Travel Channel's - Top Ten Florida Beaches

Key West or Miami

My guess would be South Beach--it's always on those lists.

Key West? Oops...all the beaches in the keys are man-made and most are tiny.

Caladesi Island

Did you know Caladesi was formed from a hurricane? And that it looks like a chicken leg?

Destin beach??

Yep, Caladesi from Honeymoon Island as well. As well as the old pass at the north end of Clearwater Beach, although it's recently been filled in naturally. (after all these years)
Didn't know Caladesi looked like a chicken leg though.

Lover's Key Beach is #4?? I say, up some, Lover's Key is a state park-too isolated and deadsville! Move just a bit northwards up the beach-not far-towards Gull Wing Resort/Junkanoo's -and you have a beach within the top 3 in Fla., most definitely!

It's a slam dunk...Delray Beach is the
hottest town in the state!!

I loved Ft. Zach beach in Key West. 6 $ fee/car. My family and I had all the beach only for us

lawsy that was stupid. The Ft. Lauderdale and Hollywood beaches are much nicer than Daytona and Melbourne was left completely off the list.

South Beach was the number one beach.

Wooo, Clearwater Beach? What beach! South Beach? Did they get extra points for all the glass, refuse in the sand? Treasure Island excluded? Some fab survey you've got there, lol.

My guess: let's wait till after the hurricanes!

New beaches will be created sometime tomorrow. It was South Beach.

I have till midnight tonight to decide if I'm running or staying.

Any expert advice.

As the song goes: Should I stay or should I go?

AAFF,
Yes, and at taxpayer and insurance premium payer expense.
M

mikemo,

Ok, so you never received a penny from the government or your insurance company?

I don't get it, what's your point?

Hi, I don't post to the US site very often, but I know the greatest beach in Florida AND I'M NOT TELLING!!! Few people, clear water, no noise or obnoxious goings-on. It will never make the list because there are no big hotels, restaurants or bars sitting on the beach - just sun, sand, surf, sea. Ah, paradise!

You can have those Atlantic-side beaches-I'll take Gulf Coast ANY DAY-you simply can't get the white powder sand and those incomparable Gulf sunsets on the other side.

If you spent just one winter in Buffalo, you would think every beach in Florida deserved to be on the top 10 list. There isn't a beach in Florida I haven't liked!!!

Actually, for years I visited the east coast of Florida, having never visited the west coast. Then, about 9 years ago we started making a yearly trip to Sanibel (due to free use of a condo - I hope it's still there). But once or twice we veered off our course and spent our vacation on the east coast because we missed the Atlantic!

I'll take any Florida beach in March!

I am always absolutely amazed when Smathers Beach in Key West makes this list. It is an extremely narrow (we're talking 20 feet from water to street) piece of coral rock with a thin covering of sand that's usually full of ants, noise from the airport behind you, gas fumes from the cars driving by, and pretty dirty water. It makes South Beach look like the Garden of Eden!

There are a few so-called "beaches" in Key West-but I have to agree, Postal, how is that ANY beach in Key West makes it onto a top ten list??

What a stupid list. First of all, what is "Sanibel Beach"? Which of the many beaches there are they talking about, each has its own character. Why would Clearwater Beach be better than the wider, softer Treasure Island Beach almost next door? And Smathers Beach? That is the biggest joke of all.
What are these supposed to represent? Simply the quality of the beach itself for sunbathing and swimming? Or are the nearest town and local amenities supposed to have a part in this choosing? In any case it all looks pretty dumb to me.

Well, that's certainly true. There is no "Sanibel Beach"-(and you can't even see the beach anyway in Sanibel from Periwinkle). And Lovers Key beach? Who goes there?-although as I said, if you move up the beach some, I would agree that Ft. Myers Beach around Gull Wing is one of the top beaches in Fla.