Swami's Beach
Photo by: Cristina Anne Costello @lightupphotos
Swamis Beach in Encinitas, San Diego County, California is named after Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship. Swami’s is also home to avid surfers. This area possesses a magnetic attraction as it hosts spiritual retreats and yoga classes year round. Swami’s Beach is just 22 miles north of downtown San Diego and Lindbergh Field Airport. San Diego has much to be explored so be sure to plan enough time to hit all the the great spots.
Bowling Ball Beach
Photo by: Zeny Rosalina @iamzeny
Schooner Gulch State Beach near Mendocino, California is also known as Bowling Ball Beach. It took millions of years for these sedimentary spheres to take shape. A process called “concretion,” is responsible for the mineral cements binding grains of sand and stone into large boulder formations. As beautiful as this beach appears, it can be tricky and in some areas impossible to navigate. If you decide to visit Bowling Ball Beach this summer, watch those ankles.
Weekend Design & Wellness Project
Photo by: Mo @ meid88
Pink Beaches! Foraminifera are tiny single-celled red organisms that grow beneath the coral reefs. The water mixes with these organisms causing the sand to wash up pink on land. How close do you live to the nearest Pink Beach?
Here are 11 Pink Beaches from around the world:
Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California
Pink Sands Beach, The Bahamas
Harbour Island, The Bahamas
Horseshoe Bay Beach, Bermuda
Pink Beaches of Barbuda
Crane Beach, Barbados
Pink Beach, Indonesia
Tangsi Beach, Indonesia
Elafonissi Beach, Greece
Balos Bay, Crete, Greece
Beaches of Great Santa Cruz Island, Philippines.
Glass Beach
Photo by: Joshua Sortino @sortino
What started as a dumping ground has become home to tumbled treasures. Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California is home to colorful, former glass bottles mixed in with pebbles and stones. If a visit to this spectacular beach is on the bucket list, please refrain from collecting the sea glass gems as it is discouraged. Over the years, travelers have depleted the once abundantly covered beach for souvenirs. Other glass beaches to visit are Benicia, California and Eleele, Hawaii.
Weekend Design & Wellness Project
Black Beaches
Black beaches are colored by volcanic minerals and fragments from lava. Elements that give a black beach is stark contrast are; basalt, andesite and volcanic glass.
This weekend, look up the closest black beach to where you live and its history.
Here are 11 Black Beaches:
BLACK SANDS BEACH, CALIFORNIA
KAIMU, HAWAII
PUNALU'U BEACH, HAWAII
KEAWAIKI BAY, HAWAII
KAREKARE BEACH, NEW ZEALAND
BALI, INDONESIA
TAHITI, FRENCH POLYNESIA
PERISSA BEACH, GREECE
STOKKSNES, ICELAND
DIAMOND BEACH, ICELAND
REYNISFJARA, ICELAND