A crescent-shaped beach on Maui got the top slot Thursday in the annual list of best beaches issued by a Florida professor known as Dr. Beach.
Hawaii's Kapalua Bay Beach topped the list released by Stephen Leatherman, a professor at Florida International University in Miami.
The other nine beaches on Leatherman's list are:
- Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, Outer Banks, North Carolina
- Grayton Beach State Park in the Florida panhandle
- Coopers Beach, Southampton, New York
- Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Lighthouse Beach, Buxton, Outer Banks, North Carolina
- Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin-Clearwater, Florida
- Hapuna Beach State Park, Big Island, Hawaii
- Coronado Beach, San Diego
- Kiawah Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Dr. Beach says the volcano that's spewing lava hasn't impacted either of the Hawaiian beaches on his list.
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