Post #26 - Haulover beach - Nudist destination review

Destination -  Haulover Beach.

Location - Miami, Florida, USA.

Official link - https://www.hauloverbeach.org/

Review period - A weekend during February, 2018.
Review type - User contributed

Brief background

• According to wikipedia, It is the largest public nudist beach in the U.S. and attracts 1.3 million visitors per year. The northern 0.4-mile (0.6 km) of the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) shoreline is a nude beach officially recognized and approved by the government of Miami-Dade County. 
• The official site says Haulover Beach has been mentioned in many top 10 lists of the best nude beaches in the world by numerous travel publications, such as Trip Advisor, The Travel Channel, CBS News, and more.

Quick review

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Detailed review

Following information and stats are as collected from our Instagram follower from India, Anand Vora.

Note - Details in user submitted reviews are as provided by the reviewer and are not our own.

Weather 

• Sunny 78 degrees F.

Visitors

• Approximately 400.

Solo visitors present?

• Yes, both males and females.

Entry 

•  No entry rules, public beach.

Nudity rules  

• Clothing optional public beach.
• Clear demarcation of nudist section.

Gender ratio

• Women: men was roughly 1:3 roughly. 

States of undress

• Approximately - Men : 85% nude. Women : 80% nude.

Age bracket ratio

• (18 - 40) : 40 +  was 1 : 3, approx.

Racial and ethnic composition 

• White 75, black 10%, south Asian 1%, others : 14%, approximately.

Body sizes ratio

• No information.

Interaction level

• Moderate.

Difficulty level

• Easy.

Sexual activities observed

• No, kissing and cuddling at max.

Activities & facilities

• Restrooms, showers, drinking water fountains. Food and drink vendors on the beach.

Overall rating

• 5 out of 5.

Some more pics

Post #25 - Hostivař beach - Nudist destination review

Destination -  Hostivař Beach.

Location - Prague, Czechia.

Official link - http://www.nudahostivar.cz/

Review period - A July weekend, 2019.
Review type - First hand

Brief background

• Nude sections in grassy beaches next to lakes and river are common in Prague and all over Czechia.
• Hostivař nudist beach is a popular lake side enclosed (with boundary) spot, almost 25 kms from Prague city centre.

Quick review

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Detailed review

Weather 

• Clear sky, sunny, 28 °C.

Visitors

• Approximately 92 at a time.

Solo visitors present?

• Yes, males definitely.
• Not sure about females, as difficult to tell if some were socialising in the restaurant section. 

Entry 

• It seems there is some entry fees, which varies as per the time of the day, as can be read on google reviews.
• However, when I visited, following google maps, I had to cross some jungle and then got blocked by the fencing. As it was getting dark, I was afraid to return back through the same jungle, and also was afraid of being late to catch some of the remaining sun. So I decided to cross over the fencing. The entry to the nudist section was open from there. I asked many people if entry fees is there but was still not sure. Looking at your website also, not able to find clearly if entry fees is there for the nudist section or there is one common entry for both. Some reviews on google mention entry is there.
  
  

Dotted path is the one I followed while entering. My current position along the returning path shown as well

Jungle path followed while entering, as suggested by Google maps

View of the fence from outside the jungle

Nudity rules  

• Clearly segregated clothing optional public beach.
• No board mentioning nudity though. 

Gender ratio

• Women : men was roughly 1:4.8 in lawns, excluding restaurant section. 
• Same was almost 3.7 in restaurant section.

States of undress

• Men : 97% nude, women : 45% nude, 20% topless, 35% clothed, excluding restaurant section.
• Within restaurant - 10% women nude, 4% men nude. One couple with the young lady sitting on the lap of a clothed man was cuddling and kissing quite openly, right next to the other people sitting.

Age bracket ratio

• (18 - 40) : 40+ was 1 : 4.5.

Racial and ethnic composition 

• Almost all were white and mostly Czech.
• Met one Russian family, with kids/teenagers as well.

Body sizes ratio

• Ratio of plus sizes to others was 1 : 10.

Interaction level

• Low in the lawns, may be moderate in the restaurant.

Difficulty level

• Easy to get naked in the lawns.
• May be difficult in the restaurant as most people were clothed, even though there seemed to be no restrictions.

Sexual activities observed

• No, but quite open kissing and cuddling in the restaurant section.

Activities & facilities

• Washrooms with drinkable water, restaurant with dance music, audible from all around.
• The music was adding a nice chilled out vibe to the place. 
• A little walk from the nudist section, was the textile section where even more attractions were present. It was not clear if that area was owned by another agency. There is another website https://www.hostivarskaprehrada.cz/ mentioning a nudist beach as well. It needs to be clarified which beach is that. The beach map of the one we are reviewing is as follows -

Overall rating

• 4.5 out of 5.

Few more pics

More information

This article is a compilation of almost all the nudist destinations, with entry fees, and other basic details, not only in Prague, but in entire Czechia.

Random nudist whatsapp group in India - Nudist platform review

Platform - A random WhatsApp group, India.

Review period - April, 2019.

Background

Over the last one year, we have been publishing reviews of nudist destinations around the world, in our signature style, with visitor information in template format. Although we are based out of India, still we have never reviewed any nudist destination in India, which is not surprising, because legally there are none here. In such cultures, where this topic is a taboo, virtual interactions and presence of people in online groups of complete strangers is very high as real social gatherings are very very rare and secret. So, for a change, we thought of publishing the results of a survey we conducted sometime back, on the members of a random WhatsApp group of nudists, of which our reporter was a part of.


