Malibu Beach Club

[Aplmac]

Can you tell me how far this Reed's Bay is from the cruise pier?

Are there chairs and umbrellas for rent?? ===> No: it's not a touristy beach,sorry.

 

Reed's Bay is about two-thirds of the way up our West Coast(heading North)

-maybe ten miles?

Holetown's about halfway up the West Coast, and it's a bit beyond there.

But truthfully..all our West Coast beaches are pretty much the same

and have glorious water conditions like Reed's Bay.

 

Look at these four pics below, all taken at Carlisle Bay, very close to where your ship docks

- the water's much the same!

 

What I'm saying is...don't get yourself hung up on any one beach because of a pretty picture!

There are similar 'pretty pictures' waiting for you and your camera, all over the island!

 

Notice that one pic shows Carnival Destiny's distinctive Farcus funnel right on the other side of Bridgetown.

Carlisle Bay is the beach that Lobster Alive and Boatyard are on

and there are a few other beach hangout places along the two-mile-long curve of Carlisle Bay

-within sight of your ship.

 

HILTON's at the extreme end of C.Bay too

although their beach is on the other side of Needham's Point.

That's Hilton in that last, very-turquoise shot.

[roe2ship]

Aplmac...thanks again for all your valuable information. With further reading the boards, it appears as the West and South coast beaches are all marvelous, especially the pink sand. We are looking forward to seeing your lovely island.:)

[Aplmac]

it appears as the West and South coast beaches are all marvelous, especially the pink sand.

We are looking forward to seeing your lovely island.:)

Yes, pink sands on South Coast beaches,particularly!

West Coast beaches are a white,mostly

 

East Coast sands are a golden-brown colour ..silica-based

(not coralline/Calcium-carbonate, like the sands on S. and W.Coasts)

 

 

 

Beach sand is made by Nature's mechanical/ geological process

of rocks being crunched up and ground down by wave action.

The pink sands are caused by bits of a pinkish-purple calcareous algae

that get ground down, in that general process.

 

Although I've seen pink calcareous algae growing in sheltered spots under recesses in West Coast reefs,

it would seem to be a far more abundant and successful species, over on the South Coast

where its presence is enough to substantially alter the colour of the South Coast sands generally,

a process that doesn't happen in any real measure,over on the West.

 

 

The species of pink coralline algae I'm thinking of

is very much like the two pics posted below

but there are several species of encrusting pink or red algae as well

and together they all contribute to our pink sands.

 

 

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When you get to Accra Beach, or to the Crane

reach down and scoop up a handful.

Have a close look

you'll notice that every third or fourth individual grain or sand is a purplish-pink colour

-that's what does it, especially when it's wet in the wash zone where the waves run up the beach.

 

As you walk along Accra Beach there are definite areas where the sand is pinker than other areas, just a few yards away!

Keep an eye out for it, and save some in a small bottle to take home as a souvenir of your visit to Barbados.

 

 

 

I've got several pink sand photos on webpages you can get to via URL..

http://www.*****.com/scenes.html

Click on the Accra-Rockley and Crane Beach links!

You'll see..

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[moakes]

Aplmac -

 

I know kids can go to the beach at Malibu, but can they also go on the distilliry tour?

 

Also are tours of the distillery offered all day or just at 1pm?

 

Thanks