Caribbean Beaches are world re-known for their Pink sand, White powder, Exotic Black sand, and warm Turquoise Waters. Most Beach Lovers desire nothing more than to spend lazy days at their Favorite Beach Hang out. Check out some of our favorite beaches, as well as beaches voted on by our visitors and clients.
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First, let's start with how beach sand get's it color . . .
Where's Your Favorite Caribbean Island Beach?
Where does white coral sand originate?
Believe it or not, from a colorful green fish! The Parrot fish use their beaks to scrape off coral rock. The fish digest algae and expel the algae as fine white sand. One fish can produce tons of soft white sand each year.
Caribbean White Sand Beaches
Pink Sand is the result of the colorful red shells of tiny sea creatures called "foraminifera". These tiny creatures live beneath rocks and inside caves. Their red shells are broken up by the surf into fine, soft pink colored sand.
Caribbean Pink Sand Beaches
Formed when hot lava flows into the Caribbean Sea, and breaks into black sand pieces which eventually flows back to the shore. The texture of black sand is course, unlike white sand or pink sand beaches.
Volcanic black sand beaches of the Caribbean's volcanic islands include: St. Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, Nevis, St. Kitts and Montserrat.
Caribbean Black Sand Beaches
Anguilla
Beaches on Anguilla have mounds of soft, white sand so thick, you will probably stumble trying to walk.
Rendezvous, Cove Bay, Maunday's Bay, Shoal Bay West, Barnes Bay, Mead's Bay, Captain's Bay
Antigua
Antigua has 365 beaches, one for every day
Pigeon Point, Dickenson
Bay, Half Moon Bay,
Runaway Beach, Morris
Bay (for snorklers)
Aruba
Cooling tradewinds, white sand beaches
Turquoise Coast, Palm Beach, Eagle Beach
Abaco
Guana Beach - Seven miles of white sand beach with lovely palm trees at the edge.
Cat Island
North Shore Beach - Five miles of pink sandy beach, few visitors.
Fine Beach - Twelve miles of beach, pink sand, peace and quiet.
Elbow Cay
Tahiti Beach - Pink sand, lush palms, secluded
Deep Bay, Shelly Bay
Exuma
Stocking Island BeachWhite sugar sands and very few visitors make this a great beach.
Freeport
Close to Freeport, this white sand beach is a great place for you to enjoy the beach with your family or indulge in your favorite water sports.
Grand Bahama
A white sandy beach that extends for over five miles.
Harbour Island
Pink Beach
Rated as one of the Caribbean's best beaches by Caribbean Travel and Life magazine.
Nassau
Cable Beach, Paradise Island - Love Beach
Quiet and secluded, great beach for snorkeling.
Sandy Cay
Another sugar sand beach of tiny white granules. You'll find seclusion here, and lots of shells to enjoy, too.
Treasure Cay
Treasure Cay Beach
The sand is pure and clean, sparkling white, and there are over three miles of beach to enjoy.
WEST COAST
Snorkeling, Sailing
Payne's Beach, Brighton, and Mullins
SOUTH COAST
Windsurfing, swimming, beach bars. Silver Sands, Casuarina, Sandy Beach, Dover
SOUTHEAST
Beautiful views, swimming, picnics
Bermuda
Horseshoe Bay, Elbow Beach
Famous pink sand beaches
British Virgin Islands
Virgin Gorda - The Baths
White Bay - Crescent shapped white sand, crystal clear water
Cuba
Caya Levisa,
Guadalavaca
Cozumel
Playa Bonita
Cozumel's best
beach - hard to get but worth it
Dominican Republic
Playa Grande, Playa Macao, Playa Rincon
Grand Cayman
See Stringrays at bottom
of famous white powder Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Kai, Rum Point
Grenada
Grand Anse Beach, Anse la Roche
Guadeloupe
Grand-Terre Island-St. Anne Beach
Jamaica
OCHO RIOS
Turtle Beach
MONTEGO BAY
Doctors Cave, Walter Fletcher, Cornwall, Beach at Rose Hall
NEGRIL
Seven Mile Beach
Martinique
Diamond Beach (Le Diamant)
Puerto Rico
Luquillo Beach, Boqueron, Icacos, Zoni Beach, Red Beach,
Culebra Island
Located 1/2 way between Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico (nature reserve, wide sandy beaches)
World's Brightest Glowing Bay
St. Croix
Davis Bay, Cane Bay
St. Kitts
South Peninsula
Beautiful, pristine beach Velvel monkeys seen in this area
Anse Chastanet, Anse Couchon - Best black sand beaches
Reduit Beach
- Fine beige sand
Pigeon Point
- Brown sand
Vigie Beach, Marigot Bay, La Toc - Golden sand
Choc Bay, Malamar -
White sand beaches
St. Maarten
DUTCH
36 beautiful beaches, Mullet Bay, Great Beach Bay, Little
Bay, Oyster Pond
St. Martin
FRENCH
Baie Longue, Orient Beach, Grand-Case Beach
St. Thomas
Limetree, Brewer's, Morningstar, Magens Bay, Smiths Bay
St. John,
US Virgin Islands
Trunk Bay, Hawks Nest, Salt Pond Bay
St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Tobago Cays - Petit Tabac, Canouan
Palm Island - Casuarina
Tobago
Englishman's Bay, Back Bay, Pigeon Point
Trinidad
Maracas Bay -Trinidad's best beach, 1/2 hr from Port of Spain, drive to beach is worth the trip.
