Take sandals with you, the grass behind the sand beach at Le Galion has painful bristle-like spines at times! Le Galion Beach, also called Coconut Grove, Baie de LŽEmbouchure, and nicknamed "Baby Beach", is the next bay Southeast of buzzling Orient Bay. This laid back beach is surrounded by a coral reef that serves as a protection, providing calm and shallow waters to Le Galion. |
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Y ou can wade 20 or 30 yards into the water, and your bath trunks are still not wet. It is a wonderful, low-key beach with a quiet and calm surf, perfect to visit with pre-school children. The beach is serviced by a couple of beach restaurants and watersport shops, namely "Chez Pat" and "Tropical Wave".
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Le Galion is a popular hangout for kite-boarding and windsurfing. Best at the surrounding reef!
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Beach Life in
St Maarten/
St Martin
On the beach, boards and rigs are available for rent
The windsurf center
The beach bar at
Le Galion Beach
Affordable 1 bdr condo
2 min. from Le Galion!
 Local parents and the French expat community use to go to Le Galion on the weekends for an afternoon filled with sun and fun for kids and adults, family BBQ on the beach and music....
 The crystal clear and shallow waters at Le Galion  The best place to take children and non-swimmers is the Northern end, where you will probably find the calmest crystal clear waters on the island.
There are a few picnic tables along the beach, and you can have a BBQ. You need to bring your own barbecue, or do it as the locals do on weekend, just put your charcoal into the sand. |
You can rent beach chairs and umbrellas, snorkeling gear, boards and rigs, kayaks, and a paddle boat. Pat also gives instructions for windsurfing beginners, and has a motorboat and a trimaran to charter.
 View of the reef and to the Eastern end of the bay  Le Galion is perfect for toddlers and children!
Le Galion Beach is facing prestigious St Barth's, and is part of St Martin´s Nature Marine Reserve. Bayside Riding take trails through the Marine Reserve and along Le Galion Beach, see page Activities for info.
Le Galion is also a popular hangout for surfing, kite-boarding, and windsurfing enthusiasts. In front of the former "Le Galion Hotel" surfing is perhaps best because of the trade winds coming along the Atlantic coast. |
< Click for helpBeaches on the
Dutch Side:
Dawn Beach
Guana Bay
Pointe Blanche
Great Bay
Little Bay
Pelican Key
Kim Sha Beach
Simpson Bay
Burgeaux Bay
Maho Beach
Mullet Bay
Cupecoy Beach
Beaches on the
French Side:
Long Bay
Plum Bay
Baie Rouge
Nettle Bay
Friar´s Bay
Happy Bay
Grand Case
Anse Marcel
Petites Cayes
Pinel Island
Orient Beach
Le Galion
Coralita Beach
Oyster Pond
Note that the long time disadvantage for this beach - its access "road" - has been paved! It leads along a salt pond, Bayside Horse stables and the Butterfly Farm.
Local girl at Le Galion
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