These are the most Instagrammable beaches across America this summer and the weather you can expect
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A swim retailer crunched the numbers and found the most Instagrammable beaches across the U.S., hopefully putting an end to your fear of missing out.
So grab the towel and beach chair and hit the sand for your summer vacation. Florida and California populate most of the top 20 beaches. But Washington, New York, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia also snuck in there.
SwimOutlet identified 250 of the most popular beaches in America, according to research on TripAdvisor and OpenAI. Then, the researcher tallied up American beach hashtag posts, all 91.6 million of them.
Here are the top Instagrammed beaches:
Miami Beach, Florida
File: Miami Beach usually has warm clear water.
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Miami Beach, Florida, boasts an impressive 16.5 million hashtag posts. That is twice the number of the second-place beach.
Summer weather norms:
- High temp: 87.3 degrees
- Low temp: 77.5 degrees
- Summer rain: 21.25 inches
South Beach, Florida
File: People gather to watch Independence Day fireworks on South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida on July 4, 2023.
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South Beach had nearly twice the hashtag posts as the third beach on the list.
Summer weather norms:
- High temp: 87.3 degrees
- Low temp: 77.5 degrees
- Summer rain: 21.25 inches
Palm Beach, Florida
File: Several resorts call Palm Beach home.
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Summer weather norms:
- High temp: 89.4 degrees
- Low temp: 75.8 degrees
- Summer rain: 22.79 inches
Newport Beach, California
File: Amid a golden sky, youngsters run in the water on a warm summer evening at dusk at Marina Park in Newport Beach.
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SwimOutlet wrote that Newport Beach is especially featured during sunset.
Summer weather norms:
- High temp: 71.1 degrees
- Low temp: 63.8 degrees
- Summer rain: 0.09 inches
Long Beach, Washington
File: Arch across roadway advertises entrance to ""World's longest beach"" in beach town of Long Beach. Is is actually America's longest contiguous beach. A 157 beach in Brazil is the world's longest.
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Long Beach's boardwalk is the big Kodak moment.
Summer weather norms:
- High temp: 64.5 degrees
- Low temp: 50.7 degrees
- Summer rain: 5.33 inches
Here are the beaches that round out the top 20:
If you are looking for more than just a beach, SwimOutlet also found the 10 most Instagrammable beach cities, 10 most Instagrammable beach towns and 10 most Instagrammable coastal neighborhoods. Florida, California and the Carolinas still dominate, but Hawaii and New York have many fans too.