Beach

Beaches are a type of community lot in The Sims: Vacation and The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, and also a lot assignment in The Sims 3 and The Sims 4: Island Living.
==The Sims==
In The Sims: Vacation, one of the three distinct areas of Vacation Island is a beach area, which has three lots, a hotel, a campground and a community lot. Sims will normally wear swimsuits in this area, though they cannot go into the sea. However, on some lots, the sea can be seen and the ocean waves are often heard when playing, mostly in the early morning, evening and early night. In early hours of the morning and on some afternoons, seagulls can also be heard squawking.
While it is not possible to create beach lots, it is possible to create lots that look like beaches, such as SimCity Beach in Downtown. However, Sims will not be able to rent sandcastle kits on these lots.
==The Sims 2==
Proper beach lots were introduced in The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, and must be placed adjacent to a body of water. Premade beaches can be found on Twikkii Island, but players can also create their own beaches in any neighborhood. Many premade neighborhoods do not provide room for creating beach lots, however. An easy default location that allows the player to build a beach lot is Bluewater Village.
To create a beach, open the Lots and Houses bin from the neighborhood screen. Click on the Specialty Lots button next, and options to create special lots such as dormitories, hotels, apartments, etc. Click on the Create Beach option in the left-hand area, next to the thumbnails of special lots.
Beach lots function the same as regular lots, but the side facing the lot will contain a segment of ocean that Sims can swim in. Swimming in the ocean will provide a vacation memento, even if the beach lot is not located in a vacation neighborhood. Sims can build sandcastles, comb for seashells, watch the waves, and sunbathe on the actual beach along the shoreline. Toddlers can also eat sand.
If Seasons is installed, the ground will not get completely covered in snow during Winter. Snow will still fall, but very rarely and only lightly.
===Player tips===
*Sims can drown in the water unless it's on a community lot
*Sunbathing long enough will give Sims a tan for a few days
*When Seasons is installed, Sims in the ocean can get struck by lightning
===Viable neighborhoods for beach lots===
*Bluewater Village
*Twikkii Island
*Three Lakes
*Desiderata Valley
*Belladonna Cove
===Non-viable neighborhoods for beach lots===
*Pleasantview
*Strangetown
*Veronaville
*Sim State University
*Downtown (The Sims 2)
*Riverblossom Hills
==The Sims 3==
===Gameplay description===
;Attracts
: Sims with the Athletic and Loves the Outdoors traits.
;Deters
: Sims with the Hates the Outdoors trait.
;Skill encouragement
: Sims with the athletic skill are encouraged to visit and build the skill.
Although Sims can visit beaches in The Sims 3, they cannot swim (returned in The Sims 3 Seasons and Patch 42), comb for seashells, build sandcastles, or watch the waves. They can only sunbathe on the loungers, play chess, fish, cook and eat food, or make some drinks at a bar. Players can use a beach as party venue. Since beaches can be large and have plenty of refreshments and activities, that is a good choice.
Beach lots attract Sims in a similar way to pool lots. Beaches often feature grills and deck chairs. Sims can also go jogging around the beach at the morning. Sims may bring their toddlers here. If Pets is installed, pets from other households do not visit beach lots.
In The Sims 3: Island Paradise, beaches are expanded. NPC Sims will now swim in the ocean autonomously and Sims can now sunbathe on beach towels and play in the sand. It is also where the Lifeguard profession takes place.
=== Areas with no beaches ===
There are no beaches in Riverview, though the river and fish hatchery makes up for it. There are no lots assigned as beaches in the World Adventures destinations of Al Simhara, Champs Les Sims, and Shang Simla.
Hidden Springs from The Sims 3 Store has no beaches. It has a lot similar to a beach, but it is assigned as a fishing spot.
===Sunset Valley beaches===
====Old Pier Beach====
Old Pier Beach is the only default beach lot in Sunset Valley, although there are two small parks that look like beaches.
===Twinbrook beaches===
====River Junction Beach Park====
*1 barbecue.
*1 picnic table.
River Junction Beach Park is the only default beach lot in Twinbrook. It features a gazebo and few outdoor objects.
===Barnacle Bay beaches===
====Barnacle Beach====
*A foosball table.
*3 chess tables.
*3 bookshelves.
*4 juice bars.
*4 barbecues.
*A stereo.
*2 trash cans.
*2 swings.
*Various seating.
*Various fenced gardens.
Barnacle Beach is a large beach lot in Barnacle Bay. It features public toilets, lots of deck chairs, and several playground objects for children.
Note that the distance from the edge of the lot to the ocean is fairly far even by pre-Patch 55 standards (around 40 squares), making lifesaving somewhat harder to do than usual.
====Founder's Beach====
*2 barbecues.
*A picnic table.
Founder's Beach is a small beach lot in Barnacle Bay. At §1,667, it is one of the cheapest non-empty lots in the Sims 3 era.
====Landlubber Bank====
*2 barbecues.
*2 picnic tables.
Landlubber Bank is a small beach lot in Barnacle Bay.
====Smuggler's Beach====
*2 barbecues.
*2 campfires.
*2 picnic tables.
*A juice bar.
*Many stones.
Smuggler's Beach is a small beach lot in Barnacle Bay, located at the bottom of a small fjord.
===Bridgeport beaches===
====Smuggler's Cove====
Smuggler's Cove is the only default beach lot in Bridgeport. It features grills and picnic tables.
===Appaloosa Plains beaches===
====Adventure Landing====
*1 barbecue.
*3 picnic tables.
*4 trach cans.
*5 lounge chairs.
*1 hitching post.
Adventure Landing is the only default beach lot in Appaloosa Plains. It resembles a pier.
===Lunar Lakes beaches===
====Oasis Shoreline====
Oasis Shoreline is the only beach from Lunar Lakes. It has lounge chairs, picnic tables, and a grill.
===Starlight Shores beaches===
====Delmar Beach====
*A pool table.
*A stereo.
*A juice bar.
*A buffet table.
*Outdoor gym facilities.
*A campfire.
*A coffeemaker.
*A barbecue.
*Various seating.
*Harvestable watermelon, onion, and bell pepper plants.
*1 trash can
*3 bike racks.
Delmar Beach is the only default beach lot in Starlight Shores. It features a whole building, with a second bathroom building for recreation. It also includes the tall new palm trees that come with the game, as well as some umbrellas and picnic baskets.
===Lucky Palms beaches===
====Lakeside Retreat====
*2 barbecues.
*2 trash cans.
*Some seating.
*Some trees.
Lakeside Retreat is the only beach in Lucky Palms.
===Sunlit Tides beaches===
====Hot Sands Beach====
Hot Sands Beach is a beach from Sunlit Tides, a world from The Sims 3 Store. This beach is inside the lagoon, as opposed to Captain Jack's Beach which is outside of the lagoon in the ocean. There are a few chairs and a barbecue pit.
====Captain Jack's Beach====
Captain Jack's Beach is a beach from Sunlit Tides, a world from The Sims 3 Store. Unlike Hot Sands Beach, this beach is on the exterior land strip opposite of the lagoon. In simple terms, it connects with the ocean and not the lagoon. This beach is larger than Hot Sands, featuring more chairs, umbrellas, and even a pier.
===Moonlight Falls beaches===
====La Shove Beach====
*2 barbecues.
*2 claw machines.
*2 picnic tables.
*A picnic blanket.
*5 trash cans.
*A campfire.
*3 parking spots.
*A LLAMA station.
*Harvestable mycenas and onion plants.
La Shove Beach is the only beach that comes with Supernatural. The sand looks to what appears to be just rocks instead of sand, and a very gloomy beach in general. It fits the setting of Moonlight Falls very well.
Swimming Sims looking for a challenge, can swim across the bay to Moonlight Point.
===Monte Vista beaches===
Monte Vista has 2 beaches that are within 75sq of each other, to the point that swimming between them is a piece of cake.
====Sunbather's Retreat====
*2 juice bars.
*1 trash can.
*Seating for 41 Sims, almost the entire housed population of the town.
Sunbather's Retreat is one of the two beaches that comes with Monte Vista.
====Venice Beach====
*1 barbecue.
*1 campfire.
*1 picnic table.
*1 chair with rust.
Venice Beach is one of the two beaches that comes with Monte Vista.
===Aurora Skies beaches===
====Basalt Beach====
Basalt Beach is one of the five beaches that comes with Aurora Skies.
====Bonfire Beach====
Bonfire Beach is one of the five beaches that comes with Aurora Skies.
====Coastal Cove Beach====
Coastal Cove Beach is one of the five beaches that comes with Aurora Skies.
====Fjara Beach====
Fjara Beach is one of the five beaches that comes with Aurora Skies.
