List of beaches in Puerto Rico

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Some sources state there are close to 300[http://www.oslpr.org/download/es/2000/173c3268.pdf Government of Puerto Rico. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Ley para establecer el programa para la promoción, protección y conservación de las playas aspirantes a la Bandera Azul. Puerto Rico House of Representatives. House Bill 3268. Law 173 of 12 August 2000.(Home → Biblioteca → Leyes → Ley para establecer el programa para la promoción, protección y conservación de las playas aspirantes a la Bandera Azul)] beaches in Puerto Rico, while other sources count up to 1,200.[http://www.primerahora.com/fotogalerias/noticias/puerto-rico/las1200playasdepuertorico-1069825/foto-29/ Las 1,200 playas de Puerto Rico.] Primera Hora. 9 March 2015. 41 pages. Retrieved 9 March 2015. Whatever the number, the Government of Puerto Rico officially recognized 248 of them.[http://www.coalicionventanasverraco.org/files/Perfil_Regional_de_la_Region_Sur_de_Puerto_Rico.pdf Plan de Uso de Terrenos de Puerto Rico: Perfil Regional - Region Sur.] Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Junta de Planificacion. Oficina del Plan de Uso de Terrenos. Borrador Preliminar. February 2006. Page 15. Retrieved 1 December 2011. In Puerto Rico there are 78 municipalities of which 44 have a coastline.

File:Blue flag.svg  – Indicates a Blue Flag beach{{Cite web| title = Puerto Rico| url = http://www.blueflag.org/Menu/Blue+Flag+beaches%2fmarinas/2009/Southern+Hemisphere/PuertoRico/List/Beaches| accessdate = July 29, 2010}}


File:Gfi-set01-camping.png  – Indicates camping area


File:Scuba.png  – Indicates diving or snorkeling area


File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif  – Indicates scuba area


File:Icone surf portail fr.png  – Indicates surfing area


File:Lifesaver.JPG  – Indicates lifeguards posted


File:Fishing.svg  – Indicates fishing area


File:Swimming_icon.jpg  – Indicates swimming area

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Eastern region beaches

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=[[Luquillo]]=

=[[Culebra, Puerto Rico|Culebra]]=

=[[Vieques]]=

=[[Maunabo, Puerto Rico|Maunabo]]=

=[[Naguabo, Puerto Rico|Naguabo]]=

  • Tropical Beach
  • Húcares Beach

=[[Yabucoa, Puerto Rico|Yabucoa]]=

  • Lucia Beach
  • Guayanes Beach {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
  • El Negro Beach {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

=Others=

Northern region beaches

=[[Dorado, Puerto Rico|Dorado]]=

  • Sardinera Beach File:Lifesaver.JPG
  • Ritz-Carlton Reserve{{cite journal | author = Rios, Jannette | url = http://www.prdailysun.com/news/Ritz-Carlton-puts-on-the-Ritz-with-231-million-pact | title = Ritz-Carlton puts on the Ritz with $231 million pact | journal = Puerto Rico Daily Sun | date = 2010-07-22 | accessdate = 2010-07-28 }}

=[[Toa Baja]]=

= [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]] =

=[[Loiza]]=

=[[Piñones State Forest|Piñones]]=

  • Aviones Beach
  • Posita Beach
  • Chatarra (Scrap Iron) Beach

=[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]=

=[[Manati]]=

File:Marc Chiquita - Manati, Puerto Rico - panoramio.jpg

=[[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Barceloneta]]=

  • Puerto de las Vacas Beach
  • Las Criollas

=[[Camuy]]=

  • Peñon Brusi Beach
  • Amador Beach
  • Puerto Hermina Beach{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

=Others=

Southern region beaches

=[[Guayanilla]]=

  • Ventana Beach{{cite web|url=http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=787|title=Un destino turístico con sabor y folclor|author=paco|work=La Perla Del Sur|accessdate=9 September 2015}}
  • Emajagua Beach
  • Tamarindo Beach[https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy_BSu4a2EYC&pg=PA212 Froomer's Puerto Rico.] Eighth Edition. By Darwin Poter and Danforth Prince. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing. 2006.) Page 212. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

=[[Patillas, Puerto Rico|Patillas]]=

  • Guardarraya Beach
  • Inches Beach
  • Escondida Beach[http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=08080501&page=4 Patillas. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico.] Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  • Punta Viento Beach[http://www.topuertorico.com/pdf/pr-este_centro.pdf Playa Punta Viento.]
  • Villa Pesquera Beach

=[[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]]=

{{Main|List of beaches in Ponce, Puerto Rico}}

  • El Tuque
  • La Guancha Beach
  • Caja de Muertos Beaches[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=5&Itemid=181 Por algo le llaman 'El Edén del Caribe.] Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  • Playa Pelícano[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1506:el-secreto-paraiso-del-caribe&catid=121:portada-gente&Itemid=177 Periodico La Perla del Sur. El secreto paraíso del Caribe. By Carmen Cila Rodríguez. 14 October 2010. (Home > Gente > Portada Gente > El secreto paraíso del Caribe.)] File:Blue flag.svg{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022122036/http://www.elsuralavista.com/periodico/?p=30345 Bandera azul para Caja de Muerto .]}} El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. December 1, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  • Playa Coast Guard
  • Playa Carrucho
  • Playa Larga
  • Isla de Gatas Beach
  • Playa Cañas[http://www.coalicionventanasverraco.org/files/Perfil_Regional_de_la_Region_Sur_de_Puerto_Rico.pdf Plan de Uso de Terrenos de Puerto Rico: Perfil Regional - Region Sur. (Borrador Preliminar.)] Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Junta de Planificacion. Oficina del Plan de Uso de Terrenos. San Juan, Puerto Rico. February 2006. Page 15. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  • Playa Carenero
  • Playa de Ponce
  • Playa Las Salinas
  • Playa Punta Cabuyón
  • Playa Vayas

=[[Salinas, Puerto Rico|Salinas]]=

  • Cayo Matias Beach[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=254 Salinas: un destino completo y pintoresco. By Damarich Calvo Almodóvar. Periodico La Perla del Sur (Ponce, Puerto Rico). July 1, 2009.] Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  • Salinas Beach[http://www.topuertorico.com/pdf/pr-este_centro.pdf Playa Salinas.]

=[[Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico|Santa Isabel]]=

  • Santa Isabel Beach[http://www.topuertorico.com/pdf/pr-oeste_centro.pdf Playa Santa Isabel]
  • Jauca Beach
  • Playa Clavellina[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6283:autoridades-en-el-25-de-julio-a-la-espera-de-sobre-100-mil-personas-en-el-suroeste&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Esperan 100 mil personas el 25 de julio .] Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

=Others=

  • Punta Guilarte Beach, Arroyo File:Lifesaver.JPG
  • Peñuelas Beach, Peñuelas{{cite web|url=http://www.puertorico.com/porta-caribe/|title=Porta Caribe, Puerto Rico - By Puerto Rico Channel|work=puertorico.com|accessdate=9 September 2015}}

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Western region beaches

=[[Quebradillas, Puerto Rico|Quebradillas]]=

=[[Isabela, Puerto Rico|Isabela]]=

=[[Aguadilla, Puerto Rico|Aguadilla]]=

File:Schoolyards Beach, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.jpg

=[[Aguada, Puerto Rico|Aguada]]=

=[[Rincon, Puerto Rico|Rincon]]=

File:Sunset at Maria's Beach in Rincón, Puerto Rico.jpg

Many of Rincon's beaches are frequented for surfing.{{cite book|author=Barbara Balletto|title=Insight Guide Puerto Rico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgBdf2oTMNAC&pg=PA196|year=2003|publisher=Langenscheidt Publishing Group|isbn=978-981-234-949-1|pages=196–}}

=[[Añasco, Puerto Rico|Añasco]]=

=[[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]=

=[[Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico|Cabo Rojo]]=

=[[Lajas, Puerto Rico|Lajas]]=

  • Playita Rosada
  • Cayo Caracoles
  • Cayo Mata la Gata
  • Cayo Enrique

=[[Guánica, Puerto Rico|Guánica]] =

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Gallery

File:Corcho Beach, Vieques, Puerto Rico.jpg|Philipp Corcho Beach in Vieques

File:Fajardo Palomino Island beach 2.jpg|Palomino Island beach in Fajardo

File:Arecibo beach.jpg|Arecibo beach near the El Vigia lighthouse

File:Mona Island, Puerto Rico.JPG|Mona Island Beach

File:Aguadilla Crash Boat Beach.jpg|Crash Boat Beach in Aguadilla

File:Balneario Boquerón.jpg|Boquerón public beach

File:Esperanza Vieques.jpg|Esperanza Beach in Vieques

File:Isla.Verde.PR.JPG|Isla Verde Beach

File:Sirena Beach.jpg|Sirena Beach

File:Punta Tuna Beach from Lighthouse.jpg|alt=Punta Tuna Beach, Maunabo Puerto Rico|Punta Tuna Beach in Maunabo

See also

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References

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