The COVID-19 pandemic has implications for coastal planning and management. Rules for isolation and physical distancing, among other measures for human life protection, have led to the closure of most beaches around the world. The present critical situation has raised the following question: How can some recommendations be designed in sun, sea, and sand tourism-dependent-insular countries to face “the COVID-19 new normality?” We used the content analysis technique to analyze representative publications on a global level to ascertain information on best management practices. A survey of 58 experts provided additional information. We used inferential statistics for sample selection and produced a list of 43 practices and beach planning and management actions to face the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to 27 new recommendations designed for beach planning and management within insular contexts, some of which were tested in the Republic of Cuba. Recommendations aim to guarantee a culture of safety and improvement within the field of beach or coastal planning and management. These recommendations should prove useful for other insular countries, during the COVID-19 period, in the new normality that follows, and in other post-pandemic scenarios.

COVID-19 大流行对沿海规划和管理有影响。隔离和身体疏远规则，以及其他保护人类生命的措施，导致世界上大多数海滩关闭。目前的危急情况提出了以下问题：如何在依赖阳光、海洋和沙滩旅游的岛屿国家设计一些建议来面对“COVID-19 新常态”？我们使用内容分析技术在全球范围内分析具有代表性的出版物，以确定有关最佳管理实践的信息。对 58 位专家的调查提供了更多信息。我们使用推论统计来选择样本，并制作了一份包含 43 种做法以及海滩规划和管理行动的清单，以应对 COVID-19 大流行。这导致了 27 项新建议，这些建议旨在用于岛屿环境中的海滩规划和管理，其中一些建议在古巴共和国进行了测试。这些建议旨在保证海滩或海岸规划和管理领域的安全和改进文化。在 COVID-19 期间、随后的新常态以及大流行后的其他情况下，这些建议应该对其他岛屿国家有用。