- This guy, Randall "Mr. Beach" Kaplan, claims to be the world's best beach expert and has released his 2022 list of the Top 50 Beaches in the United States.
- Kaplan is the CEO of the travel company Sandee, devoted to beach tourism, and his list is based on his extensive beach database that has info on more than 80,000 beaches in 212 countries. The top 10 are:
- South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida)
- Cannon Beach (Cannon Beach, Oregon)
- Venice Beach (Venice, California)
- Waikiki Beach (Oahu, Hawaii)
- Clearwater Beach (Clearwater, Florida)
- Pfeiffer Beach (Big Sur, California)
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (Empire, Michigan)
- Po'ipu Beach (Kauai, Hawaii)
- Hanalei Bay (Kauai, Hawaii)
- Gulf Shores Main Beach (Gulf Shores, Alabama)
Source: Yahoo Finance