When you think about heading to the beach, you might think about doing nothing. We are quite the opposite. We go to beaches for a purpose, and in the Caribbean we are fortunate to have a beach for just about any occasion. There are beaches for snorkeling, beaches for walking, jogging and cool breezes. There are best beaches for food, people watching, paddle boarding, kite surfing, windsurfing, surfing. There are beaches to hide away on, beaches for families, a best beach for beach bars, a best beach for romance. There are beaches for parties and, of course, beaches for doing nothing, There are beaches for being close to nature and there are great city beaches, there are amazing black sand beaches, best beaches for a Sunday afternoon. Join us for a tour of the Caribbean’s best beaches … for everything!
Best Walking Beach – Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
After a long, luxurious lunch, take a stroll on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The TCI’s Grace Bay Beach has soft but hard-packed sand that’s perfect for long walks.
Best Beach for Snorkeling – Trunk Bay, St John
A beautiful beach that is home to a terrific, marked underwater snorkeling trail.
Best Beach for Cool Breezes – Hadikurari Beach (Fisherman’s Huts) Aruba
This beach is all about the breezes, meaning it’s a wonderful place to enjoy the Caribbean summer.
Best Beach for Food — Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe Islands
This might be the Caribbean’s food truck capital, with rows of them offering the best example of Guadeloupe’s culinary excellence, along with a number of excellent beachfront cafes.
Best Beach for People Watching – St Jean, St Barth
St Barth is the celebrity capital of the Caribbean, and the beautiful St Jean beach is as a good a people-watching spot as there is in the region.
Best Beach for Windsurfing — Lac Bay, Bonaire
You’ll be amazed just how many windsurfers descend on this picturesque stretch on Bonaire.
Best Beach to Hide On – Flamenco Beach, Culebra, Puerto Rico
A Caribbean classic, this beach is among the most coveted for Caribbean travelers. But it’s far out of the way, meaning it’s a great beach to escape to for a while.
Best Beach for Kitesurfing — Kite Beach, Cabarete, Dominican Republic
Cabarete is a great place for all kinds of surfing, but Kite Beach has become a magnet for kitesurfers around the world.
Best Party Beach — Negril, Jamaica
Negril’s bohemian beach was the Caribbean’s original party beach dating in the 1960s and it still is today.
Best Beach for Surfing — Antonio’s Beach, Rincon, Puerto Rico
Rincon is the Biarritz of the Caribbean — it gets some of the biggest swells in the Caribbean, and Antonio’s Beach is a hub for surfers.
Best Beach for Paddleboarding — Maundays Bay, Anguilla
It’s almost hard to believe just how calm the waters are here at the shores of Maundays Bay in Anguilla.
Best Beach to Watch the Sunset – Cap Chevalier, Martinique
If you want to get away from it all, this very remote beach in Martinique is perfect. With an almost surreal quality, it’s an even better place to watch the sunset.
Best Beach for Families — Cabbage Beach, Paradise island, Bahamas
Paradise Island’s signature beach has soft, pearl-white sand and calm water. On one end you have the Atlantis resort and on the far end you have an empty stretch of sand – the perfect mix.
Best Beach for Beach Bars — Pinneys Beach, Nevis
This is home to the world-famous Sunshine’s beach bar, along with two other terrific ones, Chevy’s and Double Deuce, in close proximity.
Best Beach for Jogging — Bavaro Beach, Dominican Republic
This Dominican classic in Punta Cana has powder-white sand it seems to go on for miles, because it does.
Best Beach to Cruise To — Labadee, Haiti
Royal Caribbean has been cruising to this beach in Haiti for decades, offering a taste of the still-largely-under-the-radar natural beauty of Haiti.
Best Beach for Rum — Anse de Tartane, Martinique
It’s the only Caribbean beach with its own rum distillery. While the distillery itself is more of a historical relic, this is a working rum plantation with a great rum boutique featuring the splendid Hardy rhum agricole.
Best Beach for Romance — Honeymoon Beach, Peter Island
Private island? Check. spectacular views? Check. Luxurious resort? Check. all the ingredients for the perfect romantic day at the end of Little Deadman’s Beach.
Best Beach for Doing Nothing – Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
This is one of the world’s most beautiful beaches, and its soft sand, bathtub-warm water and seemingly endless sand make for a wonderfully relaxing experience.
Best City Beach — Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
Just minutes from the centre of San Juan, it’s a beach that combines urban energy and laid-back Caribbean comfort.
Best Black Sand Beach — Purple Turtle Beach, Dominica
Dominica might be the Caribbean’s black sand beach capital, and Purple Turtle Beach in Portsmouth offers great views, easy access and an expansive stretch of sand.
Best Beach for a Weekend — Dickenson Bay, Antigua
The spectacular white sand of Dickenson Bay is home to plenty of hotels, great restaurants and calm waters. You won’t run out of things to do in a weekend.
Best Beach for Bodysurfing — Crane Beach, Barbados
The large waves at this world-famous beach make it the perfect for boogieboarding, bodyboarding or even bodysurfing without a board.
Best Beach for a Sunday Afternoon — Maracas Beach — Trinidad
The always-lively Maracas Beach is best known for its famous bake-and-shark sandwiches, and when you’re done eating you can play in the waves or gaze out at Trinidad’s verdant north coast.
Best Beach for Nature — La Sagesse, Grenada
The exquisite La Sagesse beach is place to get in touch with the natural wonders of the Caribbean, particularly at the on-site Nature Centre.