Little Bay Beach
Little Bay Beach
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Mlerth
Bogota, Colombia101 contributions
Jan 2021
Lovely beach, bar a bit noisy sometimes with music, but view is great and staff are nice. There are people who offer massages, hair braiding etc- I had one massage that was GREAT - but too expensive (US $40 for 35mins!?), and one massage that was NOT great from another person...recommend that if someone offers you hair braiding first, don't get a massage from them- if someone offers a massage, that's their specialty.
Written 21 February 2021
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Explorer790930
4 contributions
Jan 2020
Great long-shoreline deep sand beach. Genrally small waaves and have never seen a rip tide like we have in east coast of US. Beach and water clean and visitor can rent 2 lounge chairs and umbrella for $15.
Written 14 February 2020
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Mark E
Maryland69 contributions
May 2023
While staying a the Divi Little Bay Resort I found the snorkeling to be wonderful. At the left end of the beach (which is a public beach), I observed and photographed green turtles, caribbean whiptail stingray, cushion sea stars, spotted eagle ray and numerous fish species. Sometimes the turtles were feeding only within 10 feet deep water. Further out along the rocks, you will see a sunken helicopter, cannons, ship bell, sunken submarine and a cone and fuselage of a jet that are staged for divers. I used my own snorkeling gear, however it can be rented from a vendor at the Divi Resort. You can rent chairs and umbrellas if you are not staying at the resort
Written 24 May 2023
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LonestarSpartan
Chapel Hill, NC744 contributions
Nov 2022
We have been staying at the Divi Little Bay resort for more than a decade and always take the opportunity to snorkel off the beach along the rocks towards the platform where excursions bring tourists to snorkel.
Our experiences have always been nice with a good assortment of fish in pretty calm waters. This year, our experience was outstanding. We have never seen Sea Turtles here before, but we saw 4 this time, 2 of them swimming within feet of where we were. We also saw 2 other firsts, several Star Fish and even a Sting Ray. It was our best snorkeling experience in St. Maarten.
I would strongly recommend the snorkeling off of Little Bay beach.
Our experiences have always been nice with a good assortment of fish in pretty calm waters. This year, our experience was outstanding. We have never seen Sea Turtles here before, but we saw 4 this time, 2 of them swimming within feet of where we were. We also saw 2 other firsts, several Star Fish and even a Sting Ray. It was our best snorkeling experience in St. Maarten.
I would strongly recommend the snorkeling off of Little Bay beach.
Written 29 November 2022
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Lisa P
24 contributions
Aug 2020
We discovered this great little place while on a boat tour of the island and had to come to explore. This little snorkel location had an abundance of coral fish to look. We found a bunch of squid which was really neat to see them in the wild. We also found some sea turtles munching on the sea grass so that was really cool. We enjoyed the sunken submarine and the statue below. We returned to this location daily on our trip and were never disappointed, it was like swimming in a fish tank.
Written 27 August 2020
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AMsays
Thornhill, Canada4,688 contributions
Apr 2022
I walked here from the boardwalk, sometimes along the beach but mostly over black rocks. The bluest water I have even see in stark contrast with the black rocks and white sand. It’s near the Divi and Bel Air resorts so there were many sunbathers revelling in the water. I swam around the area where the Sonesta used to be but now demolished after 2017’s Hurricane Irma. Apparently, there is great snorkelling around here, but I didn’t see anything. I’ll need better directions next time.
Written 24 April 2022
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Alex F
8 contributions
July 2023 • Solo
This was a great spot to go snorkeling! Within about 30 seconds of getting in the water I found a small green sea turtle (plus two more later). The spot was a little hard to find - you want to enter at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort and park just before the security gate. If you’re coming from the east you will have to pass the road, make a U-turn and make a left turn into the resort as the right turn is very sharp. You can walk down to the beach and snorkel out on the left hand side. Water was clear and calm.
