This year’s top spot goes to Hanauma Bay, a picturesque nature reserve with gin-clear, turquoise water and abundant sea life. “They’re disgusting.”Now all public beaches in Hawaii prohibit smoking, which helped give the edge to last year’s winner, Waimanalo Bay Beach Park on Oahu. There have been 51 drowning deaths at Hanauma Bay since 1995. Until now, any beach that won previously had been disqualified for another win, and Hanauma Bay won the honour about a decade ago, Leatherman said. Leatherman says Hanauma Bay was the first beach in the state to ban smoking because they found that fish were eating cigarette butts.

Source: National Post May 27, 2016 11:11 UTC