Bahamas Beaches - Bahamas Island Vacations in Pictures and Videos

Bahamas beach vacations in pictures, photos and videos. Best Beaches in Bahamas include Paradise Beach, Cable Beach, Cabbage Beach, Grand Bahamas beaches, Love Beach, Western Esplanade, Caves Beach, Xanadu Beach, Tahiti Beach, Pink Sands Beach, Ten Bay Beach, Saddle Cay Beach, Stocking Island Beach and Cat Island beaches just to name a few.

Beaches are not for sun tanning, but instead fun activities including Water-skiing, windsurfing, diving, fishing, jet-ski, sailing, snorkeling, diving, parasailing, eating at seaside restaurants, refreshments at beach bars, local entertainment music and various rentals.

Since there are so many beaches in the Bahamas, you can find beaches with lots of activities and people or secluded with no facilities. Most of these beaches have white powdery sand, however, you can find a pink sand beach called "Pink Sand Beach" which is one of the most beautiful of the beaches in the world.

The best time to visit the Bahamas is from November to April when temperatures average a 24°C (75°F). Travelling before November could run you into the hurricane season. Summers are hot and humid, however you may find some good deals in the off-season.

Here is a general description of some of the major Bahamas Beaches and pictures of most of Bahamas named beaches. We could have described some of these beaches, however we believe a picture is worth a thousand words. This is especially true on Bahamas beaches.

GREAT VACATION SPECIALS

Cabbage Beach- Located on the northern side of Paradise Island, this 3 kilometer stretch of white powdery sand and turquoise/emerald water is second to none on the island. Guests from the adjacent hotels and resorts come to enjoy water-skiing, jet-skiing, parasailing, and other water sports. To get away from the crowds and resorts, take a 10 minute walk east along to beach and you should find some seclusion. In addition, along the east side is Snorkelers Cove where you can see numerous colorful fish.

Other beaches include: Delaporte Beach, Goodman's Bay, Montague Beach, Orange Hill Beach, Sandyport Beach, Saunders Beach and Western Esplanade. To see many of these beaches, view the pictures below.

Cable Beach - is the most famous beach in the Bahamas and is considered as one of the best beaches in the world. Cable beach spans about spans 3km (2 miles) and is just west of Nassau. It has beautiful white sand beaches and turquoise water making it a paradise for water activities. Since there are many vacation resorts along this beach, most of the watersport activities can be rented or hired. With all the resorts, there are many restaurants, casinos, duty-free shopping, nightlife and even a golf course. Don't forget to bring your snorkeling or diving gear, however if you did, you can always rent.

Pink Sand Beach - This 3 mile long pink sand beach gets colour from tiny microscopic shelled animals called Foraminifera and mixed with white sand gives the sand a color pink. This beach is not officially a secluded beach, but compared to some of the other popular beaches, we can call it semi-secluded. You get a touch of seclusion, however you are not too far away from the cities. The blue waters off the shores of this island have amazing coral reefs protecting the shoreline from dangerous waves allowing good swimming areas.

Other beaches on Harbour Island include: Cape Eleuthera Resort Beach, The Beach at Pineapple Fields, James Cistern Beach, The Cove Eleuthera Beach, Cotton Bay Estates & Villas, Preacher’s Beach, French Leave Beach, Lighthouse Beach, Surfer's Beach, Ten Bay Beach, Authur's Beach, Deep Creek Beach, Gauldings Cay Beach, Holiday Beach, North Palmetto Point Beach, Paradise Beach, South Palmetto Point Beach, Windemer Island Beach and Winding Bay Beach. To view these beaches on Harbour Island, see the pictures below.

Tahiti Beach- Now here is your secluded beach if you want to stay away from the crowds. Secluded also means that you can not drive to this beach so you'll have to rent a bike or golf cart or walk to the private beach from Hope Town. This beach is ideal ideal for sunbathing, snorkeling and swimming in such relative privacy. Sometimes chartered boats anchor here or you can charter a boat. Beautiful white sand beach bordered by a thick grove of palm trees.

Other beaches of the Abaco include: Bluff House Beach, Gilliam Bay Beach, Abaco Inn Beach, Hope Town Harbour Lodge, Guana Cay Beach, Schooner's Landing Resort Beach, Treasure Cay Beach, Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour, Pelican Beach Villas Beach, Ocean Beach, Sandy Point Beach and The Abaco Club on Winding Bay. To see these other beaches on Abaco Island, see the pictures below.

Xanadu Beach- This privately owned beach is located adjacent to the largest hotel Xanadu Beach Resort on the island, Xanadu Beach is Grand Bahama's most popular and most crowded beach. You can find several beach water activities such as parasailing, banana boat rides, jet-skiing, and many other rentals.

Other beaches on the Gand Bahama Island include: Fortune Beach, Gold Rock Beach, Lucayan Beach, Mather Town Beach, Paradise Cove Beach, Smith's Point Beach, Taino Beach and William's Town Beach. To see these other beaches, view the pictures below.

Cat Island Beaches- There are many beaches on Cat Island and most are associated with resorts. Here is a list of many of the beaches: Hawk's Nest Resort & Marina's, Island HoppInn's, Fernandez Bay Village Beach, Pigeon Cay Beach Club Beach, Greenwood Beach Resort Beach, Sammy T's Beach Resort Beach, Old Bight Beach, New Bight Beach, Fountain Bay Beach, Pine Bat Beach, Turtle Cove Beach, Alligator Bay Beach, Orange Creek Beach, Port Royal Beach, Oyster Lake Beach, Man O' War Point Beach, Camperdown Beach and North Shore Beach. Many of these beaches can be seen in the pictures below.

Beaches of Long Island include: ColumbusHarbour, Stella Maris Beach, Cape Santa Maria Bay & Beach, LoveBeaches, MillertonSchoolBeach, Deal’s Beach, WatermelonBeach, GalliotCayBeach, NewtonCayBeach, O’Neill’s Beach, TurtleCoveBeach, LochabarBayBeach, CabbagePointBeach, Grays HarborDriveBeach, McCann's Beach and SaltPondBeach. Many of these beaches can be seen in the pictures below.

Beached of Exumas Island include: Tropic of Cancer Beach (Pelican Beach), Three Sisters Beach, Jolly Hall Beach, Coco Plum Beach, Hamburger Beach/Volley Ball Beach, Shroud Cay, Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Beaches of Staniel Cay, Saddle Cay and Stocking Island. Many of these beaches are shown in the pictures below.