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re: Which SEC state has the best beaches?

Posted on 3/10/25 at 5:32 pm to
Posted by PanhandleDawg
Navarre Beach, FL
Member since Mar 2011
5558 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 5:32 pm to
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but in terms of the actual beach I’m taking OB.


I know you mean Orange Beach, but OB to many is "Outer Banks" in NC. Those beaches SUCK! LOL
Posted by KingOfTheWorld
South of heaven, west of hell
Member since Oct 2018
6722 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 5:45 pm to
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ETA: Most Florida Panhandle beaches should be Alabama’s but they were stolen.


Weren’t they traded for like a barrel of whiskey or something?

I don’t think beach vacations where a thing back in the early 1800’s.


It’s a long and complicated story going back to the early 1700s, maybe farther, the French and Indian War, and even involving Napoleon Bonaparte and the Louisiana Purchase.

I couldn’t possibly do it justice in this forum. You could do an entire semester segment on it in a U.S. History class. Pisses me off, though.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14769 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 5:59 pm to
Florida
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
Louisiana
This post was edited on 3/10/25 at 6:01 pm
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
130021 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 6:04 pm to
You can't beat Boonesboro Beach
Posted by Barstools
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2016
10388 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 6:06 pm to
I'm partial to SC. Mainly, because I grew up going to Hilton Head.
Posted by TDCat
Louisville
Member since Oct 2013
990 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 6:30 pm to
I like to body surf so give me the Atlantic side.

Get the right property and listening to the surf while falling asleep is a huge bonus.
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
14500 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 6:46 pm to
Aren't all of the MS beaches manmade? The ones in front of Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis's home were.
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
14793 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 7:05 pm to
Mississippi and it’s not close.
Posted by Mosnowman
Josey Wales Country
Member since Sep 2012
283 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 7:22 pm to
Florida by a landslide....

If you like brown beaches, brown water, and 70 mile an hour winds I would suggest Texas....specifically Galveston. No idea what the attraction is.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14769 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 7:26 pm to
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Aren't all of the MS beaches manmade?


Mississippi beaches. Man-made


Also Mississippi beaches. Natural


Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
29279 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:09 pm to
Florida, but its west coast is much better than the East. Alabama's Orange Beach is nice, but eschew Gulf Shores
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
29279 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:16 pm to
The Texas beaches south of Corpus are MUCH cleaner than Galveston, or *gasp* Freeport, with water that isn't nasty.

Surfside in Brazoria County probably has the highest concentration of P-MOW and other dangerous jellies, this side of Aus-TRIAL-ya.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
35235 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:32 pm to
Jellyfish got me at South Padre when I was four.


Passed out. Woke up in a bath tub.


Woke up in a bath tub also in Myrtle beach in high school spring break.
Posted by Omahawgs15
Member since Mar 2023
5568 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:34 pm to
Arkansas with those river bottom sandbars. lol
Posted by Omahawgs15
Member since Mar 2023
5568 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:35 pm to
In all seriousness, give me Florida and those white sand beaches
Posted by FoTownBam
Foley Al
Member since Oct 2023
3365 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:40 pm to
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Gulf Shores and Orange Beach clears imo. The sand in Florida is too granular for my liking.

The sand is exactly the same in the panhandle, and they have prettier water. The water can sometimes get a little murky on Alabama beaches. I’d say from Pensacola to Panama City are the best beaches in the United States. Alabama is a clear number 2 in SEC country though
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
149394 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:40 pm to
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Woke up in a bath tub also in Myrtle beach in high school spring break.


Tequila will sting you harder than a jellyfish
Posted by SouthernInsanity
Shadows of Death Valley
Member since Nov 2012
21956 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:44 pm to
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Mississippi has the beaches on the south side of Horn and Ship Island


And the water looks like Biloxi.
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
2486 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 9:09 pm to
1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. South Carolina
4. Georgia
5. Texas
6. Mississippi
7. Louisiana
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14769 posts
Posted on 3/10/25 at 9:37 pm to
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And the water looks like Biloxi.


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