Beautiful beaches hatteras, old spanish ships timber in the sand, however, the sand is course, many riptides too, siesta key, sanibel island for exotic shells, ft pierce, destin...sugar sand..long stretches of public beach..wish florida had adopted hawaiis rules, no private ownership of beaches, all business have to provide parking and access for public to their property’s beaches..
There are no private beaches in NC, they’re all public. Oceanfront property ends with the dune line. The only restrictions you’d ever run into would be the few private islands such as Bald Head Island or Figure Eight Island. Even there, no one individual owns the beach, they’re open for all on the island.
At one time Florida needed to entice people to develop and settle the land.