Written 4 July 2023
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Dan K
The Hague, The Netherlands8,839 contributions
May 2021
Nice calm beach, tucked away from it's big brother just around the corner. Visited this beach when we were on a day pass from Divi (which I do not recommend, unfortunately. Please see my review). Fairly calm surf, so great for kids.
Written 4 June 2021
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Abiquiu, NM62 contributions
Sept 2020 • Family
Beautiful beach that is very safe. Locals use it often for swimming lessons and water aerobics about three times a week. They pretty much take over the small side all Saturday morning. Fun to watch the kids and older ladies doing their exercises. Plenty of room on main beach during lessons.
Written 2 October 2020
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Apr 2024 • Family
We stayed at the quaint Belair Beach Hotel right next door to the Divi resort. We shared the same beautiful beach, but we needed a suite to accommodate our family and also wanted to be beach front. Belair Beach checked those boxes for us and the staff was so friendly and accommodating. We’ll return to Belair for sure.
Written 24 April 2024
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A question for St Marteen local guides please- we are arriving on a cruise ship in December and want to get away from all the other cruise ship people - how busy does Little Beach get on cruise ship days? do we need to go further away from the port to get away from the crowds? thank you
Written 31 March 2020
Been there many times while on cruise. Never been that busy. We try to get there around 9:00-9:30
Written 31 March 2020
I am planning a trip to Divi the end of February. We booked the All Inclusive Plan. Can you let me know which on site restaurants are open for dinner. I know Pure Ocean, anything else?
Written 29 January 2020
Is this near the cruise port? Good for small children? Looking for a great beach recommendation with restaurant and bathroom facilities.
Written 19 January 2020
Nice, quiet little Beach. It was peaceful and the water water was pretty calm. They have a real nice bathroom inside of the Divi Resort that the beachers can use. Real clean almost emmaculate.
Written 27 April 2020
Any idea what kind of beer you can buy out there? Do they sell buckets? If so how many beers in a bucket and how much? Thanks
Written 15 April 2019
Carib is local beer Sold. Most American beer sold at Divi little Bay. There are really neat, one of a kind , buckets for use at beach. Seems like hey held 6 beers. Not sure if price. Also nice outside bar with food and shade~ really good mixed drinks!!!
Written 20 January 2020
Do you have to pay for beach chairs?
If so, how much?
Is this a good beach for kids?
Written 3 April 2019
We stayed at Divi. Never saw anyone pay for chairs ~ at least at upper end near hillside with condos. I did see roped off area on the lower end near check in and several restaurants. I’m sure there was probably a charge for those???
At the crescent shaped beach near dive shop the beach employees were always helpful and plenty of chairs!
Written 20 January 2020
Hi...we’re you staying at Divi or is there a vendor on the beach to rent chairs and umbrella from? I have seen online purchase options for chairs and such, but I don’t necessarily want to decide ahead of time where I want to go. I love Grand Case beach, but am also considering Mullet or Orient. Depends on conditins on the day I am in and whether I feel like taking a longer taxi ride!thanks!
Written 4 January 2019
Residents use this beach as well as resort guests. You can check out the chairs and umbrellas from on site attendants. They even put the umbrellas up for you. I would suggest at least a tip for doing this.
Beach is smaller now, after Irma, but is slowly recovering.
Written 5 January 2019
With the divi package from Visitor do we have use of the pools as well as the beach..also how much by taxi for one person from cruise ship terminal to your resort
Written 29 October 2018
We took a taxi from the cruise terminal. I think $8 per person each way. Walked between the buildings to get to the beach. Signs at the pool said for guests only.
Written 29 October 2018
leonitamcdavid
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Are beach towels, tea etc provided complimentary at divi resort?
Written 3 June 2018
You are given cards for beach towels. Room is adequately furnished with dishes, etc., but you must bring your own coffee and tea. Thankfully there is a small grocery store in the resort premises.
Written 5 September 2018
Are credit cards accepted at all the resturants in St Maarten?
Written 30 March 2018
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