Florida Sweeps Best Beach Picks

Posted: February 1, 2026 | Source: www.beach.com

In a recent study by Beach.com, the top twelve-rated beaches in the Southeast US are all in Florida. Beach.com analyzed over 1,300 beaches in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, using “NASA satellite data, natural language processing, and proximity data…supported by hundreds of thousands of data points.” The #1-ranked beach is Ocean Reef Park in Riviera Beach, Florida. The highest-ranked non-Florida beach is Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.