There may be barrier islands, artificial breakwaters, or large reefs that break large waves before they reach the beach, so only small waves make it to the beach. You may have visited on a particularly calm day.
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The island chain has the unique geographic good fortune of having the only living coral reef in the continental U.S. running parallel along its length. The reef acts as a barrier to the waves coming in from the Atlantic Ocean, preventing waves from pounding against shoreline rocks, thereby inhibiting sand build-up.
This mass bleaching event has made an already bad situation worse. Well before summer, the area of healthy reefs in the Florida Keys had already declined by 90 percent, due to past heat waves, diseases, ocean acidification, and other threats. The majority of Florida's reefs that remain, meanwhile, are eroding.
Yes, of course, Key West is an island in the ocean; there definitely would be sharks making their homes in the waters surrounding it. We, as people, are the ones who end up most encroaching upon the territories of the sharks. There are plenty of different sharks in Key West to keep things interesting.
Mavericks Beach, CaliforniaMavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay, California is renowned for its powerful waves and is considered to have some of the largest surfable waves in the United States.
Mother's Beach (also called Baby Beach), Dana PointLike Marina Park, Mother's Beach has no waves so is often favored by families with little ones. Also like Marina Park, this beach is situated in the harbor. This might be a deal breaker for some, who consider the water in the harbor to be polluted.
Deep in the Indian Ocean, you'll come across North Sentinel Island, supposedly the most dangerous and hardest place to visit on the planet. The place is so dangerous in fact that the Indian government has banned its peoples from going anywhere near it. Going within three miles of the island is actually illegal. Why?