1. Saline Beach, St Barthelmy, French West Indies

Tucked away underneath St. Barth's rocky hillside, feel free to forget everything at St. Barth's most secluded beach. Including your clothes. One sbhonline.com member recalled his favorite all-time memory of St. Barth as "enjoying a Cuban cigar and a glass of french rose wine on Saline beach in the late afternoon - wearing nothing but a hat."

2. Es Cavallet Beach, Ibiza, Spain

In America, we have the right to remain silent. The saucy Spanish, however, have the right to remain nude. According to this PDF, penalization for nudity violates constitutional rights. We're happy about that because this rear view above makes us giggle. Es Cavallet (pictured) is one of Ibiza's gay-friendly nude beaches.

3. Haulover Beach, Florida, USA

Haulover Beach is arguably the best nude beach in the U.S., This beautiful, family friendly, regionally run park beach north of Sunny Isles is a great example of a US clothing optional beach that is open to the public.

4. Black’s Beach, San Diego, USA

UC San Diego's mascot may be King Triton, but over by Black's Beach, its the bear. Join the Black Beach Bares, a group of local nudie sport enthusiasts, for a friendly round of stripped snorkeling, birthday suit boogie boarding or jiggly jogging.. Since Black's is a state beach, in some areas nudity is prohibited.

5. Plage de Tahiti Beach, St Tropez, France

No cameras allowed around this jet set crowd. Skip the ragmag subscription and catch a peak of your favorite celebrities' itties and bitties for free at this nude beach for the rich and the famous.

6. Praia do Pinho -Santa Catarina, Brazil

The "itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie-yellow-polka-dot-bikini" is nowhere to be found here. In 1987, Pinho became the first nationally sanctioned au natural beach in Brazil. Its motto? "Clothing is not an option." Amen.

7. Paradise Beach, Mylonos, Greece

Paradise Beach is just that. Marvel at the tannest and fittest bosoms Greece has to offer while partying all day and night at the bars and clubs surrounding the sand line.

8. Little Beach - Maui, Hawaii

Feast your big eyes on Maui's Little Beach. Little Beach is Maui's official "unofficial clothing optional beach". If you're lucky, you might run into Dr. Leisure, an artist whose been painting scenes of nude beaches for the past ten years. If you're luckier, Dr. Leisure might paint you.

9. Playa El Agua, Margarita Island, Venezuela

Here's an interesting fact. Margarita Island in Venezuela claims that in countries where nude sunbathing is the norm, there is less incidence of sexual assault. Here's to unclothing with a cause.

10. Clifton Beach, Cape Town, South Africa

Get naked, not nipply. Backed by steep dunes to protect against pervy gawkers, Clifton beach promotes itself as the ideal nudist beach because its four sheltered coves protect sunbathers from chilly winds.

11. Baker Beach, San Francisco

Baker Beach is part of San Francisco's famed Presidio and was once host to Burning Man. The half-mile long beach, which lies on the peninsula of San Francisco, has stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the city. Be forewarned: nude bathing (or rather "clothing optional") is only allowed on the northern section.

12. Wreck Beach - Vancouver, B.C., Canada

With or without their bathing suits, hundreds of thousands of people visit Canada's first and largest clothing-optional beach each year. This all-natural beach is 7.8 kilometers long and follows the coastline below a forested, 200-foot high, cliff system on the western tip of Vancouver.

Eagles, kingfishers, and escaped domestic birds like parrots, lovebirds, and magpies hover about – as do vendors selling everything a sunbather’s heart desires, from sunscreen for your sensitive bits, to empanadas, organic fruit juices, and buffalo burgers to stave off those west coast munchies! Ah, Wreck Beach…so near to the city, and yet so far!