Will there be beaches in heaven?

Will there be beaches in heaven?
My wife asked me this question on the first day of our vacation this year. We sat in our Eagles beach chairs, watching our children jumping the waves, and admiring the treasures that God had blessed us with.
I suppose the question could have been taken with a whimsical air to it. I suppose the easiest, and perhaps the right answer to this question would have been "I don't know".
But my answer was simply "yes".
To be honest, I really don't know for sure. But I do know that my understanding and thoughts about heaven have changed as I have gotten older. And that's probably a good thing. I hope it is a reflection of some small aspect of growth, the fact that I do attempt to think of the things of God even though I readily admit that I can't fully comprehend the things of God. And heaven is surely one of these things.
Much has been written on the topic of heaven. There are numerous biblical accounts of heaven, written with as much detail and explanation as the inspired writers could muster given the limitations of our minds and vocabulary. There have been many accounts of heaven from people who claim that they have been there and have been granted an opportunity to come back to life to share their experiences. Jesus spoke of heaven over 70 times in the words that we have in Scripture today. (I bet He talked about it more than what we have recorded!)
I like to think about heaven. I don't completely understand it. I think about hell too. And I don't completely understand that either. I do believe there is more to heaven (and for that matter more to hell) than the simplistic answers attempt to convey. My thoughts here are not a theological attempt to define heaven and hell, nor are they a simplistic overture that diminishes the reality, finality, and sureness of the existence of either.
I believe that both heaven and hell are very real and very physical places. We should pray for understanding of each.
But are there beaches in heaven? That may not sound too theologically important in light of the grand implications of an eternal heaven and hell. But I think the question helps in a heavenly understanding somewhat.
So, yes, I believe there will be beaches in heaven. I say will be, in a future tense, because heaven as it will be is not yet here, and by here, I really do mean here, as on this planet, planet earth, the third planet from the sun in the Milky Way galaxy.
I know that for some the idea if heaven is somewhere "up there" and the idea of hell is somewhere "down there". But I don't think that God is limited by our navigational directional understandings. I do believe, however, that there is something to the "up there" idea though.
Jesus told his disciples in his last words to them that he would return. Then they saw him ascend up into the clouds. They were told apparently by angelic messengers that Jesus would return the same way they saw him go. So if Jesus "went up", then he would at some point "come back down". We refer to this as Jesus' 2nd coming. I don't know when that will be, and for the record, neither does anyone else. I am positive about that. But more on that topic at another time. Some details of this event have been recorded in the book of Revelation.
But what about the beaches?
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth ha  passed away. And the sea was also gone" (Revelation 21:1).
No more sea? So surely there can't be beaches if there isn't a sea! Right? I don't think so. As John wrote the words to Revelation he was prisoner on an island that he had been exiled to, the island of Patmos, part of an ancient Alcotraz.  John looked at the sea every day during his imprisonment. The sea wasn't a calm and joyful friend to John. The word "sea" that the writer uses here means more than just a big salty body of H2O. The "sea", for the biblical writer, was a place of fear, a place where ships were lost to unforeseen and unknown forces. The sea ravaged and destroyed villages that were close to it. The sea was a scary, dreadful place with many unknowns lying underneath, a cold, dark, watery tomb.
That "sea" will not be in heaven.
But there are 2 recorded times, also in Revelation, of a "sea of glass". There is a lot of imagery for sure in this "sea", lots of symbolism as this "sea" pictured to be in front of the heavenly throne of God, and lots of metaphorical content here also. But this "sea" is calm, reflecting the Spirit of God in its clear glassy state, and reflecting the purity of those cleansed by Jesus who will come before this throne one day.
From this "sea" the new heaven and earth will be watered. Watered with the very presence and the very Spirit of God. God with and among His people forever.
So will there be beaches in heaven? Yes, and mountains, and rivers, and even buildings in a city.
Because there will be a new earth. Not a different earth, but a new earth. A earth that is recreated in perfection. Re-creation involve  making all things New (as in set back to original state of being), not making all things new (as in making something completely different).
Beaches in heaven won't have on them washed up dead jellyfish or trash from careless boaters. They will be perfect beaches, as they were originally  so they will be once again. One day.
Until then enjoy the beaches we have. They are amazing, beautiful, and just a hint, a dim reflection of beaches that one day we will enjoy.