The beach here deserves the fuss, the sandbar at Stingray City is shallow and clear enough for a nervous swimmer, and the island is calm and simple to move around once you have landed.
Getting ashore is the part nobody mentions. There is no cruise pier — every passenger tenders in by small boat, and on a rough morning that can be slow or canceled outright. Build the day around that rather than around a tight excursion booking, and it stays a good day.
Highlights
- Seven Mile Beach
- The Stingray City sandbar, waist-deep and clear
- A tender port — no cruise pier, and rough seas can delay landing
- Easy to get around once ashore
Best time to go: Winter through spring for the calmest seas, which matters at a tender port.
