But check this out: the state has Montauk, Long Island Sound and all the southern beaches of Long Island which, together, might make for the best striped bass, bluefish and false albacore fishing in the nation.
Quirin and seven other German saboteurs were landed on beaches on Long Island and in Florida by submarine.
Have Secret Hvar take you to one of the secluded beaches on the island's south coast before heading back to town.
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The ban also will be enforced at four other Fire Island beaches where nude sunbathing is known to take place, the newspaper said.
Lurking beneath the azure waters that wash up on countless coastal and island beaches and vacation spots is the potential for a devastating tsunami.
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Ringed in white stone beaches, the island has numerous deserted coves, a small, fully equipped, modern marina, a handful of seaside restaurants and one very cool beach bar.
Besides, some Canadians love nothing better than a storm: every winter tourists flock to the beaches of Vancouver Island expressly to watch them lashing in across the Pacific.
The same powdery sand also lines the northern beaches of the facing island, Haslewood.
The 24 beaches around the private island all of which are only accessible by foot or dinghy are covered in finer-than-fine sand.
GigaMedia hopes to wire 300, 000 homes by the end of the year, and Chang isn't stopping at the island's beaches.
The immediate future is unclear for Fire Island's beaches they're devastated for miles though a long-term solution may be coming into view.
For these reasons the council has not considered there to be a need for lifeguards to be employed on the island's beaches.
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Hilton Head Island has Atlantic beaches, is only an hour from Savannah, Georgia, and has a variety of private, semi-private and public courses.
Driving the treacherous, staggeringly scenic roads, you'll sooner see an ivory-billed woodpecker than a for sale sign, especially near any of the island's gorgeous beaches.
The secluded beaches on the western coast of the island, from Willemstad north to Westpunt, are popular for snorkelling and sunbathing.
Just off the coast is Rottnest Island, boasting crystal clear beaches and bays which make it perfect for a host of water sports.
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The south west parish includes one of the island's most popular beaches - St Brelade's Bay - and is the third most populated parish with 10, 568 people, or 11% of the population.
The village of Oia on the northern tip of the island offers excellent, unobstructed sunset viewing and the east side of the island has black-sand beaches at popular resorts such as Kamari and Perissa.
Which it does: serene views of Little Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound, spotless white-sand beaches, and a newly rebuilt, grand inn atop a scenic bluff, the Ocean House, which for decades had stood as a neglected sentinel, a reminder of grander times past.
Or how about off Long Island, just four miles out from the beaches of the Hamptons?
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They focus instead on the island's 100km (60 miles) of sandy, mostly undeveloped, shoreline, hoping it has the same pulling power as the beaches of Hainan, a (much larger) tropical island off the southern coast that has become the playground of China's rich.
Tourism was the island's main source of income - the beaches had to be saved.
While some beaches contain remnants of the spill (Louisiana's Elmer Island still has tar balls), any oil that does wash ashore is quickly removed by BP crews.
Guam competes with the sheer natural beauty of Hawaii and the wealth of beaches in the Bahamas, but more than that, the island offers an authentic, delicious and culturally rich getaway you may never have known was waiting for you.
The obvious first step on a Sri Lanka architectural itinerary is the 17th-century walled Galle Fort, one of seven Unesco World Heritage sites on the island, and set just steps away from those glorious beaches on the south coast.
It has since blossomed into an "it" island, and cognoscenti flock here for gourmet food and secluded beaches.
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The Caribbean delivers on its promise of great weather most of the year, beautiful beaches, great diving, even better sailing, seafood and a slower island pace.
Despite the influx of daytrippers, the island of Porquerolles is wholly unspoilt: most of its white sandy beaches and pine woods are protected by the Parc National de Port-Cros.
On eastern Long Island, the Hamptons were under assault midday, with officials there reporting beaches being washed away, houses in danger of collapse and roads submerged.
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