COME UP WITH THE TOP 10 BEACHES
OF 2021.
>> PEOPLE LOOK FOR IT, THEY PLAN
THEIR VACATION FOR IT.
>> 30 YEARS, COASTAL SCIENTIST
STEVE LETTERMAN, AKA DR. BEACH
HAS CLOSELY EXAMINED WHAT MAKES
ONE BEACH BETTER THAN ANOTHER.
THE CRITERIA, NOT JUST THE QUALITY OF THE SAND OR IN SOME
QUALITY OF THE SAND OR IN SOME
CASES ITS UNUSUAL MAKEUP.
>> MAGNETITE BEACH.
>> THE LIST BEGAN THREE DECADES
AGO WHEN TRAVEL HOLIDAY MAGAZINE
PUBLISHED DR. BEACHS TOP 10.
THE MAGAZINE IS LONG GONE BUT
THE LIST REMAINS WITH
SIGNIFICANT BEACH PLANNING
CLOUT.
SO YOU WERE AN INFLUENCER BEFORE
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> WELL, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
THAT.
BUT PEOPLE LOVE BEACHES.
THEREs SO MUCH TO LOVE.
THE SAND TO PLAY IN.
THE IMAGINEMAGICAL STUFF.
THE WATER TO SWIM?
>> FROM THE SHORELINE TO THE
SOFT SANDS YOU CAN DIG YOUR FEET
INTO, DRUM ROLL PLEASE.
NUMBER 10, COAST GUARD BEACH,
CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS.
NUMBER 9, BEACH WALKER PARK,
KIOWA ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA.AWAH
8, CORD ANYWAY BEACH CLASSIFIED.
AND NUMBER 7.
CALADESE ISLAND STATE PARK.
NUMBER 6.
-- 5, LIGHTHOUSE BEACH ON THE
OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
NUMBER 4, ST. GEORGE ISLAND
STATE PARK IN FLORIDAS
PANHANDLE.
NUMBER 3, OCRACOKE LIFEGUARD
BEACH ON THE OUTER BANKS. NUMBER 2, COOPERS BEACH,
NUMBER 2, COOPERS BEACH,
SHAVRPT, NEW YORK.OUTHAMPTON, NE
>> SOME PEOPLE THINK HAWAII
SHOULD WIN EVERY YEAR.
PROBLEM IS LOT OF HAWAIIS
BEACHES ARENT SAFE.
BIG WAVES, RIP CURRENTS AND
SHORE BREAKS.
BECAUSE OF ANYWAY ATHAT A LOT OF
BEACHES CANT MAKE LIST.
>> HES BEEN TO EVERY SALT WATER
BEACH IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> TOUGH JOB.
>> SOMEBODYS GOT TO DO IT.
I GET SO ME MAILS WOW, LETS
TRAVEL TOGETHER HAVE A GREAT
TIME.
I THINK THATS ALL I DO.
>> NOT A SURPRISE EVERYBODY
WANTS TO BE HIS ASSISTANT.
HES A Ph.D SO HE DOES HAVE THE
BACKGROUND IN COASTAL RESEARCH.
I GUESS I CAN CALL MYSELF, A
BBB, A BEACH BALL BUM GUY.
THIS IS AN AMAZING BEACH.
IVE NEVER BEEN HERE TO CALADESE
BEFORE.
OFF THE COME OUT BY FERRY.
HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEKDAY AND
GUYS, LIKE AL, IM GOING TO DO A
DROP THE MIC MOMENT AND JUST
WALK OUT HERE AND -- >> GO IN THERE.
>> GO IN THERE.
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR MIC AND --
AWE.
>> OH.
>> COMING BACK FOR THE NINE
RIGHT?
>> I DONT THINK HES COMING
BACK.
>> IVE BEEN TO 49 STATE, HAWAII
IS THE ONE STATE I HAVENT BEEN.
TO IF ANYONE NEEDS ME TO GO AND
DO RESEARCH.
>> CALL DR. BEACH.
>> LOOK AT KERRY.
>> I THINK SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
GOT HOSE A.D. LITTLE BIT IN THAT
LIST.
THERE IS A GREAT STRETCH --
MALIBU AND BEAUTIFUL STRETCHES
OF BEACH THERE TOO.