6 Barbados Beaches You Can’t Miss!
Barbados beaches are some of the most beautiful in the world. Each of these stunning Caribbean beaches has unique features, ensuring there’s something for everyone. On the Eastern Atlantic Coast, you’ll find rough beaches ideal for surfing. On the South Coast swimmers enjoy the calmer water where the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea meet. The nearly still Caribbean Sea on the West coast is ideal for swimming & snorkeling. Take a look at these amazing Barbados beaches and you’ll see why Barbados is one of my favorite islands.
6. Needham’s Point Beach
This beach, located on the SouthWest coast of Barbados, is even beautiful during a thunderstorm. An old fort and military cemetery are located on Needham’s Point. It’s a great place to explore or to watch the sunset. The fort and lighthouse are open for visitors, although you can’t go to the top of the lighthouse. This area is surrounded by beautiful beaches, but the closest is Needham’s Point Beach, also known as Hilton Beach given the close proximity of the hotel. This beach is fairly mild and good for swimming. There is also a lifeguard on duty from 9-5.
5. Dover Beach
Dover beach is a white sand beach in the St. Lawrence’s Gap (nightlife) section of Barbados. Several hotels are located on this strip of sand. Due to heavy concentration of hotels in the area, this beach can get quite crowded. The currents can be dangerous here, so be sure to enter the water where you see a lifeguard. Great bars and restaurants are walking distance from this beautiful beach.
4. Pebbles Beach
This white sand beach is unique not for its natural beauty, but rather for the unusual guests you’ll find swimming in water at sunrise. The grooms bring the horses from the nearby race tracks to Carlisle Bay at sunrise each morning to swim and cool down before they head off to work. You can catch a glimpse of them most days, just outside of the Radisson hotel.
3. Drill Hall
This long stretch of beach is located walking distance from Needham’s Point. Here you’ll find a fabulous surf spot for beginners. The water is also calm enough in some places for children to wade. Palm trees provide shade, just off the shore. Pack your lunch and enjoy your whole day at the beach, as there are several picnic tables nearby for visitors.
2. Bathsheba
If you’re a fan of natural beauty, you won’t want to miss this rocky east coast beach. Giant boulders reach out into the sea. And when tides are high, the rock pools fill with water for swimming. Another great spot for the advanced surfer, but a dangerous swim spot so please be careful. Additionally, I’ve heard the sunrises from this beach are phenomenal, but I have yet to see one.
1. Crane Beach
This cliff side beach gets its name not from the infamous birds, but rather from the cranes formerly used to lift goods up and down the side of the cliff. The cranes are gone now, yet the name has remained on this pinkish sandy beach, the most famous on the island. The pink sand gets its hue from the red coral that’s been ground up and mixed into the sand. The clear waters can get rough, but swimming conditions were perfect during my short stay at this world famous beach.
These are just a few of the fabulous beaches Barbados has to offer its visitors. Head down to the island to check them out for yourself! Let me know if you think I’ve missed any. I’m headed back to Barbados soon to do some more exploring! Finally, if you’re interested in a self guided tour around the island, check out Stacey’s Self Drive Island Tour of Barbados.
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Pebbles beach sounds so much fun – quick swim with the horses? That will make a unique experience 😛
Definitely a good time!
You must visit foul bay, it’s not far from crane beach and it’s the best, you will probably have it to yourselves we did.
Great suggestion! I am headed back in a month!
Wow those barbados beaches look stunning! I would love to see the horses swimming at Prebbles beach or dive in the rocky water at batsheba beach. Can´t wait to visit these beaches one day.
Yes, woke up so early to snap those photos at Pebbles Beach! It was worth every second though. It started raining as soon as I got back to my hotel room.
This appears to be not familiar to me so I checked more about Barbados. The beaches are totally beautiful and left in their innate state and very clean as well. I would love to drench myself to the aquamarine water and traipse my feet to the white sand.
It’s definitely a great place to explore beaches with all different environments around the coast of the island.
