·      Pigeon Point: Tobago’s most famous beach. Protected by Buccoo Reef, the calm waters make it ideal for families. Great for watersports enthusiasts; some glass-bottom boat tours start from here. Entrance fee.

·      Store Bay: extremely popular (and busy) beach for both locals and visitors. Great for swimming, and snorkelling under coral cliffs at southern end. Glass-bottom boat tours leave from here. Excellent craft shopping, food stalls, changing rooms

·      Canoe Bay: Tobago’s calmest and shallowest bathing beach, perfect for young families. Rarely crowded, with excellent facilities including bar and beachfront cabanas. Entrance fee

·      Mt Irvine: a pair of beaches offering excellent facilities, snorkelling and surfing (in season). The Mt Irvine Beach Hotel side offers refreshments and beach amenities. Snorkelling gear, canoes and hobie cats can be hired onsite

·      Grange Beach (aka The Wall): Just past the Mt Irvine Golf Course, this is an ideal beach for swimming

·      Stonehaven Bay: magnificent, rugged beach with good facilities

 

·      Castara: stunning, quiet and unspoilt beach in a friendly fishing village, with calm water and fine golden sand. Enjoy the sight of fishermen bringing in their nets (“pulling seine”) or bread baked in old-fashioned dirt ovens. Excellent facilities including a restaurant, stores and craft stalls. Accommodation nearby

·      Englishman’s Bay: quiet and secluded crescent-shaped bay, hidden by trees. Its deep, clear waters offer good swimming and snorkelling. Craft shopping and restaurant onsite

·      Culloden Beach: good snorkelling. Follow the signs to Footprints Eco Resort

·      King Peter’s Bay: quiet, calm bay with dark sand. Good snorkelling and spear fishing

·      Parlatuvier: fishing village with a tranquil beach and a few snackettes

·      Bloody Bay: secluded, breezy beach with clear blue waters, nothing at all like its name!

·      Man O’ War Bay: main beach near Charlotteville, ideal for swimming. Accommodation nearby

·      Pirate’s Bay: stunning and unspoilt beach with crystal-clear water and a fabulous view. Accessed via half-mile long dirt track, or by sea

 

·      Bacolet Bay: used as a location in the 1960s Swiss Family Robinson film, this black-sand beach is popular with surfers

·      Bellevue Bay: accessed off the Belle Garden Bay Road junction, the waters here are calm by windward-side standards

·      King’s Bay: picturesque long stretch with calm water and good facilities. Fresh fish on sale; fisherman “pull seine” in the evenings

·      Speyside: Tobago’s dive capital. Speyside and Blue Waters beaches both offer tranquillity and great snorkelling; the offshore reef is within swimming distance. Glass-bottom boat trips to Angel Reef, Goat Island and Little Tobago start here. Watersports facilities, accommodation and restaurants abound

 

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