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If you’re thinking about beachcombing travel plans this year, you know there are so many amazing beaches to visit that narrowing down where to go isn’t easy. We've got lots of ideas for you, and we'd love to know where you'd like to visit.

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Beachcombing Destinations

To help you plan your next beachcombing getaway, following are some destinations that beachcombers love. We have articles from regions all over the world, written by beach lovers just like you. These places deliver on memorable beachcombing experiences, with plenty of local sights to enjoy once you’re done beachcombing. We know that one size doesn’t fit all, so these spots will suit all types of beachcombers —adventurers, beach strollers, and culture seekers.

East Coast of the U.S.

• Boston: A Sight to Behold: Boston Harbor’s Spectacle Island
• Cape May, New Jersey
• Cape May: The Search for Cape May Diamonds
• Chesapeake Bay Treasures
• Chincoteague and Assateague: Wild Horses of the Eastern Shore
• Combing in Currituck
• Island Hopping in Maine
• Keewaydin Island: Pristine, Tranquil, and Lots of Shells
• Lighthouse Cruise in the Long Island Sound
• Long Beach Island, New Jersey
• Lost and Found in Provincetown
• Maine: Sea Glass Dreams Really Do Come True
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• National Parks with Beaches
• New Hampshire: Long Weekend on the Shortest Coastline
• North Carolina's Outer Banks
• Sea Glass Weekend Retreat
• Searching for Sea Glass in the Sunshine State

Great Lakes

• Beachcombing Bike Adventure on the Great Lakes
• Beachcombing on Lake Superior ❇️ Video
• Beach Glass Weekend
• Chicago's La Sirena and Urban Beachcombing
• The Giant Blue Pickle
• Grand Slam Day in the Driftless
• Grant Park Beach: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Lake Erie’s Glass Giant
• Lake Michigan: Beachcombing on the Ancient Sea Floor
• Leland Blue Stones: Happy Having the Blues
• Michigan: Thumbs Up to Lexington
• National Parks with Beaches
• Ohio’s Lake Erie Shores & Islands
• Presque Isle State Park: Erie, Pennsylvania
• The Shipwrecks of Lake Erie
• 36+ Things You Didn’t Know About the Great Lakes
• Urban Beachcombing

West Coast of the U.S.

• Beachcombing in the Pacific Northwest
• California Beach Finder App
• Davenport, California
• The Ghost Forest
• Glass Beach Rescue
• International Mermaid Museum
• Lincoln City, Oregon: Finders Keepers
• Moonstone Beach
• National Parks with Beaches
• Nome, Alaska: Beachcombing Bucket List
• Olympic Peninsula Odyssey, Washington
• One Man’s Trash: Tepco Beach
• Pacific Road Trip ❇️ Video
• Port Townsend's Sea Glass Beach
• Port Townsend, Washington
• Prince William Sound, Alaska
• Road Trip to the North Coast: Fort Bragg, California
• San Francisco: A Night on the Bay
• San Juan Islands, Washington: My Love Story
• Santa Barbara, California
• Santa Cruz, California
• Seas and Summits
• Sleeplessly Sea Glassing Around Seattle
• Washington: All in a Day's Work: Japanese Glass Fishing Floats

Gulf Coast

• A Shelling Momma from Florida
• Galveston Island, Texas
• Galveston, Texas: The Combing Report
• National Parks with Beaches
• Recovery Begins at the National Shell Museum
• Sanibel, Florida: So much to shellebrate on Sanibel
• Searching in Sanibel
• Shell Camp: Glamping in Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands
• Stand Up Paddle Perspectives
• Winter Getaway: Sanibel Island

Hawaii

• Garden Isle Sea Glass: Kauai, Hawaii
• Mystery Beach
• National Parks with Beaches
• Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

Caribbean

• Aruba: One Happy Island
• Beachcombing Destination: Curaçao
• Beachcombing Destination: Rincón, Puerto Rico
• Best Friends’ Trip to Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Captain Ky the Sea Glass Guy
• Destination: Puerto Rico
• Harmony and Flow in Puerto Rico
• Destination: Havana, Cuba
• Isla Mujeres, Mexico 
• Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone: Beachcombing in St. Croix
• National Parks with Beaches
• Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Sail Away To Curaçao and Bonaire ❇️ Video
• St. Croix’s Chaney
• West Indies: Treasure Trove of Black Glass

Canada

• Campobello Island, New Brunswick
• Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Tide and Time: Storytellers of Nova Scotia

Europe

• Beach Glass in a German Forest?
• Beachcombing in Ireland
• Beachcombing in Seaham and Drilling Sea Glass for Jewelry ❇️ Video
• Blackrock, County Louth, Ireland
• British Beach Huts
• Cornwall, England
• Extreme Beachcombing at Shippersea Bay ❇️ Video
• Fossil Hunting Along the Jurassic Coast ❇️ Video
• Fossil Hunting Trip to the Jurassic Coast
• From Spain to the Black Sea and Back
• Handful of History in Cumbria
• In the Footsteps of Mudlarks: London, England
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Italy: Vetri Di Mare
• Lyme Regis: A Lightning Strike, a Tongue Twister, and a Dinosaur
• Made in France
• Malta Through Sea Glass Eyes
• Mudlarking in London with Jason Sandy ❇️ Video
• Mudlarking We Will Go
• Palermo, Sicily
• Destination: Portugal
• Beachcombing in Portugal
• Scottish Castle by the Sea
• Scottish Sea Pottery ❇️ Video
• Bucket List Destination: Seaham, England
• Seaham Sea Glass ❇️ Video
• Seaham, England
• Searching London’s Lost River
• Sea Star: Slovenia
• Seaweed, Smugglers, and Spa Pools
• Unexpected Adventure in Iceland
• Wading for Treasures
• Weekend in Half Moon Bay, Lancashire
• Weekend in the Western Isles
• Welcome to the Jurassic Coast
• Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Beachcombing on the French Riviera

Asia

• Destination: Bali
• Japanese Sea Glass ❇️ Video
• Beachcombing Adventures in Japan and the Pacific
• Beachcombing in Okinawa
• The Eclectic Collection of TealBamboo
• Russian Sea Glass Beach 
• Vladivostok's Sea Glass Beach

Oceania

• Destination: Guam
• Sea Glass Down Under
• Sydney, Australia: Sisterhood of the Traveling Sea Glass
• Sydney Beachcomber Rowy Marynissen
• Vanuatu: Sea Foam Treasure Trove

Africa

• Beachcombing in Morocco

Worldwide

• Sea Glass Travels: Glass Beaches Around the World
• 10 Best Glassing Beaches
• 10 Best Shelling Beaches
• Distinctive International Beach Finds ❇️ Video
• Haunted Lighthouses
• How to plan the perfect beachcombing vacation
• Planning a Beachcombing Getaway
• Shipwrecks You Can Visit
• Lighthouse B&Bs: They’ll leave the light on for you
• Top 36 Beachcombing Destinations
• Top 5 Beachcombing Destinations ❇️ Video

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