Beaches

Every beach on St. Maarten and St. Martin

One island, two nations, and a coastline that changes character every few hundred meters.

The island gets described as having 37 beaches across its 87 square kilometers, and that number gets repeated everywhere without anyone showing their working. We are building the list properly instead: every beach with a source for its name, a stated rule for what counts as one beach rather than two, and the Dutch side and French side kept straight. What is below is what has been checked so far, grouped by side and by the stretch of coast it sits on. It grows as the sourcing does.

2 of these has a page of its own so far. A beach gets one when we have checked the parking, the chairs, the food, and the water rather than guessed at them. The rest are listed with the stretch of coast they sit on, and point to the area around them where there is one.

Sint Maarten

Dutch side

Cole Bay and Indigo Bay

Cay Bay Beach
Dutch side
Also called Cole Bay Beach
No page yet
Indigo Bay Beach
Dutch side
No page yet

East coast

Dawn Beach
Dutch side
No page yet
Oyster Bay Beach
Dutch side
No page yet

Maho and Cupecoy

Maho Beach
Maho & Mullet Bay
Good for people watching, cruise day
Mullet Bay Beach
Maho & Mullet Bay

Cupecoy Beach
Dutch side
No page yet

Philipsburg

Great Bay Beach
Dutch side
No page yet
Little Bay Beach
Dutch side
No page yet

Simpson Bay and Pelican

Kim Sha Beach
Dutch side
No page yet
Pelican Key Beach
Dutch side
No page yet
Simpson Bay Beach
Dutch side
No page yet

Southeast coast

Geneve Bay Beach
Dutch side
No page yet
Guana Bay Beach
Dutch side
No page yet

Saint-Martin

French side

Anse Marcel and the north

Anse Marcel
French side
No page yet
Petites Cayes
French side
Also called Wilderness
No page yet

Cul-de-Sac and the northeast

Cul-de-Sac Beach
French side
No page yet
Grandes Cayes
French side
No page yet
Pinel Island
French side
Also called Îlet Pinel
No page yet
Tintamarre
French side
Also called Baie Blanche, Flat Island
No page yet

Friar's Bay and Happy Bay

Friar's Bay
French side
Also called Anse des Pères
No page yet
Happy Bay
French side
Also called Anse Heureuse
No page yet

Grand Case

Grand Case Beach
French side
Also called Baie de Grand Case
No page yet
Petite Plage
French side
No page yet

Marigot and Sandy Ground

Galisbay
French side
Also called Galis Bay, Marigot Beach
No page yet
Nettle Bay
French side
Also called Baie Nettlé
No page yet
Round Hill
French side
Also called Plage du Morne Rond
No page yet

Orient Bay and the east coast

Baie de l'Embouchure
French side
Also called Coconut Grove
No page yet
Le Galion
French side
Also called Galion Beach
No page yet
Orient Bay
French side
Also called Baie Orientale
No page yet

Oyster Pond

Baie Lucas
French side
Also called Coralita
No page yet

Terres Basses

Baie Longue
French side
Also called Long Bay
No page yet
Baie Rouge
French side
Also called Red Bay
No page yet
Plum Bay
French side
Also called Baie aux Prunes
No page yet

Elsewhere on the island

Green Cay
French side
Also called Caye Verte
No page yet
Lovers Beach
French side
Also called Plage des Amoureux
No page yet
Petite Baie
French side
No page yet

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