Manzanita Beach in Oregon, Fairhope Public Beach in Alabama, and Santa Monica Pier in California are among the dirtiest and most polluted beaches in America.
Naples, FloridaOut of 145 oceanside beach towns, Naples, Florida, took the top spot with its sunny weather and low crime rate. Located on Florida's Paradise Coast along the Gulf of Mexico, the town offers lots to see and do, including pristine, white-sand beaches and day trips to nearby Everglades National Park.
According to a recent report from Environment America, 55 percent of the 3,192 beaches around the country that were regularly tested for potential contamination by government researchers in 2022 had potentially unsafe levels of bacteria on at least one testing day.
Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, MassachusettsSituated along the Cape Cod National Seashore, Coast Guard Beach has some of the whitest sands in the United States. The 44,600-acre seashore is home to over 450 t species of wildlife and several powdery white-sand beaches.
From Monterey Bay to Clearwater Beach, these are the U.S. bluest waters to add to your travel bucket list. Blue Hole, New Mexico, comes first as the bluest water in the nation.