23 Great Caribbean Beaches You’ve Never Heard Of — Until Now
The Caribbean is full of famous names — Grace Bay, Seven Mile, Eagle Beach. You’ve seen them on lists, in screensavers, in a thousand filtered sunsets. But just beyond the spotlight are other places, quieter, rawer, untouched. The kind of beaches that don’t need to be discovered by the world — only by you. These are the hidden coves and secret bays that still feel personal. Some are great beaches on undiscovered islands. Others are perfect stretches of sand on unknown travel stops.
You start to understand that the Caribbean’s greatest luxury isn’t a villa or a view — it’s space, and the feeling that you’ve found it before anyone else. Here are 23 of those places — the beaches you’ve probably never heard of, but will never forget.
And if you have heard of them, well, you’re a seasoned Caribbean aficionado!
White Island, Carriacou
A boat ride from Tyrrel Bay brings you to a sandbar that looks like it shouldn’t exist — just white sand and shallow turquoise water surrounded by sea. It’s often deserted, the perfect Caribbean fantasy where the horizon and the heart slow down together.
Karen Udler is the Deputy Travel Editor of Caribbean Journal. A graduate of Duke University, has been traveling across the Americas for three decades. First an expert on Latin American travel, Karen has been traveling with CJ for more than a decade. She likes to focus on wellness, luxury travel and food.
