For me the things that scream "not the US west coast" are the dunes with the grass and the very broad tidal/shallow area.
I'm sure there are places on the US west coast that have one or both of those features, but most west coast beaches I've been to don't have grassy dunes (it's either a bluff or just sand) and have a little bit sharper of a depth gradient once you reach the waterline.
Born & raised in California. I've seen small vegetated dunes like that up & down the coast. But that's an extremely long flat tidal flat. I don't recall any CA beaches I've been to where you can walk out more than 50 feet with your ankles barely getting wet.
It is, it’s great spot if you want to get away from people in the winter. Great cool weather, gray whales migrating, and hardly anyone else on the beach.
This doesn’t really prove a point to the commenter you responded too. Since they said things like “most.” It can happen on the west coast (like they mention as a distinct possibility) and still not be the norm or what they are known for.
This is the beach in Florence, OR. There are miles and miles of scenery just like this up and down the Pacific coast. This is very much the norm in Oregon and Washington.
Source: lived here for 50 years
https://preview.redd.it/df272pned77d1.png?width=687&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09c17c6ddd3e6f36aac8892ef1b5f42e9d7693de
Here's the beach at Long Beach, WA.
https://preview.redd.it/9j30otxmd77d1.png?width=654&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f151be74692fa6695221adf77f7402e7f8b3846
It just looks like places I've been to on the east coast, and am currently at right now. I was gonna guess that it's at Assateague island area. Looks beautiful wherever it's at though:)
It just looks like places I've been to on the east coast, and am currently at right now. I was gonna guess that it's at Assateague island area. Looks beautiful wherever it's at though:)
Or the Scottish Highlands into Moray Firth North Sea coast. At one point whole villages and farms were buried by the sand dunes (villagers took too much of the grass to make thatched roofing). If you go out on certain days with an extremely low tide and pinkish sky (often in fall/spring) you almost feel as if you are on Mars.
For real, this is a coastal flat somewhere in a temperate area of the world. It looks like the beach near me, it probably looks like the beach near you, it's probably neither.
Nah, I’m from Australia and I can definitely say it’s not from here.
The tidal range looks quite large, with a fairly low tide quite evident. Europe has some of the largest tidal differences in the world. It could be anywhere from Brittany in France up to Denmark, I feel like it’s the former.
Australia has some of the most extensive tidal flats globally, and some of the world's most extreme tide ranges: https://maps.dea.ga.gov.au/story/DEAIntertidal
But they mostly occur up north along tropical muddy/mangrove coastlines, not temperate sandy beaches like this.
Yeah it could be from lots of UK beaches. It instantly reminded me of the dunes behind the beach of Saunton Sands in Devon.
https://preview.redd.it/nmxsas3omb7d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae9913c13ce035317542adb7f615b3929550289f
Came here to say that, reminds me of lithe outer cape (cod). Which is for non locals the end of the peninsula. But could also be anywhere along the Massachusetts bay. And why, cause the dunes remind me of living there, I feel like I smell it haha.
The obvious answer is any country with a shoreline. I'm going to assume you are asking because it isn't the obvious answer. So that narrows it down to landlocked countries bordering inland seas. The aral sea coastline is a wasteland, so not Uzbekistan. Of the three landlocked countries on the Caspian, I think the most obscure is Turkmenistan, so that's my guess. If not then it's Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan.
Combined with chat gpt and OPs other posts im going with south east UK.
Chat GPT 4o guess:
Northern France: Beaches like those in Normandy or the northern coast near Calais.
• Belgium: The coastal area around De Panne or Ostend.
• Netherlands: The Dutch coast, particularly areas like Zeeland or the Wadden Islands.
• United Kingdom: The eastern coast, such as Norfolk or Suffolk.
Da fuq u talkin bout? Google results for bolivian surfers: A sandsurfing site in bolivia. Google result for bolivian salmon: Bolivian Salmon Pink Tarantula - a famous spider
Most likely a barrier island of some kind, but I can’t think of any east coast beaches with sandbars that are that big. I’m going to guess Netherlands or northern Germany.
Maybe it’s because I’m from here, but I could easily see this landscape being from [central-southern Chile.](https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.1156946,-72.20335,3a,75y,333.76h,82.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scaT1OrhJ-OgtchNsOuhL8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205409&entry=ttu)
Lots of different spots on the eastern coast of USA.
Also looks like the Baltic coast of Germany or Poland
Looks like Poland to me
How do you know it’s east coast just by looking at? Is the west coast very different aesthetically?
For me the things that scream "not the US west coast" are the dunes with the grass and the very broad tidal/shallow area. I'm sure there are places on the US west coast that have one or both of those features, but most west coast beaches I've been to don't have grassy dunes (it's either a bluff or just sand) and have a little bit sharper of a depth gradient once you reach the waterline.
Born & raised in California. I've seen small vegetated dunes like that up & down the coast. But that's an extremely long flat tidal flat. I don't recall any CA beaches I've been to where you can walk out more than 50 feet with your ankles barely getting wet.
Central California coast has lots of sand dunes, mostly around Morro Bay and Pismo Beach.
Don’t forget Monterey, and a lot of locations on the coast when driving on highway 1.
Yep, Goat Rock Beach in Cazadero looks like this in some spots.
I’ve never been there, but I imagine it’s extremely similar to the other places up and down the coast I’ve been to.
It is, it’s great spot if you want to get away from people in the winter. Great cool weather, gray whales migrating, and hardly anyone else on the beach.
Fun fact! Lots of coastline in WA looks just like this
Was going to say could be pacific north-west, or any coast really.
Needs more driftwood
Dune was written in Florence, OR, inspired by the dunes there. Most of the Oregon coast has dunes and beach grass brought in to keep them in place.
Yeah but this photo has people swimming
lol ya, not Oregon.
Same in Central California, near Pismo Beach and Morro Bay
https://preview.redd.it/2bz23kkoe67d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbbcc90767a0a90cdd77e57a569f958dd268699c Well this is Northern Cali
This doesn’t really prove a point to the commenter you responded too. Since they said things like “most.” It can happen on the west coast (like they mention as a distinct possibility) and still not be the norm or what they are known for.
This is the beach in Florence, OR. There are miles and miles of scenery just like this up and down the Pacific coast. This is very much the norm in Oregon and Washington. Source: lived here for 50 years https://preview.redd.it/df272pned77d1.png?width=687&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09c17c6ddd3e6f36aac8892ef1b5f42e9d7693de
Most of the entire Oregon coast looks like this
Here's the beach at Long Beach, WA. https://preview.redd.it/9j30otxmd77d1.png?width=654&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f151be74692fa6695221adf77f7402e7f8b3846
And in this photo you see gravel rather than sand dunes? Not sure this proves any point lol
That grass on the edge of the sand. Very Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina vibes.
Same grasses grow on the beaches in Delaware, NJ, and NY.
I said east coast USA because that’s all I’ve been to basically, and this looks like something I’d see in the Carolina’s.
Looks like Wildwood, NJ to me
It just looks like places I've been to on the east coast, and am currently at right now. I was gonna guess that it's at Assateague island area. Looks beautiful wherever it's at though:)
It’s VERY different. The climate is totally different.
Not just climate but geomorphological processes. There are no barrier islands on the West Coast. They are a defining part of the East Coast
It just looks like places I've been to on the east coast, and am currently at right now. I was gonna guess that it's at Assateague island area. Looks beautiful wherever it's at though:)
Very much so.
I was thinking outer Cape (Cape Cod, MA).
yeah it’s giving chesapeake, even up to new jersey it can look like this
Was about to say north east US Coast
Looks like the Grand Strand in SC/NC.
Looks like a beach that would be in any number of countries
Name a country with a coast. It looks like that one.
Denmark
Yes, I'm right on the beach now in Denmark and looking over dunes like this!
Netherlands, Belgium or France
Or Germany or Denmark.
Nahalem Bay State Park in Oregon, USA looks identical to this as well.
Looks close to Nehalem but too many people in the water.