Being Australian I cant quite agree that they are the best beaches in the world but they certainly are magnificent 😀
I would like to visit Crane Beach. That pink sand is so dreamy
Whitehaven is probably my #1 beach world wide at the moment, but these are some pretty incredible beaches without a 20 hour flight! It’s not fair australia and the pacific ocean got the best beaches.
The horses in the water is so cool! Barbados is such a culture rich country, can’t wait to read your other articles about it
I’ll have a lot more to share about Barbados in the upcoming months.
These all look incredible! I love the rock formations at Bathsheba beach look unbelievable!
It’s a great beach, it was raining when I went, but I’m going to try again this fall!
Loving these beaches! Really hope to go to Barbados one day. How long do you recommend a visit to be?
It’s great for a long weekend, but you could also visit different parts of the island, take a boat trip, etc and make a week out of it.
The Views are awesome. I love the photos and narrative. This is one of those posts where you’d better bookmark it because you’ll want this information in the future. Thanks for putting together the collection.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, and hopefully you get to visit some of these great beaches one day!
I Love BEACHES!! I want to go to all of these locations now! I hope you had a great time on ur trip x
Would make for a romantic getaway!
I love barbados and those are beautiful beaches, my favourite being Batsheba indeed. great job!
Drill Hall might be for me! I’ve been aching to learn how to surf for ages and that looks like a great spot!
I remember Barbados more for the food than the beaches although we visited one spectacular one which I cannot recall. The area around Lawrence Bay had incredible Cajun foods and every other conceivable food and it knew how to party without being too busy. Swimming with turtles was also awesome in Barbados. I do love a moody Sky though!
Yes, the food there is amazing. I’ll be dining at the Cliffs when I go back, but I also ate some food out of the back of a van and it was fabulous too!
Were people actually swimming among the horses at Pebble Beach while they were there?
The grooms go in the water with the horses too. The advise recreational swimmers to give them some space, but the bay is quite large there, so plenty of room for others to have a sunrise swim too.
All beaches are gorgeous! I would seriously have problems with choosing just one.
I`m all about Pebbles Beach!
Seems like my kind of tanning with an offpath and different touch. I`m not a morning person, but it will worth to see the interactions between humans and horses.
Growing up on my grandparent`s farm, horses are an old fascination of mine. Seeing and playing with them used to made my day all better!
Ahh dying to visit Barbados! Pebbles Beach would be so fun to go and see the horses. The water looks amazing in Dover too.
Pinned! Honestly, it would be hard for me to choose just one of these beaches. I’d like to see the horses going through the surf, but Needham’s Point is also a draw. Of course, I’d have to see the pink sands of Crane Beach at least once. Clearly, I’m going to have to spend some time on all of them, just to be fair. 🙂
Need ham’s Point, Pebbles Beach, and Drill Hall are all only a 5-10 min walk away from one another!
Unfortunately I only got to spend a day in Barbados as it was a stop on a cruise. Sounds like a need to go back and give it the time it deserves!
Very nice! I’m more of a mountains person than a beach person, so I typically want a more rugged beach. Luckily you listed a beach for everyone! I think Bathsheba would be my Barbados beach of choice!
I would totally want to check out the pink sand! Maybe even bring some home as a souvenir!
Those beaches are amazing and I find peebles beach with so much fun. And the thing is, it is not touristy that there is a place all by yourself. As a sunset lover, I would also take some time in Neddhams.
Crane Beach looks divine! Although all of them are to die for! I am a big fan of the beach, so I definitely imagine myself swimming or lounging beachside in any of these wonderful beaches. Ugh!
My twin sister booked a flight to bardbados i though she was joking lol i was so amaze the scenery. We stay at CRANE BEACH, our first day was not nice cause its raining lol..
Thanks for the great info on the 6 spectacular Barbados beaches.
The pictures really tell the story. Amazing.
Thank you Sharon…
Beautiful beaches, those horses seem to be very happy.