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When you hear the word “beach” the first things that comes to mind is white or yellow sand, bright sunshine, waves and a beer. But that’s not always the sights you get to see when visiting beaches as there are some beaches out there that has different shapes and colours. Disappearing waves, Candy sands, transformed trolls, have all been seen around beaches. Below is a list of some of the beaches that are not anything like the beaches you’re used to.
1. Diamond Beach, Jökulsárlón, Iceland
Every time a bunch of ice from the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon break and swim ashore, they sparkle like jewels on the jet-black ashore of Diamond Beach, hence the name of the beach. Scenes from two fo Bond films were recorded locally, as well as blockbusters such as Laura Croft: Tomb Raider. It makes clear and easy to understand: between the icy lake and an inhospitable coastline, Jökulsárlón has to be the most cinematic scenery ever. Diamond Beach aerial imagery can easily pass through satellite images of an unknown planet, so it is a fantastic treat that you have to travel to southeastern Iceland to see it.
2. Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, California
Man’s garbage is literally treasure to nature at Glass Beach in MacKerricher State Park. For quite some time, Fort Bragg locals used two beaches including Glass Beach as a bin to dump their garbage, in which they would dispose of trash such as: use appliances, empty bottles and even entire cars. Right after the site was shut down back in 1967, cleanup efforts were made. But a large amount of broken glasses were left behind. We can congratulate the tides for transforming our unpleasant litter into works of art; over time, the glass remnants was smoothed by the ebb and flow of the pacific, turning it into the eye-catching sea glass that covers the beach today. Glass Beach allow visitors to hunt for colourful treasure while exploring the beach but they are told to not take anything with them.
3. Zlatni Rat Beach, Brac Island, Croatia
Precious as a result of its long, rocky shores and excellent scenery, Zlatni Rat Beach has made a list of the top ten of the best beaches in Europe, but it gets its place on this list for one reason only: its unusual bone shape. Although a straightforward ocean frame may change depending on the atmosphere and the sea, the v-shaped coastline remains visible. Zlatni Rat Beach is easily accessible by catamaran ferry from Split, so you shouldn’t avoid going to the beach if you ever visited Croatia.
4. Boulders Beach, Simon’s Town, South Africa
There are animals we can never expect to meet while relaxing on the beach. The view of penguins roaming the sand is not compatible with the idea of seeing flamingos perched on an iceberg, which is what makes Boulders Beach so special. The resident African penguin colony settled along the coast in 1982 and is now secured as part of the Table Mountain National Marine Protected Area. There are only a few places in the world where you can get closer to penguins for a better view, so getting to plash around with the penguins at Boulders Beach is a pretty big deal.
5. Tangsi Beach, Lombok, Indonesia
The bright blue water and bubblegum-pink sand at Tangsi Beach just makes it very unique to other beaches, one of only a small quantity of beaches with pink sand in the world. The mixture of tiny bit of red coral and the beach’s naturally white sand is where the pink sand gets its pretty pastel colour from. A lot of people visit Tangsi Beach on an island not far from Bali, which known as Lombok, especially to visit the shoreline, but it is also mainly known for sunbathing, swimming and snorkelling.
6. Papakōlea Beach, Hawai’i, Hawaii
Looking at the picture, you may be thinking that the beach is covered with lots of green glass; if that’s the case then you are absolutely wrong as that isn’t freshly mown grass around the Pacific on Papakolea Beach. The green stuff that you see is green sand. The seashore colour comes from a mineral known as olive, which is plentiful in the lava of the Mauna Loa Volcano which is nearby. Making your route to this beach by car, isn’t the right idea as you can’t take your vehicle to the beach by car, but you can reach the destination by taking a moderate five-mile, round-trip hike. Papakolea Beach is located a stone throw from Ka le, the US southernmost point, so you are able to see the two landmarks easily at the same time while exploring the big island.
7. Xi Beach, Kefalonia, Greece
When you’re looking at this beach from the picture, especially for the first time, you would think that someone has just Photoshopped the water and chairs onto the Australian Outback at Xi Beach. The red-orange sand is very popular around the country Greece and a tourist magnet for Kefalonia, the biggest Ionian Island. Better yet, the white clay cliffs that which enclose the shore and build a stark contrast to the fiery sand, putting Xi Beach at the top of the list when it comes to the most photogenic beaches around the globe.
8. Hidden Beach, Marieta Islands, Mexico
Hidden Beach, can also be called Playa del Amor or Love Beach, defies everything we thought we was aware of when it comes to beaches. Like any another beach, it has water and sand, but they are located beneath the surface of the island, surrounded by a field full of grass in a circle form – made resort in the shire. A portion of the Marieta Islands chain west of Puerto Vallarta, Hidden Beach’s moniker originated from the fact that it’s almost not possible to recognise from the outside and only able to reach by way of a water tunnel. You can go for a swim and kaykak in and, if you are blessed with good luck, you can get the entire cozy beach all to yourself.
9. Hyams Beach, New South Wales, Australia
There are many beaches out there around the world with white sand that are beautiful and fun to look at. But if we were to compare which is the most attractive than Hyam Beach would come first, at least as stated by the Guinness Book of World Records. Nothing is uncommon about the sand composition, which has mainly finely ground quartz, apart from the fact that it has extremely some impurities. The southern shores of Jervis Bay is where Hyams Beach practically glows on, setting the bar unusually high for off – white beaches everywhere.
10. Bowling Ball Beach, Mendocino, California
Strangely spherical sandstone boulders which is spread out around this stretch of shore at Schooner Gulch Stare Beach in Mendocino Country, Millennia of concretion and erosion is what created this bizarre rock formation, during which mineral cements joined sand and different small particles together. Waves shaped the resulting masses over time, brining the rows of “bowling balls” into existence that we see today. Make your way to the beach at low tide to catch the sight of it in all their glory.
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