Will everyone agree with our ranking, murmuring respectfully among themselves about how perfectly accurate every placement is?

Maybe not. This is the Internet.

But that’s why we’ve scoured the planet, demanded answers from our most well traveled friends, colleagues and cohorts, absorbed passionate pleas from readers, researched, investigated and examined the evidence then finally tipped the sand from our shoes, washed the brine from our eyes and put together a pretty good guide to the best beaches on the planet.

Now we turn it over to you. Consider this list a premise, a platform from which you can jump into a dazzling, turquoise ocean of “further recommendations.”

Enjoy Top 50 Most Beautiful Beaches in the World.

Abaka Bay, Haiti

Akajima, Okinawa, Japan

Anse Source d’Argent, La Digue, Seychelles

Bandon, Oregon, United States

Belle Mare, Mauritius

Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

Byron Bay, Australia

Cabbage Beach, Paradise Island, Bahamas

Canggu Beach, Bali, Indonesia

Cave Beach in Algarve, Portugal

Cavendish Beach, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Coffee Bay, Wild Coast, South Africa

Dominical Beach, Costa Rica

Egremni Beach, Greece

Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico

Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands

Grande Anse Beach, La Digue Island, Seychelles

Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, United States

Hot Water Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

Isshiki Beach, Hayama, Japan

Jeffreys Bay, South Africa

Juara Beach, Tioman Island, Malaysia

Kaiteriteri Beach, Nelson, New Zealand

La Concha, Spain

Laughing Bird Caye, Belize

Little Corn beaches, Nicaragua

Los Roques, Venezuela,

Los Roques, Venezuela

Lover’s Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Maho Beach, Saint Martin

Maldives Beach That Looks Like Starry Night Sky

Matira Beach, Bora Bora, Tahiti

Navagio Beach, Greece

Negril Beach, Jamaica

Nihiwatu Beach, Sumba, Indonesia

Oludeniz Beach, Turkey

Panama City Beach, Florida, United States

Paradise Beach, Rab, Croatia

Patnem Beach, Goa, India

Phra Nang Beach, Railay, Thailand

Pigeon Point, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago

Pink Sand Beach, Bahamas

Placencia Beach, Belize

Plage de Piémanson, France

Praia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Rihanna at Crane Beach, Barbados

Sun Island Beach, Maldives

The Beach of the Cathedrals, Ribadeo, Spain

Warwick Long Bay, Bermuda

Whitehaven Beach, Australia