrowded	—–	—–	—–	ample open space
47. Off-road vehicles	common	—–	—–	—–	none
48. Floatables in water (garbage, toilet paper)	common	—–	—–	—–	none
49. Public safety (eg, pickpockets, crime)	common	—–	—–	—–	rare
50. Competition for free use of beach (eg, fishermen, boaters, water-skiers)	many	—–	—–	—–	few