While you may be pickier about the bikini you wear or the beach cart or wagon you buy ahead of the summertime months, a chic, practical and spacious beach bag isn’t something to gaze over.

Much to our delight, beach bags come in a wealth of styles, sizes and shapes that don’t all fall into the stereotypical wicker-leaning carry-all (though we love those, too).

To offer you the hottest look-book for summer 2023, the New York Post hand-picked the 20 best beach bags across different categories to ensure you’ll find one (or two, or three) that you’ll want to sport all season long.

Plenty of our picks are budget-friendly from retailers like Amazon and Target while some others are more designer-backed for a sweet splurge.

While you’re at it, make sure to pick up one of our recommended outdoor coolers or backpack coolers and a beach umbrella to create a makeshift oasis on the sand.

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With a boxy design and tropical resort-inspired tassel detailing, the Trifabricy Woven Straw Beach Bag Tote is less than $25 on Amazon, large enough to hold clothing and your beach towels and made of 100% natural jute fiber with a clear coating of PVC for a fully waterproof design. What’s not to love?

Meet the beach bag we personally use on the regular: Petal & Pup’s Bodie Beach Bag. Just shy of $40, its multi-colored print and durable straps make it the soft-structured bags of our dreams. The twin leather handles add to its quality charm, along with top tassel detailing to complete the look.

While we love lululemon’s leggings and other workout apparel, its Clean Lines Tote Bag is another item we love just as much. With water-repellent fabric and light enough to carry (even when it’s fully stocked) its adjustable handles and smart storage solutions make it impeccable to stroll around with while you’re en route to your next beach destination.

What’s great about the Mark & Graham Sayulita Woven Beach Tote isn’t just its colorful, summertime-stylish design. This tote makes the perfect gift, too, as you can opt to personalize the carry-all. Its super stretchy, water-resistant bag features a spacious interior and comfortable design that makes it a winner in our books.

Meet your favorite backpack, but for the beach. The Odyseaco Waterproof Beach Backpack is just $30, features a neoprene drawstring bag and is clad with plenty of space to stash all of your essentials. Aside from pink, there’s also a blue hue to choose from.

Embossed with that classic straw look, the 8 Other Reasons Beachy Backpack is one of our favorites on this list — its straw-like charm and convenient carrying options making it one of the most unique online. Inside, you’ll find a main compartment with a single slip pocket, adjustable shoulder straps and a top zipper closure with a fold-over top.

Add some ombré, sunset-esque flair to your beach bag this summer with the WANDF Drawstring Backpack. Impressively, its clever design features a shoe pocket to ensure your flip-flops or cloud slides don’t go astray. It’s your best backpack, but more on the relaxed side.

Enter the Fjällräven Kanken Backpack, the carry-all adored by anyone who’s on the go, thanks to its perfect size and bounty of color options. It’s less than $100 on Amazon for a quality buy, made from hard-wearing Vinylon fabric with a zip that opens the main compartment and even includes a name and address label on the inside of the pack in case it gets lost.

To ensure none of your belongings become wet, the HEETA Waterproof Dry Bag is your best option that’ll cost you no more than $32 — even in its largest size. With more than 24,000 rave reviews, it’s a sworn-in Amazon best-seller for its rainbow of color options and multifunctional design.

If you love a wider beach bag that’s still waterproof and comes with chic rope handles, look no further than the Becokan Waterproof Beach Tote. For just $20 right now, it comes in other striped colors to choose from, is adored by nearly 1,500 beach-goers for its large capacity and is one of the most practical ones to add to your online shopping cart.

For a beach bag that’s closer to a bucket-style cooler, the LMYYG Waterproof Beach Bag is the hidden gem on Amazon we’re happy we found. Specifically, this tote features an easy-to-fold design — perfect for your car or luggage — and is built with thick neoprene to help prevent tearing. Plus, other colors are available.

Aloha! The Aloha Collection Holo Holo Big Island Hibiscus Beach Bag is sure to pair well with the other vacation outfits you have on deck thanks to its pastel-touting exterior. Its comfortable shoulder straps are a nice touch, too, and it’s one of the most stylish waterproof totes out there (in our humble opinion).

Hello, lightweight mesh beach bag. We recommend the HOXIS Mesh Beach Tote because it’s available in practically every color and is seamless to carry around. With more than 6,000 positive reviews for its durable yet simple design, it’s fully worth the $15 price tag.

Shop the Sun Squad Mesh Beach Bag from Target for the most affordable beach bag that even has adjustable backpack straps to carry it however you please. We love this light blue hue as well, alongside its see-through design to easily locate your items.

Shop the F-color Mesh Oversize Beach Bag for just $15 right now. If you’re seeking a carry-all that has plenty of individualized, easy-grab pockets, this tote — that comes in plenty of colorways — is your best bet for this season.

Looking for an option with a bit of pattern to it? Shop the KABAQOO Mesh Beach Bag. For less than $20, this tote comes with nine pockets to easily locate your items, a zipper-enclosed and waterproof design and a machine-washable exterior. Sign us up!

We recently gifted the Tory Burch Ever-Ready Zip Tote to a loved one and it’s one of the most unique and versatile beach bags out there. It doubles as a work tote, too, but has enough give to function as the tried-and-true option you bring to the sandy shore.

Everyone’s on the edge of their seats glossing over the sought-after Prada Woven Palm and Leather Tote. Rest assured it’s the only beach bag you’ll need (for the rest of your life, that is), thanks to its well-made, simply perfect design to stash your sunscreen, favorite designer sunglasses and more.

The Chloé Small Woody Basket Bag is on our wishlists because of its medium size that can function as a beach bag but also as your out-to-dinner tote to accompany your summertime-glistening maxi dresses and skirts. Plus, how could you say no to the signature Chloé print?

As a Revolve best-seller, Marc Jacobs’ The Colorblock Mesh Medium Tote Bag is worth the splurge, simply because of its vibrant color and see-through design. It’s ideal for your next beach trip and has a top zipper closure, two slip pockets and that signature puff-leather leathering that we’re all heart-eyes for.

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