JustLuxe has posted an article titled Top Sexiest Beaches, but Hawaii doesn’t make the cut. (Actually, no U.S. beach did, unless you count Puerto Rico.)

The top 11 beaches include these:

• Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic: “White and gold sand wind around the peninsula, surrounded by towering palm trees and pastel colored boats drifting off shore.”

• Ipanema Beach, Brazil: “Ipanema is a longtime favorite of sexy party-goers and colorful, bikini-clad beachcombers.”

• Bondi, Australia: “As a place for topless sunbathing, swimming and great surfing, Bondi is an internationally renowned holiday destination; especially for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.”

Just Luxe is “a luxury Web publication providing objective analysis and information to affluent consumers of luxury goods, services and travel.”

UPDATE: An earlier version of this post said that nudity is not permitted in Hawaii. But that’s been corrected, thanks to this helpful email fromRichard Spacer, president of Kauai Naturists and area representative, of the Naturist Action Committee, with responsibility for Hawai:

Topfree sunbathing, the correct phrase, (as opposed to “topless”) as referenced at Bondi Beach, Australia, isnot nudity. Nudity by definition means exposure of genitals.

Topfree sunbathing has been  unquestionably legal in Hawaii since the 1979 HI supreme court case linked below, State v. Crenshaw.

 Nude sunbathing at NON state park beaches has been legal since 2000. See HI v. Milford, HI v. Kalama.

 HI state park beaches, as opposed to the overwhelming majority of Hawaii beaches, do have a HI administrative rule against nudity which applies only at state park beaches, small in number. …

Photo courtesy Christian Haugen.

—Chad Blair