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
=[[Luquillo]]=
- Luquillo Beach "La Monserrate", File:Blue flag.svg File:Lifesaver.JPG File:Gfi-set01-camping.png
- Mar Sin Barreras File:Pictograms-nps-wheelchair-accessable.svg (Wheelchair accessible section of "La Monserrate" Beach)
- Surfing Beach "La Pared" File:Gfi-set01-camping.png File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Playa Azul Beach File:Scuba.png
=[[Culebra, Puerto Rico|Culebra]]=
- Flamenco Beach File:Gfi-set01-camping.png File:Lifesaver.JPG File:Scuba.png File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Swimming_icon.jpg
- Brava Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Larga Beach File:Fishing.svg
- Carlos Rosario Beach File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Scuba.png
- Luis Peña Beach File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Scuba.png
- Punta Soldado Beach File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Scuba.png File:Swimming_icon.jpg
- Resaca Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Zoni Beach File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Scuba.png File:Swimming_icon.jpg
- Tortuga Beach File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Scuba.png
- Tamarindo Beach File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Scuba.png
- Sirena Beach File:Swimming_icon.jpg
=[[Vieques]]=
- Sun Bay Beach File:Gfi-set01-camping.png File:Lifesaver.JPG
- Playa Negrita (Black Sand Beach){{cite web|title=Vieques Beaches|url=http://vieques.com/island-puerto-rico-black-sand-beach-caribbean/|website=Vieques.com|accessdate=28 August 2014}}
- Barracuda (García) Beach File:Scuba.png
- Caracas (Red) Beach File:Scuba.png
- Esperanza Beach File:Scuba.png File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif
- Gallito Beach File:Scuba.png
- Playa Grande Beach
- La Chiva (Blue) Beach File:Scuba.png File:Swimming_icon.jpg
- La Plata Beach File:Scuba.png
- Media Luna Beach File:Gfi-set01-camping.pngFile:Scuba.png File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Lifesaver.JPG
- Navio Beach File:Gfi-set01-camping.png
- Tapón (Hidden) Beach File:Scuba.png
- Punta Arenas Beach
- Natural Reserve Mosquito Bay
- Rompeolas (Mosquito Pier) File:Scuba.png File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif
- Playuela Beach{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
=[[Maunabo, Puerto Rico|Maunabo]]=
- Los Pinos
- Los Bohios Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Punta Tuna Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Larga Beach {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
=[[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=
- Seven Seas Beach, Las Croabas, Fajardo File:Gfi-set01-camping.png File:Lifesaver.JPG
- Punta Santiago Beach, Humacao File:Lifesaver.JPG
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]]=
- Isla de Cabras Beach
- Punta Salinas Beach File:Blue flag.svg File:Lifesaver.JPG
= [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]] =
- Carolina Beach File:Lifesaver.JPG File:Blue flag.svg
- Isla Verde Beach
=[[Loiza]]=
- Vacia Talega Beach
- Piñones Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Aviones Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
=[[Piñones State Forest|Piñones]]=
- Aviones Beach
- Posita Beach
- Chatarra (Scrap Iron) Beach
=[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]=
- Balneario del Escambron, Old San Juan File:Lifesaver.JPG File:Blue flag.svg
- Playita del Condado{{cite web|title=San Juan Puerto Rico|url=http://sanjuanpuertorico.com/beaches/|website=San Juan Puerto Rico|accessdate=28 August 2014}}
- {{lang|es|Playa del Condado}} (Condado Beach){{Cite web|url=https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/destacados/Hace-mucho-que-el-perro-del-Condado-desaparecio-397596961.html|title = Hace mucho que el perro del Condado desapareció}}
- Ocean Park Beach
- Punta Las Marias
- Posita Beach{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
=[[Manati]]=
File:Marc Chiquita - Manati, Puerto Rico - panoramio.jpg
- Los Tubos Beach File:Lifesaver.JPG File:Icone surf portail fr.png File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif
- Mar Chiquita Beach, Manati File:Lifesaver.JPG
- Tortuguero Beach, Manati {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
=[[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=
- Cerro Gordo, Vega Alta File:Lifesaver.JPG File:Gfi-set01-camping.png
- Mar Bella, Vega BajaFile:Lifesaver.JPGFile:Blue flag.svg
- Poza del Obispo Beach, Arecibo
Southern region beaches
File:IMG 3698 - Isla de Gatas Beach in Ponce, PR.jpg at Isla de Gatas, Ponce]]
File:Ponce La Guancha Beach.jpg in Ponce]]
File:El Tuque Beach in Barrio Canas in Ponce, PR (IMG 3549).jpg in Ponce]]
File:Caja de muerto playa.jpg in Ponce]]
Beaches in the Porta Caribe region:
=[[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
Beaches that belong to the region of Porta del Sol:
=[[Quebradillas, Puerto Rico|Quebradillas]]=
=[[Isabela, Puerto Rico|Isabela]]=
- Blue Hole Beach File:Scuba.pngFile:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif
- La Pocita de Isabela File:Swimming_icon.jpg File:Scuba.png
- Golondrinas Cave Beach
- Bajura Beach
- Baño La Princesa & Blowhole Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Guajataca Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Jobos Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif
- El Pastillo Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Montones Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Punta Sardinera Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Shacks Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Pozo Teodoro Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Middles Beach{{Cite web| title = Middles Beach Isabela, Puerto Rico | url = http://www.zeepuertorico.com/place/middles-beach.aspx| publisher = www.zeePuertoRico.com| accessdate = August 18, 2010}} File:Icone surf portail fr.png
=[[Aguadilla, Puerto Rico|Aguadilla]]=
File:Schoolyards Beach, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.jpg
- Crash Boat Beach File:Scuba.png File:SCUBA diving flag icon.gif File:Swimming_icon.jpg
- La Ponderosa Beach
- La Poza Beach File:Swimming_icon.jpg
- La Saldinera Beach
- Gas Chambers
- Wilderness
- Peña Blanca Beach
- Schoolyards Beach{{Cite web|url=https://www.surfingpuertorico.org/surf-aguadilla/aguadilla-surfing-beaches/|title=Aguadilla Surfing Beaches}}
=[[Aguada, Puerto Rico|Aguada]]=
- Aguada Beach
- Pico Piedra
- Playa Espinar
=[[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–}}
- Balneario de Rincón File:Swimming_icon.jpg
- Corcega Beach
- Domes Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- María's Beach
- Sandy Beach File:Icone surf portail fr.png
- Steps Beach
- Tres Palmas File:Icone surf portail fr.png
=[[Añasco, Puerto Rico|Añasco]]=
=[[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]=
=[[Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico|Cabo Rojo]]=
- Boquerón File:Blue flag.svg
- Playa Buyé
- El Combate
- La Playuela (Playa Sucia)
- Playa La Mela{{cite web|title=Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico Beaches|url=http://www.caborojopr.com/beaches-puerto-rico/|website=Cabo Rojo PR|accessdate=28 August 2014}}
- Punta Arenas Beach
- Isla de Ratones
=[[Lajas, Puerto Rico|Lajas]]=
- Playita Rosada
- Cayo Caracoles
- Cayo Mata la Gata
- Cayo Enrique
=[[Guánica, Puerto Rico|Guánica]] =
- Las Paldas
- La Jungla
- Playa Santa
- Ballenas
- Gilligan's Island
- Atolladora Beach
- Playa Manglillo Pequeño
- Tamarindo Beach
- Caña Gorda Beach
- Jaboncillo Beach
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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External links
- [http://www.playasdepuertorico.com Playas de Puerto Rico]
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