This is an incomplete list of beaches in Israel broken down by bodies of water they are on. These beaches are known for their clear blue water along 4 distinct bodies of water around

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. In total there are 137 beaches in Israel.

Red Sea

List of beaches along the Red Sea, also known in Israel as the Reed Sea, located in southern Israel: * 9Beach – Opened in

Eilat Eilat ( , ; he, אֵילַת ; ar, إِيلَات, Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jorda ...

in 2009 is located near a number of bars and the mall. * Bar Beach – Located in Eilat is a small beach located near a reef. * Club Med Beach – Located in southern Eilat is open to hotel guests and the public, and offers basketball and tennis courts, volleyball, archery targets, wind surfing, snorkeling and a dance floor. * Coral Beach – Located in the Coral Beach Nature Reserve in Eilat * Dan Hotel Beach – Is a private beach in northern Eilat, owned privately by

Dan Hotels Dan Hotels is a chain of Israeli luxury hotels established in 1947. The chain owns 18 hotels with 3,669 rooms, a convention center and a hotel training center, as well as a 226-room hotel in Bangalore, India. History In June 1947, Yekutiel an ...

for the guests. * Dekel Beach – Located in Eilat is best known for its Friday night

Kabbalat Shabbat Jewish prayer ( he, תְּפִלָּה, ; plural ; yi, תּפֿלה, tfile , plural ; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish 'pray') is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism. These prayers, often with i ...

service. * Dolphin Reef Beach – Located in Eilat near the

Dolphin Reef Dolphin Reef is a horseshoe-shaped sea-pen where bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Eilat in the northern-eastern Red Sea near the city of Eilat in southern Israel swim in and out of. It is a major tourist attraction in this area. History Th ...

* Electric Company Beach – Located in Eilat offers marine equipment rentals. * Golden Beach – Known locally as Hof HaZahav is located in Eilat, right near the Dan Hotel Beach. * HaSh'hafim Beach – Translated as Seagulls Beach enjoy clear blue water due to the lack of boats being allowed in the nearby water. * Isrotel Princess Hotel Beach – Located in Eilat near Coral Reef with snorkel equipment available for rent. * Kisuski Beach – Located in Eilat is popular with those who wish to rent water sports equipment and snorkels. * Migdalor Beach – Located in Eilat right near the

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

campus * Moriah Beach – Located in Eilat in front of the Leonardo Plaza Hotel. * Royal Beach Hotel Beach – Owned by the Royal Beach Hotel, however is open to the public free of charge. * Sun Bay Beach – Located in northern Eilat near the border with

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. * Village Beach – Located in southern Eilat is popular due to their large night time beach parties.

Mediterranean Sea

List of beaches along the Mediterranean Sea: * Alma Beach – Located along

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

’s border with

Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...

. * Aqueduct Beach – Located along the aqueducts used to bring water to the ancient city of

Caesarea Caesarea () ( he, קֵיסָרְיָה, ), ''Keysariya'' or ''Qesarya'', often simplified to Keisarya, and Qaysaria, is an affluent town in north-central Israel, which inherits its name and much of its territory from the ancient city of Caesar ...

and is part of the

Caesarea Maritima Caesarea Maritima (; Greek: ''Parálios Kaisáreia''), formerly Strato's Tower, also known as Caesarea Palestinae, was an ancient city in the Sharon plain on the coast of the Mediterranean, now in ruins and included in an Israeli national pa ...