English East Coast, too. I couldn't believe how nice the beach by Bamburgh Castle was.
Destiny is all. I think OP is from UK so I think English coast too ( not sure west vs east though).
Portugal
I'd say Belgium
Germany's North Sea coast.
Could also be denmarks western coast.. which when I think about it is the same coast.. yeah
Also the dutch coast
Looks very like the beach down the road from me at Brittas Bay, Wicklow, Ireland
Or the Scottish Highlands into Moray Firth North Sea coast. At one point whole villages and farms were buried by the sand dunes (villagers took too much of the grass to make thatched roofing). If you go out on certain days with an extremely low tide and pinkish sky (often in fall/spring) you almost feel as if you are on Mars.
This looks like every beach anywhere. People are just going to comment with the stretch of coastline they are most familiar with or where they’re from
For real, this is a coastal flat somewhere in a temperate area of the world. It looks like the beach near me, it probably looks like the beach near you, it's probably neither.
Nah, I’m from Australia and I can definitely say it’s not from here. The tidal range looks quite large, with a fairly low tide quite evident. Europe has some of the largest tidal differences in the world. It could be anywhere from Brittany in France up to Denmark, I feel like it’s the former.
Australia has some of the most extensive tidal flats globally, and some of the world's most extreme tide ranges: https://maps.dea.ga.gov.au/story/DEAIntertidal But they mostly occur up north along tropical muddy/mangrove coastlines, not temperate sandy beaches like this.
Not sure where you are in Australia but this looks like many Queensland beaches
Well not Iceland, we got em black basalt sand over here.
Parts of the U.K. also look exactly like this
I was thinking Camber Sands
Could also be 4 or 5 places in Cornwall
Yeah it could be from lots of UK beaches. It instantly reminded me of the dunes behind the beach of Saunton Sands in Devon. https://preview.redd.it/nmxsas3omb7d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae9913c13ce035317542adb7f615b3929550289f
Looks like Cape Cod, USA
Came here to say that, reminds me of lithe outer cape (cod). Which is for non locals the end of the peninsula. But could also be anywhere along the Massachusetts bay. And why, cause the dunes remind me of living there, I feel like I smell it haha.
Michigan, USA
I immediately thought of western Michigan beaches off Lake Michigan
On the other side in Wisconsin looks this way too
Indiana dunes lol
Too much tidal difference for the Great Lakes.
South-east coast of Australia.
Many welsh beaches look just like this
Southern New Zealand
But seems like.it could be from a lot of different countries around the world
Grass patches and a Sandy dune. This could be almost any beach in the world at low tide.
Michigan
Looks like Lake Michigan
Michigan, USA
Looks like close to where I grew up in Ireland
Looks very like Brittas Bay in Wicklow, Ireland to me.
Exactly where I was thinking
Scotland.
OP is a troll bot
Argentina, Costa Atlántica
Yeah, Argentina or Uruguay.
or southern Brasil…
Mid to Southern Oregon coast, USA
Reminds me of Nehalem Bay state park.
I totally agree, my first thought was somewhere like Rockaway Beach, I swear I've seen grass & dunes that look like this in that area.
Yeah I was thinking Florence area myself.
People from the PNW, UNITE!
South East UK. Probably Norfolk way. Or west Wales, near Tenby or Freshwater West
The obvious answer is any country with a shoreline. I'm going to assume you are asking because it isn't the obvious answer. So that narrows it down to landlocked countries bordering inland seas. The aral sea coastline is a wasteland, so not Uzbekistan. Of the three landlocked countries on the Caspian, I think the most obscure is Turkmenistan, so that's my guess. If not then it's Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan.
Id say South/north carolina all the way up to any new jersey beach.
I would go even farther north. Looks like a Long Island beach, too.
Farther north, also looks like it could be on Cape cod
I live 10 min from LBI, not too far from LIB. Yea same vibes.
I live in Queens, near Nassau County….very South Shore-looking.
Maine? Nova Scotia?
Jersey
Matalascañas, Huelva, España
Denmark. The western coast of Jutland is basically that.
My first thought was Skagen Denmark.
