The cutest beach chairs to upgrade your trip to the seaside tenfold

With hot weather comes beach trips and, with those… beach chairs. That’s right, along with your beach towels, pool inflatables and face SPF, one of the best beach chairs will be essential for a day of full comfort and your back will certainly thank you for it.

Plus, what with the weather headed for the 30s on the degree scale of late, purchases of beach accessories on the likes of Argos and John Lewis are sky rocketing.

If we learnt anything from last year’s shortage of the best fans it’s this: don’t wait for all your summer essentials to sell out.

Beach chairs can come in a few different variations. There’s the low beach chair, usually lightweight and sat closer towards the sand. Then there’s the flush-with-the-floor beach chair – these are usually the lightest of the lot and come in both chair and full-length lounger varieties.

You can also buy beach loungers in a classic deck chair style and, of course, there’s your more run of the mill folding/camping chairs. To this list, some brands have added some surplus specifications and, in 2023, you can buy beach chairs will all the bells and whistles – think: cooler pouches, cup holders, backpack straps and headrests.

Our tip? The best beach chairs fold down into either a small storage pouch, or are compact enough when collapsed to sit on your back like a backpack. We’d recommend looking for chairs and loungers with these features – after all, no one wants to carry a full-size armchair across the sand among all your other picnic and day trip essentials.

The best beach chairs, at a glance

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Keep scrolling for our full edit of the best beach chairs for seafront lounging in summer 2023