Swami's Beach

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Photo by: Cristina Anne Costello @lightupphotos

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

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Photo by: Zeny Rosalina @iamzeny

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

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Photo by: Mo @ meid88

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:

  1. Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California

  2. Pink Sands Beach, The Bahamas

  3. Harbour Island, The Bahamas

  4. Horseshoe Bay Beach, Bermuda

  5. Pink Beaches of Barbuda

  6. Crane Beach, Barbados

  7. Pink Beach, Indonesia

  8. Tangsi Beach, Indonesia

  9. Elafonissi Beach, Greece

  10. Balos Bay, Crete, Greece

  11. Beaches of Great Santa Cruz Island, Philippines.

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Glass Beach

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Photo by: Joshua Sortino @sortino

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

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Black Beaches

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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:

  1. BLACK SANDS BEACH, CALIFORNIA

  2. KAIMU, HAWAII

  3. PUNALU'U BEACH, HAWAII

  4. KEAWAIKI BAY, HAWAII

  5. KAREKARE BEACH, NEW ZEALAND

  6. BALI, INDONESIA

  7. TAHITI, FRENCH POLYNESIA

  8. PERISSA BEACH, GREECE

  9. STOKKSNES, ICELAND

  10. DIAMOND BEACH, ICELAND

  11. REYNISFJARA, ICELAND