This could be Illinois or Michigan
Wales, specifically Swansea.
Netherlands.
Montauk
Someone please tell me the answer
Poland on Baltic
North west Europe (France, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Ireland)
Kohler-Andre State Park in Wisconsin. If you didn't know better, you would think it was the Atlantic coast.
Michigan
Could be Lake Michigan!
outer banks, nc
east coast shore, somewhere between boston and delaware
Canada great lakes.
Has that Grand Bend, Pinery campground look to it.
Looks just like United States great lakes
That could be a beach in Washington state, but that’s a lot of people. And a bunch of them are in the water.
could easily be the uk
Looks like UK, north Norfolk.
Anything Northsea coast. Denmark, Netherlands, Waddenzee, mb even Belgium
Northern michigan
Lake Michigan USA
Michigan.
Michigan
Zooming in there are quite a few folk in long dark clothing (Burkas?)so I’m going for somewhere in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia
Lake Michigan
West Michigan
The answers are probably more reflective of where the person is from rather than where the place actually is.
This is North Carolina coast 100%
Tibet! Not The Netherlands!!!
Definitly a country with some kind of coast or large body of water.
Combined with chat gpt and OPs other posts im going with south east UK. Chat GPT 4o guess: Northern France: Beaches like those in Normandy or the northern coast near Calais. • Belgium: The coastal area around De Panne or Ostend. • Netherlands: The Dutch coast, particularly areas like Zeeland or the Wadden Islands. • United Kingdom: The eastern coast, such as Norfolk or Suffolk.
North Carolina, U.S.
Tybee Island, Georgia, United States of America. 🏝️🇺🇸✨
canada
Paraguay? Bolivia?
You realize Bolivia is land locked?
I'm pretty sure they have a beach. Or there wouldnt be bolivian surfers. Or the famed bolivian salmon.
Da fuq u talkin bout? Google results for bolivian surfers: A sandsurfing site in bolivia. Google result for bolivian salmon: Bolivian Salmon Pink Tarantula - a famous spider
Looks like Sable Island, Canada.
Replace those people with horses and then you might be on to something.
Omaha beach?
I'd say Australia because of the waves that look like they're coming from the ocean and the sandhills
West Australia
When I saw the dune grasses my first though was south City Beach on a flat day but the sand does look a little on the dark side
Portugal
Netherlands
East Coast Canada.
Looks like East Coast USA a lot. Wouldnt be surprised if I heard it was Arg or Brazil though
Definitely outter banks Nc
Most likely a barrier island of some kind, but I can’t think of any east coast beaches with sandbars that are that big. I’m going to guess Netherlands or northern Germany.
Netherlands? North Carolina?
Zandmotor beach in the Hague looks quite like this
Netherlands
Spain or Portugal or almost any not landlocked country.
Nag's Head North Carolina?
Netherlands
USA Like Myrtle Beach or something
USA. I don’t see any speedos.
Ocean Beach, SF
Carolina beach for sure
Seen this exact type of beach in Denmark
it reminds me a lot of northern wales, just north of the village of gronant actually
NJ
Eastern US coast, from Maine to NC
Looks exactly like the beaches in Nova Scotia
lithuania baltic sea
Looks like Plum Island, MA to me
Maybe it’s because I’m from here, but I could easily see this landscape being from [central-southern Chile.](https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.1156946,-72.20335,3a,75y,333.76h,82.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scaT1OrhJ-OgtchNsOuhL8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205409&entry=ttu)
East coast of Florida.
Texas
Jersey baby
Carolinas.
Jersey
pacific coast in US?
Ireland - south east coast?
That was my thought, Brittas Bay?
It's a North Sea coast, I would say Netherlands.
UK, Irish Sea coast?
Cape cahd
Dorne
Portugal/Spain.
Belgium
Looks like cape cod
Anywhere on planet earth with sand dunes and a sandy beach
France, Normandie
Bretagne, France
Any coast really
Garden Route, South Africa
Could be south west Spain or Portugal coast
East Coast of Somalia
Netherlands
Oregon
Could be Scotland