. * Banana Beach – Located in Tel Aviv is very popular among the younger crowd, and movies are shown free of charge on a large screen on the beach at night. * Bograshov Beach – Located right off the promenade in the center of Tel Aviv * Carmel Beach – Located in Haifa is popular especially due to its proximity to the Carmel Beach Railway Station * Charles Clore Beach – Located in Tel Aviv right next to Charles Clore Park * Dado South Beach – Sometimes just called South Beach is located in Haifa * Dor Beach – Located in the town of Dor just 15 minutes from

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

* Drummers Beach – Located at the end of the beach strip in Tel Aviv gains its name from the large number of drum circles which can often be found there on Friday afternoons. * Frishman Beach – Located in Tel Aviv right near the hotels. * Givat Aliyah Beach – Located in Jaffa is best known for its large rock formations and arches. * Gordon Beach – Located on Gordon street in Tel Aviv is very popular among tourists due to the proximity to the hotels. * HaBonim Beach – Located in northern Israel and is popular among those who wish to camp overnight on the beach. * Hilton Beach – Sometimes called Atzmaut Beach, is located in Tel Aviv is the only beach in the city which allows dogs on the beach, and is very popular among homosexual crowd. * Metzitzim Beach – Formerly Sheraton Beach located in Tel Aviv * Nahsholim Beach – Located next to kibbutz Nahsholim in northern Israel. * Nordau Beach – The only beach in Tel Aviv that caters toward the religious crowd, with different days for men and women. * Tzuk Beach – Also known as Cliff Beach is located in southern Tel Aviv. * Jerusalem Beach – Despite the name this beach is located in Tel Aviv. * Gil's Beach - Located in

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

. *Sandy Beach - Located in

. *Mei Ami Beach - Located in

. *Lido Beach - Located in

. *Miami Beach - Located in

. *Oranim Beach - Located in

. *Palmahim Beach - Located in

Palmahim Palmachim ( he, פַּלְמַחִים) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located about ten kilometers south of the Tel Aviv area along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, among the sand dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regio ...

. *HaKshatot Beach - Located in

. *Yud-Alef Beach - Located in

. *Reviera Beach - Located in

. * Nitzanim Beach – Located south to

. * Hasela Beach - Located in

Ashkelon Ashkelon or Ashqelon (; Hebrew: , , ; Philistine: ), also known as Ascalon (; Ancient Greek: , ; Arabic: , ), is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border wit ...

. *Hofit Beach - Located in

. *Barnea Beach - Located in

. *Ha-Gan Beach - Located in

. *Bar Kohba Beach - Located in

. *Delila Beach - Located in

. *Zikim Beach – Located south to

Dead Sea

List of beaches along the Dead Sea:

Northern basin

For the beaches on the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

section of the Dead Sea shore, see

List of beaches in Palestine This is an incomplete list of beaches in Palestine broken down by bodies of water they are on. Mediterranean Sea List of beaches along the Mediterranean Sea: see Gaza Strip. Dead Sea List of beaches along the West Bank shore of the Dead Sea. Th ...

(includes Kalia, Neve Midbar, and Biankini; Mineral Beach is closed indefinitely due to sinkholes). * Ein Gedi Spa – south of

Ein Gedi Ein Gedi ( he, עֵין גֶּדִי‎, ), also spelled En Gedi, meaning "spring of the goat, kid", is an oasis, an Archaeological site, archeological site and a nature reserve in Israel, located west of the Dead Sea, near Masada and the Qu ...

Closed due to sinkholes

* Ein Gedi Beach – near historical

and north of Ein Gedi Spa, abandoned due to sinkholes.

Southern basin resorts

Ein Bokek Ein Bokek ( he, עֵין בּוֹקֵק) is a hotel and resort district on the Israeli shore of the Dead Sea, near Neve Zohar. It is under the jurisdiction of the Tamar Regional Council. History Archaeological findings at Ein Bokek include th ...

beach – near the Ein Bokek shopping center, Israel *

Neve Zohar Neve Zohar ( he, נְוֵה זֹהַר) is a community settlement in southern Israel. Located on the junction of Highway 31 and Highway 90 (Zohar Junction), on the shores of the Dead Sea and 23 km from Arad by road, it falls under the jurisd ...

beach, Israel

Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)

List of beaches along the Kinneret, known in English as the

Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest ...

: * Ein Gev Resort Village Beach – Located in the Ein Gev ResortEin Gev Resort Beach
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Beaches A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells ...