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Nude Among Textiles at a Clothing Optional Beach
Return to DiscussionsAre you comfortable being nude among clothed people at a clothing optional beach especially when you are in the minority?
Recently I visited a clothing optional beach which I have been going to for years. There were a few people on the beach when I arrived and ventured past them since they were all clothed. I set up my blanket and laid down and discretely got naked. The day was beautiful, and I was so comfortable enjoying my natural surroundings. A few people passed by me noticing that I was naked and at the time the only nude person in the area. I eventually got up and strolled down the beach in the surf away from the textiles. I passed by a few clothed people who greeted me politely and kept going. When I returned to my blanket, I noticed more people had come to the clothing optional area. Eventually the person closest to me went nude after a couple of hours and a couple beyond my neighbor. Noticing a few nude people on the beach, I felt more comfortable walking around and playing in the surf. I casually strolled down towards the textiles and the few other nude and semi nude people on their blankets passed by all the textiles to the end point of the clothing optional area which there is a natural barrier. I heard a few comments that I was naked and some stares. I saw a few more people relax and go nude or topless as they accepted the area as being clothing optional. I had always been very comfortable on that beach going nude and for a while was the only nude person there. I did not really think about and just did what I always have done. I then wondered how often does this happen to others and if they are comfortable being nude among textiles especially in a traditionally clothing optional environment.
I used to go to that other one as it was substantially closer to me. It was actively taken over and we were driven from the beach. Black's definitely has more of a truly optional feel to it. Those who remain clothed know exactly where they are and feel more welcoming to unclothed bathers.
We had two nude beaches here in Southern California. One was taken away because some felt that just because we were naked, it was a "no holds barred" invitation to sexual activity on the beach! Now we have one and it's adjacent to a University. Lots of college kids come down to the beach to exercise (jog), to enjoy the beach as they would any public beach, to try being nude or topless on the beach for the first time and ... some actually enjoy the beach nude and must quite often because we've seen many college kids with great tans and no tan lines, as they break out their books and study materials.WE don't give it much thought if we are amongst a few clothed people. If they are minding their own business, we don't care. IF ... some of them seem a bit too interested in certain women, or any woman and we suspect voyeuristic activity with a camera or video cam, then we'll jump up and get in their faces about it. Most times this affects the younger college women being bothered, harassed or photographed/videoed.I've gone up to many of these young people and talked to them about why they venture down to the nude section of the beach and keep their clothes or swim suits on. Occasionally I'll get someone that becomes defensive but most times, it's those that are there to check it out and then eventually try it. Many of the young women are concerned about the guys from the University coming down and seeing them and thinking that they are a bit more "friendly" because they enjoy being naked, and they don't want to be hassled on campus or for any stories or rumors started so ... they remain in their suits or just topless. That's a legitimate concern and compromise.The most important thing is to NOT give up your space or the beach to a textile take over. Remain, remain naked and educate them whenever possible. Speak up if you witness sexual activity and tell them to take it someplace where no one can see them ... like home!;-)
Having n ever ben to a clothing optional beach before my first time did not go as planned. I felt if other people were nude it would be easy for my first time to be naked on a clothing optional beach. Actually this beach is noted as a nude beach, not clothing optional. It is Little Tribune Bay on Hornby Island. I arrived with my painting kit thinking I'd paint nude. What I noticed was there were no naked people. I found a spot to sketch from and as the time passed saw people only removed their clothing to go swimming. When they got out they quickly got dressed. I did not feel comfortable at all to take my clothes off and after finishing three sketches left feeling cheated of what was to be my first social nude beach experience. As I live a long ways away from any other nude beach I haven't ventured out to try again. I remain a home nudist and forest trail walker.
Little Trib is a great place to get naked, you must have hit it on an off day
I was lucky in that my very first experience of a nude beach was
one where virtually everyone was naked. I actually felt uneasy
until I stripped off myself, something which I did very quickly. It
is useful to know the etiquette for each beach. There is a cluster
of clothes optional beaches in the far western Algarve (Portugal).
On some the nudist area is at the far end of the beach, so I walk
to that end before getting naked. On others the nudists are spread
throughout the beach and I get naked on entering the beach,
sometimes beforehand. And all these nude areas/beaches have
textiles on them as well. They may be surfers or a surfing school.
I enjoy being naked in front of them - asserting my right to be
naked. They are genuinely Clothes
Optional. That is no bad thing. It allows a couple to enjoy the
beach when one is nude and the other clothed. It also allows
hesitant nudists to get naked in their own time. Both those
are good for encouraging new nudists.
My friends and I are often the first or the only nudists on the
beach. I'm comfortable with that. The textiles accept our nudity
and we accept them being clothed. I must have been nude on beaches
100's of times now and have only ever had one bad reaction.
Incidentally textiles can get a bad reaction too. The beach at Cap
d'Agde is totally nude. The geography makes it impossible to access
most of the beach except through the nudist village. The exception
is at the sexy end if the beach which connects to a textile
beach.But anyone daring to enter in any clothing will be
driven off by the men and forcibly stripped by the women. Contrast
this with the nude beach at Maspalomas. It has a continual parade
of clothed beach-goers along the water's edge.
I would be completely comfortable being the only person totally nude at a clothing optional beach. After all people who go to clothing optional beaches should expect to see nudists. So I wouldn't let them interfere with my right to enjoy being nude. Also there are always a fair number of people who stay clothed so it's not unusual. Some may be gawkers or curious, but some may be trying to work up the nerve to undress. Some women may eventually remove their tops and nothing more,but it's a start. So I feel I'm setting an example by showing that nudity is normal and exposing my naked body to clothed people is no big deal.
I would be completely comfortable being the only person totally nude at a clothing optional beach. After all people who go to clothing optional beaches should expect to see nudists. So I wouldn't let them interfere with my right to enjoy being nude. Also there are always a fair number of people who stay clothed so it's not unusual. Some may be gawkers or curious, but some may be trying to work up the nerve to undress. Some women may eventually remove their tops and nothing more,but it's a start. So I feel I'm setting an example by showing that nudity is normal and exposing my naked body to clothed people is no big deal.
That's the way it should be.