It's a great beach! I love the small ice cream and snack shop, the close vicinity to the town center, the docks are amazing too, one with a zipline and ropeswing and one with a high dive. Overall the beach is well maintained with trees for shade and grass to sit on, it has benches too and has a nice wall/flowerbed so you are separated from passersby and traffic. My only problem is the rocks. If this beach were to have some sand, even just a smidge of sand, I would give it 5 stars. But the rocks just arent great, especially when young children are involved as I've seen them throw them at people, throw them at cars, or boats, or even swallow them and start choking. There is a sandbox however, next to the wheelchair accessible water ramp, but it's just...
Read moreFun and unique beach with diving board, rope wing, and lifeguards on duty during the day!
I visited this beach on a long weekend and had lots of fun on Okanagan Lake and using thier diving board which is free to use. There is a roped of swimming area that is supervised by multiple lifeguards and protected from boats and SUPs, so great for kids. The only drawback is that parking is either road side or a little ways away near the boat launch, and the beach is actually quite small. The beach is not dog friendly but there are many other micro beaches along the shore to set up on. Felt a bit self conscious getting ourselves and the SUP ready on the street with tourists walking past us but it's the way things are...
Read moreVisited this place on our drive from Vernon back to Vancouver. It was a warm sunny Monday afternoon and the beach had it's fair share of people going for a swim or just relaxing and enjoying the view. There were lots of parking spaces. Would be nice to go and spend the whole day and setup early in the morning, which we plan to do next summer. The water was cool and the place had a wonderful view. Nice and relaxing to sit under the tree. Towards the center of town, the beach has a diving platform, a cordoned off area for swimmers and a...
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