Life is a Beach: Fun Trivia

1. Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a different beach every day for 27 years and you still would not have seen them all!

2. Some 408 million people visited a beach in the USA in 2019.

3. Beaches first became popular destinations around the mid-18th century in Europe.

4. When standing on the beach and looking out toward the horizon you are only able to see about 3 miles of the ocean due to the curve of the Earth.

5. According to National Geographic there are 4 types of beaches – mainland, barrier, spit and pocket beaches.

6. The tallest sandcastle ever was unveiled on June 5, 2019 in Binz, Germany. It measured an incredible 57 feet and 11 inches tall!

7. Running for some 212km, the longest beach in the world is the Praia Do Cassino Beach in Rio Grande in Brazil. Also known as Casino Beach it stretches down the southernmost coastline of Brazil just before reaching Uruguay.

8. Cornwall boasts over 640 km of coastline. So it could be argued that their beach is even longer!

9. Black sand, like the type that can be found in beaches in Santorini and Iceland, comes from eroded volcanic materials. This includes basalt rocks and lava.

10. Located in the Seychelles, Anse Source d’Argent is said to be the most photographed beach in the world. It is sprawled across the island of La Digue, which itself is only about 3-miles long.

11. Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island.

12. About 27% of beach goers don’t set foot in the water.

13. Revere Beach in Massachusetts was the first public beach in the United States.

14. Back in 1997, a shipping container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea off Cornwall. Instead of remaining at the bottom of the ocean, they are still washing up on the beaches of Cornwall today.

15. The chance of a person fatally drowning while swimming at a beach protected by United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) lifeguards is around 1 in 18 million.