High 10 US seashores for 2021 from Dr. Seaside

That is the place you may discover Hapuna Seaside State Park, which lands at No. 1 of his high 10 US seashores for 2021.

Leatherman is professor and director of the Laboratory for Coastal Analysis at Florida Worldwide College. He has reviewed seashores throughout the nation since 1991.

His 50 standards embrace sand softness, water temperature, variety of sunny days, and measurement of breaking waves. Whereas he has traveled to seashores all through America over time, Leatherman relied closely on his contacts at completely different seashores for updates on their situation throughout the pandemic.

White sand, blue water, inexperienced perspective

Hawai’i bans the sale of any SPF sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, Birch stated, “so please use solely reef-safe, mineral-based sunscreens to assist preserve our ocean and marine life thriving.”

Leatherman instructed CNN Hapuna Seaside earned bonus factors for Hawaii’s ban on smoking at its seashores in addition to its lifeguards’ security file.

“I’ve received to provide these bonus factors to the states that do the fitting factor,” he stated.

Apart from Hawaii, the opposite states included on this 12 months’s High 10 are New York, North Carolina, Florida, California, South Carolina and Massachusetts.

The highest 10 seashores for 2021

1. Hapuna Seaside State Park, island of Hawai’i

2. Coopers Seaside, Southampton, New York

3. Ocracoke Lifeguarded Seaside, Outer Banks, North Carolina

4. St. George Island State Park, Franklin County, Florida Panhandle

5. Lighthouse Seaside, Buxton, Outer Banks of North Carolina

6. Duke Kahanamoku Seaside, Oahu, Hawaii

7. Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin/Clearwater, Florida

8. Coronado Seaside, San Diego, California

9. Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, South Carolina

10. Coast Guard Seaside, Cape Cod, Massachusetts