Best Beaches in Barbados
The Barbados beach guide
Your guide to Barbados beaches, with a satellite sargassum reading for each coast.
Every beach on the island, vetted and mapped, with a satellite sargassum reading for each coast, and the stays, tours and rum shops right next door.
Sargassum watch · the difference here
The satellite reading, coast by coast
Each card shows the satellite reading for the whole coast from the last five days, or none when there is no reading that recent. A beach page can differ: it shows a report from someone on that beach when that report is the latest.
Explore the island
Plan the whole day around the swim
Beaches lead, then everything around them. Each section is a curated guide.
From people on the beach
Latest beach reports
Make a day of it
Everything within reach of the sand
Stay on the right coast
West for calm, east for surf. Hotels, villas and guesthouses matched to conditions.
Get on the water
Catamaran cruises, turtle snorkels and dive sites. Vetted operators only.
Eat where the locals do
Beach bars, fish fry and rum shops a short walk from each beach.