It's been a very loooong time since I have been to the beach so much. And since we have been to quite a few beaches, here's my take on them (for all you people that intend to visit Miami, PAY ATTENTION):
South Beach: Unless you are into beautiful people crowded about along with gaggles and gaggles of tourist, this place is not what you would call a 'getaway beach'. This is more for people watching and down right staring. The sand is much rough the further south you go and it's a bit more congested with trash, debris, and whatnot. Only go there if you are into the touristy side of Miami.
Haulover Beach: This is a NUDE BEACH. And no, it's not teeming with leggy South Beach models. It more like older Jewish people along with middle age moms who poped out a few kids along with some ghetto styled kidz (so go nude, some don't). If you don't want to see the ugliness of the middle-aged and elder-aged world, don't go there. But the beach it self is okay. Good sand, okay water (when I went it had lots of alge plants and fish swimming everywhere), just a nice quite stretch of beach just a few hour before the sun goes down.
North Beach (Between 69th Street to 75th Street): This is the beach that Nossie and I consider to be "Our Beach" simply because out of all the beach we go to, nothing really compares to this. The water is very nice, the sand is clean, parking can be better but we always manage to find decent free parking, and its never too crowded. And during the times when the water is really shallow, you can wear you snorkling gear and you can see fishes and find beautiful shells galore.
I highly recommend this beach as a mini day outting or getaway for the day.
Crandon Park at Key Biscayne: To me this beach was not worth the five bucks to get into it. The water was completely covered in seaweed and debris, water was hotter than normal compared to other places (I swear the water must have been in the 90's), and crowded like you would not believe (noisey as hell). The sand was littered with garbage and debris and there was a whole hell lot of birds there. Not recommended at this time.
The next two places on our list of beaches: Bill Biggs Cape Florida State Park Beach (has the landmark Cape Florida Lighthouse) and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (REAL LIVE Coral Reef to swim amongst).
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Hey, doesn't running water destroy vampires? And what about sunlight?
There was a really nice beach in Hawaii that I went to. Somehow they got all the sand imported from another island. See, the thing about the big island of Hawaii is that there's no shelf out past the beach. That means that algae doesn't grow, which means that the water is unbelievably clear. You can go out on a boat and see a (water-warped) view of entire reefs. It's really amazing. You have to go there sometime.
I wanna see your tan!!! :(
- Pop
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