US / beach Best Beaches in US Coopers Beach in Southampton gets top honors By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted May 28, 2010 2:19 PM CDT Copied A sunbather on Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York. (AP Photo/Long Island CVB/www.discoverlongisland.com) Dr. Beach—aka Dr. Stephen Leatherman of the Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research—has released his annual list of the top 10 American beaches. Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York (on Long Island) Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Florida Coronado Beach in San Diego Cape Hatteras in the Outer Banks of North Carolina Main Beach in East Hampton, New York Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts Beachwalker Park in Kiawah Island, South Carolina Hamoa Beach in Maui, Hawaii Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne, Florida Click here for more details at DrBeach.org. (More beach stories.) Report an error