According to one reviewer on Trip Advisor, "I visited Jekyll Island this past weekend and when we went to the beach the water was FILTHY!
Grayton Beach is not polluted, but due to the water's brown color, tinted from leaves, grasses, and pine needles, tourists leave unimpressed.
One Trip Advisor reviewer put it, "When I went there in July there was a bunch of seaweed in the water and on the sand.
According to the Charlotte Observer, "Among 1,214 samples taken and tested at 22 beaches along the S.C. coast last year, 13 percent had bacterial contamination."
This fishing hamlet is charming, but the poll found that Cedar Key beaches can't match southern Florida's.
One Trip Advisor reviewer said that the Biloxi Beach in Ship Island was "disgusting." She continued, "Dirty diapers, used tampons and dead fish in the water!
Little Island Park, in Virginia's northern Outer Banks, was not chosen by poll voters despite its popularity.
Though the coastline at this beach in southern Florida is a looker, the beach has reportedly contained high bacteria levels in recent years.