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Here are the Dr. Beach "America's Best Beach" winners going back to 1991.

Florida International University professor Stephen P. Leatherman's annual Best Beach award. Winners are retired from later lists.


2008 — Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin, Fla.
2007 — Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, Outer Banks, N.C.
2006 — Fleming Beach Park, Maui, Hawaii
2005 — Fort DeSoto Park — North Beach, St. Petersburg, Fla.
2004 — Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
2003 — Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii
2002 — St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, Port St. Joe, Fla.
2001 — Poipu Beach Park, Kauai, Hawaii
2000 — Mauna Kea Beach, Hawaii
1999 — Wailea Beach, Maui, Hawaii
1998 — Kailua Beach Park, Oahu Hawaii
1997 — Hulopoe, Lanai, Hawaii
1996 — Lanikai Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
1995 — St. Andrews State Park, Panama City, Fla.
1994 — Grayton Beach State Park, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
1993 — Hapuna, Hawaii
1992 — Bahia Honda, Big Pine Key, Fla.
1991 — Kapalua Bay Beach, Maui, Hawaii


Source: Stephen P. Leatherman, http://www.drbeach.org