Beaches of Barbados
Turquoise west coast, wild east coast — a beach for every mood
Every beach in Barbados is public. The west and south coasts are calm and good for swimming; the east coast faces the Atlantic, wild and beautiful but usually too rough to swim.
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14 beaches
Accra Beach
Christ Church Map
Accra Beach is the busiest and most family-friendly stretch of the south coast, a wide crescent of white sand with life…
Bottom Bay
St. Philip Map
Bottom Bay is a postcard cove on the rugged south-east coast, reached by steps down a coral cliff to a curve of white s…
Carlisle Bay
Bridgetown Map
Carlisle Bay is a calm, protected horseshoe of turquoise water just south of Bridgetown, known for shallow shipwrecks,…
Crane Beach
St. Philip Map
Crane Beach is a dramatic pink-tinged crescent on the south-east coast, framed by coral cliffs and consistently named a…
Miami (Enterprise) Beach
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Miami Beach — known locally as Enterprise Beach — is a compact south-coast beach in Oistins with two distinct halves: c…
Mullins Beach
St. Peter Map
Mullins Beach is a classic west-coast swimming beach in St. Peter, with clear calm Caribbean water, sun loungers and a…
The Soup Bowl
St. Joseph Map
The Soup Bowl is the most famous surf break in Barbados, a powerful right-hander off Bathsheba that draws professional…
Bathsheba
St. Joseph Map
Bathsheba is the emblematic east-coast village where enormous weathered boulders stand in the surf beneath green hills…
Dover Beach
Christ Church Map
Dover Beach is a wide, easygoing south-coast beach beside St. Lawrence Gap, good for swimming, boogie boarding and suns…
Maxwell Beach
Christ Church Map
Maxwell Beach is a long, uncrowded stretch of south-coast sand favoured for kite surfing, windsurfing and long walks. T…
Paynes Bay
St. James Map
Paynes Bay in St. James is a broad west-coast beach with calm water, a resident turtle population and one of the best s…
Pebbles Beach
St. Michael Map
Pebbles Beach is the southern arm of Carlisle Bay, a calm city beach where racehorses are exercised in the sea at dawn.…
Six Men's
St. Peter Map
Six Men's is a quiet fishing bay in northern St. Peter, north of Speightstown, with calm water and almost none of the c…
Worthing
Christ Church Map
Worthing is a relaxed south-coast neighbourhood with a calm, shallow beach that is one of the safest swimming spots on…
Read before you go
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