Top Florida Beaches

Professor Stephen Leatherman (Dr Beach) from Florida International University has ranked two of Florida's beaches in the top ten of his annual America's Best Beaches survey for 2010.

This year the top spot goes to Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York.

In second place for the second year in a row is Siesta Beach near Sarasota. In tenth place is Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne (in eighth place last year).

Only swimming beaches are considered and previous winners are automatically excluded from the latest survey.

The compete top ten is as follows:

• Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York
• Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Florida
• Coronado Beach in San Diego, California
• Cape Hatteras in the Outer Banks in North Carolina
• Main Beach in East Hampton, New York
• Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
• Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Beachwalker Park in Kiawah Island, South Carolina
• Hamoa Beach in Maui, Hawaii
• Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne, Florida

Previous Florida winners are Fort DeSoto Park, North Beach in St Petersburg in 2005, St. Joseph Peninsula State Park in 2002, St. Andrews SRA (State Recreation Area) in 1995, Grayton Beach SRA in 1994 and Bahia Honda SRA in 1992. Only Hawaii can boast more winners than Florida.