{"id":805,"date":"2016-05-29T08:57:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T08:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=805"},"modified":"2016-05-29T08:57:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T08:57:32","slug":"dr-beach-names-hawaiis-hanauma-bay-best-beach-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2016\/05\/29\/dr-beach-names-hawaiis-hanauma-bay-best-beach-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Beach Names Hawaii’s Hanauma Bay Best Beach in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Easter-sunrise-south-beach-miami-04-08-2007-by-tom-schaefer-miamitom-for-wikipedia-03<\/a>Dr. Beach has named Hanauma Bay the Best Beach of 2016.<\/p>\n

The best\u00a0beach\u00a0in America is Hawaii\u2019s Hanauma Bay, according to Dr. Beach\u2019s \u201cTop 10 list of beaches for 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen Leatherman is a Florida International University professor \u00a0known as Dr. Beach. Leatherman as\u00a0a coastal scientist has been reviewing beaches around the country since 1991.<\/p>\n

For the second year in a row a beach in Hawaii has been selected as the beach No.1 on the list of America\u2019s top ten beaches<\/a>.\u00a0Dr. Beach uses about 50 criteria to assess and rank beaches including water and sand quality as well as other major factors like safety and management.<\/p>\n

Leatherman has given extra points to beaches that prohibit smoking, noting that they found that fish were eating cigarette butts.\u00a0The cigarette butts are not only environmentally damaging. They can ruin the experience for beach-goers. Leatherman said that nobody wants \u201cthese cigarette butts on the beaches, because kids eat them, too”.<\/p>\n

Hanauma Bay Beach Park is in the eastern part of Oahu, about 20 kilometers from Honolulu, Hawaii’s capital. Dr. Beach writes in a press release that Hanauma Bay was the first beach in the state to ban smoking. He calls Hanauma Bay “stunning in every respect” and adds that it provides the best snorkeling in the area \u201cin safe, calm water” that has “thousands of beautifully colored tropical fish which span the rainbow.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 3,000 people visit the white-sanded beach every day, which is why it is closed to the public on Tuesdays, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day to allow the fish to feed \u201cwithout interruption\u201d and without the stress of swimmers nearby, according to the preserve’s website.<\/p>\n

Hanauma Bay became a protected marine life conservation area and underwater park in 1967. A few years later, local officials laid out a plan to better protect the area.\u00a0All first-time visitors are required to watch an informational video to learn about the marine life, preservation, conservation, as well as the safety rules for the park.\u00a0It’s against the law to mistreat the marine animals in the bay, and visitors are not allowed to touch or walk on the coral reefs.<\/p>\n

Among others on Dr. Beach\u2019s Top 10 list are Siesta Beach, in Sarasota, Florida; Ocracoke on North Carolina’s Outer Banks; Coast Guard Beach on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and San Diego’s Coronado Beach in California. Florida has three of the beaches on the list: Siesta Beach, in Sarasota, Grayton Beach State Park and Caladesi Island State Park ranked in positions 2,6 and 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Beach has named Hanauma Bay the Best Beach of 2016. The best\u00a0beach\u00a0in America is Hawaii\u2019s Hanauma Bay, according to Dr. Beach\u2019s \u201cTop 10 list of beaches for 2016.\u201d Stephen Leatherman is a Florida International University professor \u00a0known as Dr. Beach. Leatherman as\u00a0a coastal scientist has been reviewing beaches around the country since 1991. For … <\/p>\n

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