Maracas Beach

Maracas Beach

Maracas Bay is located in the north coast of Trinidad; it is about 45 minutes’ drive from the capital of Port of Spain. It is one of the most popular beaches in Trinidad and if you continue along the coast and there are other nice beaches such as Tyrico, Las Cuevas and Blanchisseuse.

Maracas beach is good for bathing, surfing, diving, camping and walking trails. There is also a hotel on the beach where you can spend the night or the weekend. Maracas is famous for its “Bake and Shark”, this is a batter fried shark in a fried bread (bake), served with assorted condiments like, garlic sauce, chadon beni sauce, hot pepper sauce, pineapple, lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber.

Famous Shark and Bake

The Beach

Beach chairs can be rented on site

The road to Maracas is narrow and winding with a very scenic view of mist covered mountains against the blue-green waters of the Caribbean Sea.