BEACH VACATION IDEAS

30 Beautiful Beaches You Want To Be On Now

All sun. No stress. What's more appealing in the dead of winter than a beach? From the gorgeous blue waters off the coast of Florida to the sandy beaches of the Seychelles, here are 30 exquisite places you're dreaming about right now.

By Kaeli Conforti, Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013, 12:24 PM | Subscribe to the magazine

"Trunk Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands." —Megan Horan
(Courtesy kpm1031/myBudgetTravel)
"Any beach in the Seychelles will do just fine." —@Eyes_on_Africa
(bluebora/myBudgetTravel)
"Tahiti is my dream. I'd love to see the beaches in Thailand, Maui, Greece, and the Canary Islands. I am here in Chicago where it's a bit colder so to be honest anywhere that has a nice beach with 80 degrees or warmer sounds great." —Alisha Sumpter
(Courtesy jonrawlinson/Flickr)
"San Sebastián, Spain." —Nohemi Colindres
(Courtesy dynamosquito/myBudgetTravel)
"Ka'anapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii." —Sabrina Ferrer
(Courtesy Tony Faiola/Flickr)
"Sunny and warm here in San Diego. Gonna stay right here." —Lisa Espinosa
(Courtesy yen999/myBudgetTravel)
"Bora Bora." —Patti Norcisa Warnemuende
(Courtesy frogsaver/myBudgetTravel)
"Cathedral Cove, North Island, New Zealand." —Janna Homann Smith
(Courtesy Takver/Flickr)
"Pasikuda Beach, Sri Lanka." —Diana Dshills
(Courtesy Shehan Obeysekera/Flickr)
"I would rather be on Corn Island, Nicaragua." —@dr_spencer
(Courtesy bdgray/Flickr)
"Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda." —Anouk Ramirez Miller
(Courtesy rdunaj/myBudgetTravel)
"Barbados." —Stephanie Baker
(Courtesy sweetpitt/myBudgetTravel)
"The Florida Keys. One of my husband's and my favorite spots." —Pamela Marcenaro Negron
(Courtesy eschipul/flickr)
"Laguna Beach in California." —Jamie Turner
(Courtesy egyptianheidi/myBudgetTravel)
"Doctor's Cave Beach in Montego Bay Jamaica." —Shayla Deppen
(Courtesy willdrew/myBudgetTravel)
"I'll take Eagle Beach in Aruba...it's happy hour right about now!" —Kathy Coutinho
(Courtesy Serge Melki/Flickr)
"Oak Island, North Carolina. I will be there in six more hours. No snow!" —Kathy Thomas
(Courtesy dougandme/Flickr)
"Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico." —Tara Achenbach Nolan
(Courtesy blucolt/Flickr)
"Sanur Beach, Bali." —Patti Scudder
(Courtesy calflier001/Flickr)
"West Bay in Roatan, Honduras." —Jasmine Kerr
(Courtesy mcmillent/myBudgetTravel)
"Kata Beach, Thailand." —Lennart Kullberg
(Courtesy stefanedberg/Flickr)
"Happy to live in Fort Lauderdale. It's a warm sunny day." —Kristin Torva
(Courtesy Maju_Rezende/Flickr)
"Hanalei Bay, Kauai." —Laura Sommer
(Courtesy kt1010/myBudgetTravel)
"Sant'Angelo d'Ischia in Campania, Italy." —Carolyn Hopkins
(Courtesy Chiara Marra/Flickr)
"Grand Anse Beach in Grenada where my wife and I had a wonderful time on our honeymoon." —Gregg Sheldrake
(Courtesy reinketelaars/Flickr)
"Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Mayan Riviera." —Noel Koziel
(Courtesy bpjjkelly1/myBudgetTravel)
"Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand." —Rhonda Hankins
(Courtesy Phillie Casablanca/Flickr)
"Sitting on Ft. Myers Beach [Florida] this week." —Renee Bram Loushin
(Courtesy roger4336/Flickr)
"Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janiero." —Rebecca Thomas
(Courtesy ninadrb/myBudgetTravel)
"Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman." —Cindi Warren
(Courtesy MCHart/Flickr)