The winner beat out Hawaiian paradises and Florida favorites in the latest annual ranking by an environmental professor.

If you’ve visited Cooper’s Beach in Southampton on the eastern end of Long Island and concluded it’s the best beach around, you’re right. Because according to Dr. Beach, it’s the No. 1 beach in the US ...

Hawaii beaches dominated Dr. Beach’s 2025 list of the country’s top 10 beaches, with four beaches featured: Wailea, Poipu, Kaunaoa and Lanikai. Every year, Florida professor Stephen “Dr. Beach” ...

Reynisfjara is a black-sand beach known for its towering basalt columns and powerful waves. The beach is considered ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Two of Florida's Gulf Coast beaches have been recognized among the top 10 beaches in America, according to an annual ranking from Dr. Beach. The 2025 list includes Delnor-Wiggins Pass ...

(NEXSTAR) – If you can’t visit one of the country’s best beaches, it might be wise to at least avoid some of the most bacteria-ridden. The annual Clean Water report from the Surfrider Foundation aims ...