Trinidad's Maracas Bay Beach
Turks and Caicos
Whitby Beach - miles
of secluded white sand beach-crystal clear water Grace Bay
Here's Our List of the Best Caribbean Beaches
Abaco
Guana Beach
Pink Beach
Anguilla
Shoal Bay
Madieramam
Rendezvous Beach
Antigua
Darkwood
Half Moon Bay
Long Bay
Long Island
Morris Bay
Runaway Bay
Aruba
Baby Beach
Eagle Beach
Palm Beach
Orient
Turtle Beach
Bahamas
Cabbage Beach, Paradise Island
Club Med Beach, Eleuthera
Cove Beach, Nassau
Elbow Beach
Gold Rock - Grand Bahama
Guana Beach, Abaco
Love Beach
Pink Beach, Harbour Island
Spanish Main, Eleuthera
Tahiti Beach, Elbow Cay
Taino, Freeport
Barbados
Accra Beach
Bottom Bay
Brighton Beach
Carlisle Bay
Crane Beach
Dover Beach
Fowl Bay
Gibbs Beach
Malibu Beach
Mullins Beach
Palm Beach
Rockley Beach
Sandy Beach
Silver Sands
Sandy Lane
Turtle Beach
Elbow Beach
Bermuda
Fine Beach
Horseshoe Bay
St. Louis Beach
British Virgin Islands
The Baths, Virgin Gorda
White Bay, Jost Van Dyke
Cozumel
Nachi Cocom
Playa Bonita
San Francisco
Cuba
Cayo Largo
Cayo Coco
Cayo Levisa
Esmerelda
Guadalavaca
Half Moon
Playa Blanca
Varadero
Dominica
Portsmouth Beach
Dominican Republic
Bavaro Beach
Golden Bay
Limon y Rincon
Macao
Punta Cana
Playa Dorada
Playa Rincon
Sousa
Grand Cayman
Cayman Kai
East End
Seven Mile Beach
Rum Point
Guadeloupe
Grand-terre
Grenada
Bathway
Grand Anse
True Blue
Honduras
West Bay, Roatan
Jamaica
Cornwall
Doctor's Cave Beach
Free Beach, Montego Bay
Horseshoe
Sandy Beach
Seven Mile Beach
St. Annes
Turtle Beach
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Playa Norte
Puerto Rico
Flamenco Beach
Icacos
Media Luna Vieques
Luquillo Beach - Culebra
La Parguera, Lajas
Mosquito Bay, Vieques
Playa Sucia
Red Beach - Vieques
Zoni Beach - Culebra
St. Barts
Baie St. Jean
St Croix
Cane Bay
Shoy's Beach
St. John, US VI
Trunk Bay
Caneel Bay
Cinnamon Beach
Hawks Nest
Honeymoon Beach
Saloman Beach
St Lucia
Anse Chastanet
Anse Couchon
Morris Bay
Reduit
St Martin
Guana Bay
Longue Bay
Mullet Bay
Orient Beach
St. Thomas, USVI
Coki Point
Magens Bay
Morningstar Beach
Sapphire Beach
The Grenadines
Mopions
Macaroni Beach, Mustique
Trinidad
Maracas Bay Beach
Mayaro Beach
Tobago
Pigeon Point
Store Bay
Turks & Caicos
Grace Bay Beach
Dragon Cay
St. John, US VI
Trunk Bay
Caneel Bay
Cinnamon Beach
Hawks Nest
Honeymoon Beach
Salomon Beach
Caribbean Beach Facts
Did you know . . .
- Beer and Alcoholic drinks on the beach will dehydrate you. Drinking water is your best bet, so take a little water - and have a cocktail!
- Black volcanic beaches heat up more quickly in the hot noon day sun
- Best time for sunbathing is before 11:00 a.m., and after 3:00 p.m.
- Pink Beach, Harbor Island, Bahamas is the most photographed beach in the world
- Trunk Bay, Virgin Islands, has the world's first marked underwater trails
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