World's Most Dangerous Beaches
If you are in the midst of planning a beach vacation, this is bad timing. I was just about to tell you about the World's Most Dangerous Beaches, as compiled by Forbes.In 2006 alone, American households apparently took nearly 55 million trips to the beach. Most of those trips were totally safe and pleasant. The rest of them....not so much.
Here are the World's Most Dangerous Beaches by Forbes:
- Shark Attacks/Bites: New
- Pollution: Hacks Point Beach,
- Jellyfish Attacks:
- Rip Current Drowning:
- Boating Accidents:
- Lightning:
P.S. Is it just me or is this list a little US-centric?
Filed under: Paddling, Scuba Diving, Surfing, North America, United States, Australia, Travel Health
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
May 4th 2008 @ 12:38PM
Gargamello said...
Shouldn't South Africa be on there somewhere, I thought all their beaches had shark nets.
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May 4th 2008 @ 8:41PM
FLresident said...
I'm not surprised Florida dominates the list. But I have my doubts about every beach in the world being considered for the list. I thought Forbes was business oriented anyway. Guess they're broadening their audience...
And no there aren't any beaches in Colorado. It's the state with the second most number of lightning deaths but Texas is the second beach state. There was no actual point of putting it on the list other than the possibility the author is from there and wanted to "give a shoutout". lol.
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May 5th 2008 @ 8:24AM
caitlinfitzsimmons said...
Not only is it US centric but 'northern Australia' is not a beach - it's about 6,000 miles of coastline.
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May 5th 2008 @ 8:25AM
Iva Skoch said...
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. What they wanted to say is "avoid Australia" altogether.
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