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Some quotes from BeachHunter's Access Guide to Florida Beaches:

On my first visit to this beach I was shocked and dismayed to find a rocky beach that resembles a moonscape. Walking on the beach required sturdy shoes and some degree of care. On a subsequent visit, I walked north along the sandspit beach and discovered that the further north I walked, the fewer rocks there were. Finally after walking nearly half-a-mile, the rocks gave way to a nice white sandy beach. - BeachHunter on Honeymoon Island.

I think of the commercial district as “ Orlando on the Beach.” And if this is Orlando on the Beach, then Mandalay Avenue and Coronado Drive are the equivalents of Orlando ’s International Drive . Clearwater Beach doesn’t have that artsy, eclectic, thrown-together “old Florida ” look and feel of the Key West and Fort Myers Beach kind, peppered with dive-bars and hole-in-the-wall restaurants between avenues of wood-frame old Florida homes surrounded by rambling bougainvillea and graceful coconut palms. Instead, everything is fairly new, fairly contrived, and focused on extracting the maximum amount of dollars from the tourists’ pockets. - BeachHunter on Clearwater Beach.

Fishing is good at Bean Point and there are usually a few patient souls waiting for a bite. Not a bad place to while away the time either. The view is fantastic: Egmont Key and Passage Key beckon to adventurers with boats and the colors and hues of the waters change by the hour. From here one may walk east fifteen minutes and arrive on the bay side of the island, or west and south along the Gulf shore. North Shore Drive is the main road following the curve of the island at the north end. It takes you through a very quiet and very well preserved older neighborhood with beautiful tropical trees and flowers. If you are lucky enough to be here in the month of May you will enjoy the gorgeous red Royal Poinciana trees in full bloom and the fragrant frangipani trees which bloom all summer. - BeachHunter on Anna Maria Island.

I’ll admit it, I’m a snob when it comes to natural, unspoiled beaches and open, accessible beaches that blend into the nearby communities in a manner that elicits charm and suggests character. That to me is preferable to beaches fenced, gated, raked and metered. - BeachHunter's humble opinion.

Once you've secured a parking spot you have it made. It's a short walk to the wide, white powdery beach. You'll be sharing the beach here with the vacationers in all of the resorts along the coast here, but there's plenty of room. The water is beautiful here and the swimming is fantastic. Here at Crescent Beach you are within a five-minute walk of the best snorkeling to be found in this area of the state. The south end of Crescent Beach is called Point of Rocks, and has an unusual feature for a coastline characteristically defined by white sand. - BeachHunter on Siesta Key.

Though you have come to the end of the road, your adventure has only begun. At the southernmost end of the boardwalk, gaze to the south. As far as the eye can see there is nothing but water, sand, and trees. Now if you think THAT'S an incredible beach, think about this: The beach you are looking upon continues south just the way you see it for several times the distance you can see from this point. - BeachHunter in Venice, FL.

The beaches on this island are excellent. They are wide and flat and there are no crowds to be found. There are no parking lots, no lifeguard towers, no snack bars, piers or jetties. Although the island is so close to the mainland you could almost throw a rock across from one shore to the other, there is no bridge connecting these islands to the mainland. So you need a boat to get to the island. - BeachHunter visits an island so special that you will have to buy the book to find out about it.

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