While the main purpose is to post the results of that survey, but we thought, why not make it like a nudist destination review we normally do. After all, all work and no play makes jack a dull boy!

Quick review

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Detailed review

• Total members - Approximately 60 to 70.
• Entry - Mostly via online connection and few via personal acquaintance.
• Most members in India seem to be added without personal acquaintance, as there are rarely occasions where people meet in a nudist setup. 
• Many people mention these WhatsApp groups in online meetup groups like meetup.com, etc.
• Posting rules - Sexual content was discouraged.
• only self pics were encouraged.
• Gender ratio - Women : men was roughly 1 : 60.
• Age bracket ratio - (18 - 40) : 40+ was approximately 3:1. This was based on a survey filled up the members of the group - 

Note that only one third of the members responded to the survey. Click here for the complete survey results.

• Married/unmarried members? Both in case of men. Women only married.
• Nude content posting? Men only. Many had posted even with face as well as genitals exposed. 
• The female member of the group never posted any of her nude pics. 
• Body sizes ratio - Plus sizes to others as per pics posted was roughly 1:2. 
• Sexual activities observed? Yes, many sexually suggestive pics by many men, which were encouraged by many members and discouraged by many.
• Difficulty level - Easy for men to be part of, however, sharing nude pics with face may be moderately risky. May be moderate to difficult for women to be even part of, if not for sexual harassment but for complaints by other members for not participating in the way they would expect to. 
• A lot of men were quite bothered about the authenticity of the female member, since she had a business profile, and would sometimes endorse her products. Also, she never posted any of her nude pics. 
• Physical meetups - Very few meetups were initiated. 
• Most meetups planned would be unorganised in terms of venue, have unreliable planning and attended by scattered groups, if at all they happened.
• Meetups happened only in homes of members. 

Data sample

• This was just of one out of almost 5 WhatsApp groups of nudists the admin was a part of.
• Although the group dynamics were not same across all of them, but this was the only one in which he could do a survey.

Conclusions

• Most of the people are home/closet nudists, who have not participated in social nudity actually.
• A significant percentage of them expect nudism to be about people sharing their nude pics. 
• A lot of debate used to go on around the definition of true nudist. If you are not one posting your nude pics, your authenticity behind being a nudist will be questioned. Also, similar accusations if you are posting nudes but only without face. 
• Apart from this, what people should post and what not used to be a common debate. 
• Random forwards and lots of good morning/good evening posts used to be common. A related point from the survey -

• There had been several reports of some unsolicited private messages by some people, mostly complained by the men though. Don't remember the female member complaining about such messages but there was a different issue involving her. 
• A lot of men were quite bothered about the authenticity of the female member, since she had a business profile, and would sometimes endorse her products. Also, she never posted any content like pics. They even got her removed from the group once, but later added again. 
• A few members used to meet and sometimes used to share pics. Not sure if they met someone via the group or knew them already or posted about meeting someone outside the group.
• The female member was clear about her stance of not being open to meeting.

Other WhatsApp groups of nudists in India/with Indians.

• The other whatsapp groups we have been part of were somewhat different.
• There were no women in any of them.
• A lot of discussions would be on planning the next meetup, but always there would be respondents or the hosts not replying on the decided day. Any meetups, if at all happened, seemed to be very unorganised and a private affair, and in private homes. 

 Nudist whatsapp groups in India/with Indians in general

• To summarize, unless there were a lot of NRIs, or foreign returns, most of the nudism related discussion/content sharing would be on 
• sharing nude pics.
• planning/cancelling meetups. 
• sharing nudist adventures in India, sometimes often in risky situations and rarely even extreme ones like going for a nude run before sunrise and returning before someone saw, stripping inside a public transport, etc.
• In case of a lot of NRIs or foreign returns, there is quite a lot of informative discussion.
• It would be difficult to estimate how many people in India, right now, would be part of such WhatsApp groups that they joined from some other groups like on meetup.com or truenudists.com or some random places. If you would like to provide some insights, let us know, or answer these questions on Quora -

If you were to estimate the total number of people in nudist WhatsApp groups and living in Bangalore, how would your approach be?

What would be a good comparative estimate of the number of Indians in public WhatsApp groups for nudists? Would it be more or less than the number in online sites like Truenudists.com?

Post #24 - Club Fantastico - Nudist destination review

Destination - Club Fantastico.

Location - St. Martin, French West Indies.

Official link - http://www.clubfantastico.net/

Review period - 9 days during Feb 2019.



Brief background

This resort is located in the French side of the island of Saint Martin, one of the eight territories currently under French sovereignty in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean

This island has Orient beach, with an official nude section and is the most popular social nude beach on the island).

Quick review

Detailed review

Following information, stats and images are as collected from our Instagram follower, @dmack1955. 

Note - Details in user submitted reviews are as provided by the reviewer and are not verified first hand by @thenudistcalendar.

Weather 

• Sunny, 80 degrees F.

Visitors

• 12.

Solo visitors present?

• Yes. Both males and females.

Entry 

• Small boutique hotel/resort so must have prior reservations.

Nudity rules  

• Clothing optional inside resort. 

Gender ratio

• Women: men was 1:1. 

States of undress

• 95% among men and 90% among women naked.

Age bracket ratio

• (18 - 40) : 40 + was 0 as 40 + was 100%.

Racial and ethnic composition 

• 90% white. Mainly English and French.

Body sizes ratio

• Plus sizes to others roughly 4 : 1.

Interaction level

• High/easy.

Difficulty level

• Easy.

Sexual activities observed

• No. Kissing/cuddling at max.

Activities & facilities

• Heated pool, hot tub, massages, food and bar.

Few pics from venue