Survival Beach — Attraction in Aguadilla

The hike to this beach was utterly amazing! The beach itself is a fantastic piece of crescent sand that we had entirely to ourselves. We drove down to surfer's Beach, survived the potholes, and found parking pretty easily even though it was a Christmas break day and there are a lot of people out. At the end of surfer's beach there's a little aqueduct leading off that starts a trail that for the most part parallels the ocean going up and over and through the forest. You periodically return to the beach throughout the hike and there are waves crashing against boulders the size of houses. You can continue on for quite some distance. The beach itself was not very swimmable but there was a large pool of water trapped by the table rocks that our kids played in. This was definitely a difficult hike but our nine-year-old daughter was a champion and completed it. I would highly recommend tennis shoes because of the substantial inclines and declines throughout the hike. You do need to watch your head throughout the hike as well because there are a lot of branches growing across the trail. We got rained on in the middle of the hike fairly briefly and it didn't make the trail a little more slippery as well so watch for rain. My nine-year-old daughter highly recommends this hike to anyone...

The most beautiful picturesque beach in the northwest. Extremely scenic and generates amazing pictures but usually pretty rough for swimming. Always feels secluded in some sort of way as you’re hiking around but you definitely have to be willing to hike a little bit. Recommended to bring water shoes but definitely those or sturdy shoes for the trail. The parking area is rough for low vehicles so be ready to either off-road or dodge potholes. There’s very cool tide pools on the far left side of the beach if you don’t want do the hike that starts all the way in the far right. Swimming is a little challenging but definitely lots to see on the shore. If you do take the hike it definitely fluctuates a lot in elevations up and down and can get a little steep but there’s a lot of roots and trees to grab onto and railings at times. Usually follow the ribbons on the trees to guide you to the actual survival beach part. At some point further down the trail you can actually step onto the beach and follow the rest of the way if you don’t wanna stick to the rest of the trail but the trail itself is quite beautiful and there’s plenty of places to stop to take pictures. Not recommended for very small children or older adults with less than...

More hike (and hype!) than beach…

I’m just going to say what nobody else seems to be saying. The hike is brutal. And I’m an avid fitness, outdoorsy type. I’m not easily deterred from a challenge. But this hike was death defying. There’s no “real” defined path, so you just kind of follow your heart and hope for the best. The entire terrain is basically a tree root system that you’re climbing over or crawling under. Or jagged rock climbing that will land you in the emergency room with one misstep. All 4 of my family members were bleeding from somewhere by the end of the day.

After 40 minutes or so of this, you finally make it! The anticipation of sprawling white sandy beaches and sparkling blue water is finally here! And it’s…..fine. Pretty? Sure. The ocean bottom is also rocky and the waves will pummel you into jagged rocks if you’re not careful (just ask my 11 year old). It was no prettier than any other white sandy beach - I think the appeal is the treacherous hike means less people, so it is a quieter beach. But we didn’t really enjoy it because we knew that hell hike was waiting for us on the flippity flop.

Anyway, that’s all I have to say about that. Now please excuse me, I have to go ice my very...