Mike’s Beach Guidemikes.beach.guide
Know the destination
Type a place you already have in mind, or browse all guides. No long form.
Help me choose
Short matcher — city, who is going, calm or surf.
Partial answers are fine. You’ll get a named stretch and why it fits. Hilton Head, Siesta Key, Waikīkī, Tybee Island, the Outer Cape, Santa Monica–Venice, Los Cabos, and Gulf Shores.
Answer what you know — even a couple of answers — and we’ll name a stretch.
Guides stay current from the sand — parking, closures, timing, the trade-off. If something would have changed your morning, improve this guide →
Coastal flood warning until . , San Diego
High tides from Sun, Oct 25, through Thu, Oct 29, will flood low-lying roads, homes and businesses near the shore, per the National Weather Service.
Swells are expected on parts of Mexico’s southern and southwestern coast this weekend, with life-threatening surf and rip currents, per the National Hurricane Center.
, Hatteras Island, North Carolina, United States
Visitors remain under an evacuation order, and N.C. 12 is closed from the Basnight Bridge to Rodanthe with no reopening date set, per Dare County.
On the sand
Real stretches, parking, timing, and know-before notes.
City strand (Barceloneta / Bogatell) and separate Costa Brava towns.
Seven Mile Beach is the west-coast walk; Rum Point is a separate North Side hop.
Caye Caulker Split, Ambergris Secret Beach, Placencia, and South Water Caye — different landforms.
Free Marine Reserve southern beaches; Berenice and Tala Bay are farther gated / day-pass.
Atlantic Seaboard (Camps Bay / Clifton) and False Bay Muizenberg — cold water, different bays.
Ponta Negra is city sand; Pipa is ~90 km south; Genipabu dunes sit north of Natal.
Mike’s Beach Guide looks beyond the photographs. The guide helps you understand the water, crowds, parking, access, timing, and nearby lodging before you commit.
Compare destinations using the things that actually affect your trip.
Find the beach area that fits your group, routine and lodging.
Open current conditions, parking, events and nearby recommendations when you arrive.
From the journal
The local things worth knowing before you pack.
MoodyGroove
Hilton Head
The candy-stripe tower is the photograph. The haunted story belongs to Leamington.
Justicemtran
Siesta Key
Appalachian quartz — why the sand stays cool, squeaks, and keeps getting ranked.
eli fessler
Waikīkī
Four pōhaku at Kūhiō Beach, and the story English signs flattened until the City said māhū.