sandy beach
Grainy ocean shore
A sandy beach is a shoreline covered with sand rather than rocks, pebbles, or other materials.
The term often evokes leisure and vacation imagery—swimming, sunbathing, building sandcastles: We spent the afternoon on a sandy beach.
It functions as a single descriptive unit, distinguishing this type of coastline from rocky or pebbly alternatives.
- beachcombingSearching shores for flotsam
- driftwoodSea-delivered shore lumber
- sandcastleBeach structure from sediment
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- ocean wavesMoving ridges of seawater
wave action · high tide · low tide · sunbathing · footprints · shorebirds · surfing · sediment · seashells · sunset · tide pools · intertidal zone · dune · dune grass · lifeguarding · tidal flat · erosion · barrier island
- beachessandy beaches, public beaches, dog beaches, shoreline, shorelines
- beachfrontoceanfront, ocean view, shoreline, waterfront, waves
- British Seasidepier, piers, promenade, promenades, esplanade
- coastal parkdune, cliff, cove, tide pool, tidal pool
- coastal photosseascape, ocean views, rocky coast, coastal cliffs, ocean horizon
- Florida CoastGulf Coast, Atlantic Coast, Florida Keys, Key West, Fort Lauderdale
sandy beachrocky coastline
Stone-edged meeting of land and sea
rocky shore · rocky beach · pebble beach · mudflat · shell beach
sandy beachbluff
Calculated false front
cliff face · rugged coastline · sea cliff · sea cliffs · headland