Guernsey Tides
Beach guide

Guernsey beaches and bays

Guernsey’s coastline changes dramatically with the tide. Wide stretches of sand, rocks and causeways exposed at low water can be covered again just a few hours later. Explore the island’s beaches and bays, with today’s tide times and practical information for each one.

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Cobo Bay1West

Cobo Bay

A broad west-coast beach of pale sand and granite rocks, popular for swimming, family visits and spectacular sunsets.
Swimming · Families · Sunsets
Vazon Bay2West

Vazon Bay

Guernsey’s best-known surfing beach, with a long sweep of sand, open west-coast views and plenty of room at low water.
Surfing · Bodyboarding · Swimming
Port Soif3North-west

Port Soif

A horseshoe-shaped sandy bay backed by dunes, with a more sheltered feel than Guernsey’s open west-coast beaches.
Swimming · Families · Coastal walks
Grandes Rocques4West

Grandes Rocques

A sandy west-coast bay framed by prominent granite rocks, popular for high-water swimming and evening sunsets.
High-water swimming · Families · Sunsets
Pembroke & L’Ancresse5North

Pembroke & L’Ancresse

Two adjoining sandy bays backed by L’Ancresse Common, together forming one of Guernsey’s longest stretches of beach.
Families · Swimming · Paddling
Port Grat6North-west

Port Grat

A quiet horseshoe-shaped bay between Port Soif and Rousse, with pale sand, rocky edges and low-tide pools.
Swimming · Families · Rock pooling
Petit Bôt7South

Petit Bôt

A sheltered south-coast cove at the foot of a wooded valley, with a pebbled shore and sand revealed at low water.
High-water swimming · Families · Rock pooling
Saints Bay8South

Saints Bay

A secluded south-coast cove with sheltering cliffs, a steep pebble bank, a sandy lower beach and a nearby fishermen’s landing.
Swimming · Families · Scenery
Moulin Huet9South

Moulin Huet

A dramatic south-coast bay of golden sand and granite, closely associated with the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Scenery · Swimming · Renoir Walk
Petit Port10South

Petit Port

A secluded sandy bay beneath the cliffs of Jerbourg, reached by more than 270 steep steps and best suited to visitors prepared for the climb back up.
Swimming · Seclusion · Scenery
Fermain Bay11East

Fermain Bay

A secluded pebble bay below a wooded east-coast valley, normally reached on foot and popular for high-water swimming.
High-water swimming · Cliff walks · Scenery
Havelet Bay12Town

Havelet Bay

A town-side bay with views to Castle Cornet, changing dramatically from broad low-tide sands to water against the sea wall.
Swimming · Rock pooling · Castle views
La Vallette Bathing Pools13Town

La Vallette Bathing Pools

Four historic intertidal bathing areas on the St Peter Port waterfront, free to use throughout the year.
Year-round swimming · Cold-water dipping · Family visits
Rousse14North-west

Rousse

A small harbour and rocky cove beneath an eighteenth-century coastal tower, overlooking the broad waters of Le Grand Havre.
Swimming · Families · Walking
Les Amarreurs15North

Les Amarreurs

A family-friendly sandy harbour on Le Grand Havre, with a stone jetty, moored boats and a playground beside the beach.
Swimming · Snorkelling · Fishing
Ladies Bay16North

Ladies Bay

A soft sandy bay beside Chouet and L’Ancresse Common, popular with families, swimmers, windsurfers and kitesurfers.
Windsurfing · Kitesurfing · Families
Bordeaux Harbour17North-east

Bordeaux Harbour

A small fishing harbour and highly tidal beach, with sand, boulders and extensive rocky foreshore exposed at low water.
Snorkelling · Swimming · Rock pooling
L'Erée18West

L'Erée

A broad west-coast sandy beach with rock pools, beside the mainland end of the low-tide causeway to Lihou Island.
Swimming · Snorkelling · Rock pooling
Rocquaine Bay19South-west

Rocquaine Bay

A long shingle-and-sand bay on Guernsey’s south-west coast, overlooked by Fort Grey and known for sunsets and fishing.
Swimming · Sunsets · Walking
Portelet Harbour20South-west

Portelet Harbour

A sheltered sandy cove and small working fishing harbour, popular for swimming, paddling and rock pooling.
Swimming · Paddling · Rock pooling