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Seashells and sunshine:  worst beaches in the American South

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Jekyll Island, GA

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!

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Grayton Beach, FL

Grayton Beach is not polluted, but due to the water's brown color, tinted from leaves, grasses, and pine needles, tourists leave unimpressed.

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Higgs Beach, FL

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.

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Harbor Island, SC

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."

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Cedar Key, FL

This fishing hamlet is charming, but the poll found that Cedar Key beaches can't match southern Florida's.

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Ship Island, MS

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!

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Sandbridge Beach, VA

Little Island Park, in Virginia's northern Outer Banks, was not chosen by poll voters despite its popularity.

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Monument Beach, FL

Though the coastline at this beach in southern Florida is a looker, the beach has reportedly contained high bacteria levels in recent years.

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