From encounters with unusual sea creatures to dramatic life-saving rescues, people share the wildest things they've seen at the beach.

Next time you go to the beach, you might want to bury your head in the sand. A study by Beach.com found that many people have some pretty awful beach habits that they don't want to own up to. In a ...

Joy Perdue and Jennifer Ázima, two friends who met last December, arrange flowers in the women's bathroom at Judah and La Playa streets. Photo by Junyao Yang on Nov. 4, 2025. On days when Ocean Beach ...

According to the Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources, “beaches cannot be fenced off" Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...