====Serenity Sands Beach====
Serenity Sands Beach is one of the five beaches that comes with Aurora Skies.
===Sims University beaches===
====Llama Beach====
Llama Beach is the only beach from Sims University. It has picnic tables, lounge chairs, and grills.
===Dragon Valley beaches===
====Cladach Beach====
Cladach Beach is one of the three beaches that comes with Dragon Valley. It has two grills, picnic tables, and lounge chairs.
====Mol Beach====
Mol Beach is one of the three beaches that comes with Dragon Valley. Unlike other beaches in Dragon Valley, this beach has a bathroom area.
====Tràigh Mhòr Beach====
Tràigh Mhòr Beach is one of the three beaches that comes with Dragon Valley.
===Isla Paradiso beaches===
====Bella Vista Beach====
Bella Vista Beach is one of the three beaches that comes with Isla Paradiso. The beach features two lifeguard chairs and a barbecue pit with picnic tables.
Taking a taxi boat from here, is likely the shortest way to commute from the main street of Surf Island, to the downtown of the Isla Paradiso island.
====Sparkling Sands Beach====
Sparkling Sands Beach is one of the three beaches that comes with Isla Paradiso. The beach has a very close proximity to Sparkling Sands resort and comes with a lifeguard chair and a fire pit, although there are no bathrooms on the lot.
====Crystal Waters Beach====
*A barbecue.
*A picnic table.
Crystal Waters Beach is one of the three beaches that comes with Isla Paradiso. The beach itself is rather minimal in general compared to the other two beaches, although it does feature a bathroom.
===Midnight Hollow beaches===
====Somber Beach====
Somber Beach is one of the two beaches that comes with Midnight Hollow. It has four picnic tables, two grills, and a fire pit.
====Bizarre Beach====
Bizarre Beach is one of the two beaches that comes with Midnight Hollow. It has four picnic tables, three grills, and a fire pit.
===Oasis Landing beaches===
Unlike other beaches, beaches from Oasis Landing are not surrounded by or located adjacent to the ocean. These are called Dried up beach. Sims mostly use this place for sunbathing. It can be filled with water using the Edit Town mode, however it is very small and the spacing for filling the water is narrow. Alternately, the Water Tool can create a lake under the foundation, but calling that scenario a normal beach would be an overstatement.
====Derelict Beach====
*A barbecue.
*A campfire.
*A chess table.
*A picnic table.
*An easel.
*A juice bar.
*A drink synthesizer.
*2 wall speakers (Plays electronica by default).
*Some seating.
*A few flowers and bushes.
The Derelict Beach is a default dried up beach lot in Oasis Landing. It has a chess set, a divided bathroom, one small grill, a fire pit, a guitar, and a bar area.
===Roaring Heights beaches===
====Oceanfront Beach====
Oceanfront Beach is one of the two beaches from Roaring Heights.
====Ridgeview Beach====
Ridgeview Beach is one of the two beaches from Roaring Heights.
==The Sims 4: Island Living==
In The Sims 4: Island Living, beaches function similarly to parks, except Sims will also autonomously partake in beach activities such as sunbathing, building sand sculptures, swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving and boating. The requirements for beach lots are one public bathroom, one lounge chair, one water vehicle and one float lounger, all of which are optional. If The Sims 4: My Wedding Stories is also installed, lots in Tartosa can be designated as beaches.
Beaches have lifeguards on duty during the day, which is when this venue type has the most visitors. At nighttime, beaches are much less busy. Mermaids are drawn to beaches, but they will hide their tails until Sims in the player's household discover them.
With The Sims 4: Lovestruck expansion pack, Sims can Make Out in the Great Outdoors on beaches as a romantic interaction.
===Sulani beaches===
Sulani has seven beachfront lots that can be built on, though only two are assigned as beaches by default.
====Ohan'ali Beach====
Ohan'ali Beach is in the Ohan'ali Town neighborhood. It's intended to be the more general-purpose beach in Sulani. It includes a community canoe dock, swings, a chess table, beach towels, a barbecue, a picnic table, cheap lounge chairs, float loungers and a public bathroom.
====Sand Simoleon Beach====
Sand Simoleon Beach is in the Lani St. Taz neighborhood. It's intended to be the more upscale beach in Sulani, with more expensive furniture and decor. It includes a gazebo built out over the water, lounge chairs, a bonfire and a barbecue area.
Sand Simoleon Beach has one lot trait, Oceanic Paradise, which cannot be removed.
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