North America Beach Vacations

North America Beach Travel Guide

• North America Overview
• North America Hotels
• North America Attractions
• North America Feature Articles
• North America Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for North America

Active and Adventure Guide
• Aerial Sports
• Biking
• Caving and Canyoneering
• Climbing
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Skiing
• Snow Sports
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Beach Destinations In North America

• San Diego, CA
  
• Kauai, HI
  
• Santa Barbara, CA
  
• Corolla, NC
  
• Santa Cruz, CA
  
• Brookings, OR
  
• Davenport, CA
  
• Half Moon Bay, CA
  
• San Simeon Beach State Park, CA
  
• Scarborough, ME
  

Travel Guides In North America

• Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva, FL
  • Family Guide
• San Diego, CA
  • Family Guide
• Berkshires, MA
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Kauai, HI
  • Family Guide
• Santa Barbara, CA
  • Family Guide
• St. Louis, MO
  • Family Guide
• Yellowstone National Park, WY
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Bloomington, IN
  • Family Guide
• Cape Cod National Seashore, MA
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Pere Marquette River, MI
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide

World Beach Regions

• Caribbean
• Central America
• North America

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama

North America Beach Destinations

• United States

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Feature Articles

• Holoholo Hawaii
  outside
  You'll hit more surf than pavement on this 250-mile pleasure drive around the Big Island
• Tropical Escapes
  Oahu, Costa Rica and St. Kitts
• Maroma Resort & Spa
  outside
  A mystical hideaway on the Mayan Riviera
• Cabo? Sure. But Not That Cabo.
  outside
  La Paz
• La Ruta Tropical
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  A mountain-to-jungle-to-reef meander through Mexico and points south

Trip Ideas

• Ten Delicious Places to Dip into Diving
  Kona, Hawaii: Polynesian Diving
• Diving the Turks & Caicos
• Biscayne National Park
  Top 10 Offbeat Summer Parks
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Miami
• Best Sand Playground: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore (Michigan)
  America's Best Beaches

Practical Advice

• A Diving Primer
• A Sailing Primer
  Sail through the planning of a windswept vacation
• Windsurfing: A Primer
  How to Hit the Water and Ride the Wind, and What to Bring Along When You Go
• The Bareboat Way of Knowledge
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  Learning to become the captain of your own fate.
• The Pool Is Open
  Think of yourself as an intrepid, globe-trotting traveler that’s been everywhere—and then some? Unless you’re certified to scuba dive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

GORPTravel Trips

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  Mexico's Baja Multi-Sport
  The World Outdoors
  from $2098, 8 days
  Experience the sun-drenched beauty of Baja Mexico. Snorkel and kayak its turquoise waters, hike to waterfalls in the desert, tour a colonial village,...
  
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  Costa Azul Adventure Resort
  Costa Azul Adventure Resort
  from $472, 5-8 days
  Enjoy world class surfing, ocean kayaking, jungle horseback rides, mountain biking or just relax by the pool. ...
  
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  Sea Kayaking in Baja: Island Hopping - La Paz to Loreto
  Holiday Expeditions
  from $1150, 9 days
  Have you ever dreamed of exploring the desert islands that dot the Sea of Cortez? Exploring their uninhabited shores and wildlife rich waters? Well...
  
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  Hawaiian Seascapes
  AdventureSmith Explorations
  from $3995, 8 days
  We are proud to introduce yacht adventures in America's very own paradise, the Hawaiian Islands. This unique six-island itinerary allows you to...
  
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  Sailing in Newfoundland - Fjords, Bays and Tickles
  Canadian Sailing Expeditions
  from $1303, 4-10 days
  This place is a land like no other. It's the far east of the western world, with thousands of islands, coves, guts and bays that exude a strange and...
  

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
  outside
  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• O'Neill's Psychofreak boardshorts
  outside
• Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.
• Women’s Beach Gear Essentials
  outside
• Walden Retro Wing Swallow Surfboard
  outside
  Shred-Ready

Fitness

• The Move
  outside
  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
  outside
• Sunbrellas Chemical-Free Sun Block SPF 30+
• Good Day, Sunshine
  outside
  Embrace the summer sun with an intelligent skin-protection strategy
• Is surfing a good workout?
  outside

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Hotels

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Alaska Ocean View B&B
1101 Edgecumbe Drive
Sitka, AK

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Azul Key West
907 Truman Avenue
Key West , FL

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Casa Monica Hotel, a Kessler Hotel
95 Cordova Street
St Augustine, FL

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