Sapodilla beach with boats at anchor on a calm day

Sapodilla Bay is on the south side of Providenciales where visiting boats can clear customs at South Dock and then moor out and enjoy some perfect beach time. The water is shallow for quite a ways out before it deepens.

Lazing around and floating in such clear calm water.

Shooting through the rocks makes for some interesting effects

 

A sunset beach wedding at Sapodilla..........a beautiful spot to exchange vows.

A footprint left in the sand as the tide starts to come in.

One of my favourite photos with a flowering poinsiana or flamboyant tree framing my daughter and grandbaby.

Providenciales and the Turks and Caicos Islands have some of the worlds best beaches. There are so many of them and we hope on your next visit, you’ll take in some of them to include Sapodilla Bay on the southern shores of Providenciales.

 

Happy beach days!

 

 

Marta

 

 

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Stunning Leeward

Stunning colours on the beach at Leeward..........it was so beautiful, soft white sand, warm turquoise waters and a blue sky dotted with white clouds

Clear blue waters with a cruise boat heading off to another spectacular beach

Yes, you too can bask in the sunshine on many of our amazing beaches…….come and see us in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

 

See you soon!

 

 

Marta

 

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Beach Sunset

Stunning mackerel sky as the sun hides behind the clouds on Grace Bay beach recently

A sail boat cruises by as the sun sets casting gorgeous orange shimmers on the ocean

What a picturesque evening on the beach drinking Pimm’s in honour of the Queen’s Jubilee recently.

 

Cheers

 

Marta

 

 

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Sand Bubbler Crab

Look down and see the amazing art works at your feet

This fascinates me and I’m always looking down as I stroll along our Provo beaches. You’ll see those intricate balls of sand that form some wondrous patterns in the sand. I finally had to look this up and found out that it is all the works of a small crab……the Sand Bubbler Crab.

Sand bubbles created by the Sand Bubbler Crab

At low tide, the sand bubbler crabs emerge from their holes beneath the sand to gather microscopic food that the tide has brought in. They do this by collecting and sifting the sand, actually checking each grain, and rolling those parts that have nothing useful for them into little balls (sand bubbles) that they toss behind.

A little crab emerges from its burrow in the sand at low tide to search for food.

Sand bubbler crabs live in burrows in the sand, where they remain during high tide. When the tide is out, they come out on to the surface of the sand, and scour the sand for food, forming it into inflated pellets, which cover the sand and form some great designs.

Kinda looks like a palm tree to me!

Next time you are wandering on one of our beautiful beaches, take a look and see some of these intricate designs in the sand. A sand bubbler crab artist will be hiding near by just too shy to come out and take a bow!

 

 

Marta

 

 

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Boating on the South Side

Heading out of Harbour Club Villas and Marina for a day out on the waters of Provo's south side.

It’s another glorious sunshiney day in the islands with a gentle breeze blowing and calm clear waters. Pretty idyllic and just made for a boat ride. Just look at the beautiful colours of the water and this is what you can expect when you visit our stunning country. Book your trip today and we’ll see you soon!

 

 

Marta

 

 

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West Caicos Beach All to Ourselves

Shadow dancing on a deserted West Caicos beach

About two weeks ago and a smooth, calm sea found us heading for West Caicos. The boys dropped us off and left us to do a spot of fishing. It was an incredible sight to see this long stretch of deserted beach that had become much wider as Hurricane Irene swept in tons of sand. It was low tide and the water was shallow for a ways out. The waves had created ripples and sand bars and pools of water with shells and interesting bits of debris. We had the beach to ourselves with only a few pelicans that swooped in occasionally to land and shared it only with the pelicans as they dive bombed for fish. What glorious entertainment for the afternoon!

The husbands head off for some fishing and look at those ripples and as a small sand bar forms

Sand ripples formed by the wave action made for interesting patterns in the sand

There were so many bird tracks along the ripples of sand and I was fascinated with all the patterns.

A beautiful shell lies in one of the ripplesand there were lots of bird tracks in the sand

 

The brown pelicans were amusing to watch and photograph but were a little leery of my presence

Probably one of my favorite shells, the sunrise tellin shell lying at the edge of the water, made for a beautiful photo.

Me and my shadow, strolling down a beach avenue!! Just me and my shadow, all alone and feelin' good!!

 

What a glorious day and a wonderful afternoon. We’re going to return to West Caicos as soon as the weather clears………GO AWAY MARIA!!!!

 

 

Marta

 

 

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Sapodilla Beach

A red Flamboyant tree (Royal Poinciana) was ablaze with firey red orange blossoms and made a showy foreground for this photo taken with Sapodilla beach in the background.

The Royal Poinciana tree is flowering right now. It has bright red showy flowers that make this tree stand out. Take a look in the Bight as there's quite a few of them there.

My gorgeous daughter posed patiently while I took many photos......thanks babes!

Marta

 

 

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Sunshine and Shallow Seas

Yet once again, we lazed the afternoon away in our favourite spot at Taylor Bay.

Yet once again, we lazed the afternoon away in our favourite spot at Taylor Bay.

We never get tired of lying in the shallow waters of Taylor Bay watching the rippling sand under the water as the sun dances and glints over the surface of the ocean.

We were joined by three vacationers who had put their beach chairs way out in six inches of water.....our boat was anchored only in about two feet

We were joined by three vacationers who had put their beach chairs way out in six inches of water.....our boat was anchored only in about two feet

Here they are lounging keeping cool as they gaze out over the ocean with Turtle Rock on the horizon.

Here they are lounging keeping cool as they gaze out over the ocean with Turtle Rock on the horizon.

Malaika heads back to the boat...she only had to swim the last few feet.

Malaika heads back to the boat...she only had to swim the last few feet.

 

Marta

 

 

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