Crash Boat Beach

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I first went to Crash Boat Beach forty-two years ago.  It was beau­ti­ful then and it’s still beau­ti­ful now.  How­ev­er, if there’s one thing I can tell you about this beach is that it’s deep… real deep (more on that in a minute).

Crash Boat is a nat­ur­al beach in the munic­i­pal­i­ty of Aguadil­la, so as you know that means no show­ers, restrooms, life­guards, safe­ty buoys, con­ces­sion stands, gaze­bos recy­cling bins, sig­nage or writ­ten mate­r­i­al.  How­ev­er, it does have an ample park­ing area.

Dur­ing the first half of the 20th cen­tu­ry Crash Boat used to be a mil­i­tary port used to res­cue downed air crews from near­by Ramey Field (a US Air Force Base to the north­west that is also closed).  There is still a con­crete peer that today dou­bles as a pop­u­lar fish­ing spot and as jump off point for local swim­mers.  If you decide to jump from there make sure that you ‘re a good swim­mer and that you are in good enough health to swim back to shore.

Now, here’s my rec­ol­lec­tion of my first vis­it to Crash Boat beach.  A group of friends and I rent­ed a local fish­er­man to take us out for a boat ride around the crys­tal blue waters.  I remem­ber stop­ping by this large buoy that could­n’t have been any far­ther than 100 yards from the shore.  The thing was labeled 500 FEET.  So this area gets real deep real fast.

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The sand is light tan col­ored, fluffy and very nice.  The sea floor is also sandy and nice.  No rocks here.  And there’s a great coral reef that’s a won­der­ful spot for divers and snorkelers.

Here’s anoth­er rec­ol­lec­tion that I have about Crash Boat.  There’s isn’t too much shade.  Most beach­es in Puer­to Rico are pep­pered with palm trees that offer excel­lent shade.  That is not the case at Crash Boat.  The only shad­ed area is right in front of the park­ing area. So, if at all pos­si­ble, bring your own shade.

There’s a fish­er­man vil­lage adja­cent to the beach area which offers great pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties dur­ing the day as well as sev­er­al food stands where you can sam­ple the local cuisine.

Learn More About Puerto Rico

OLD SAN JUAN Enjoy an adven­ture through cen­turies of history
EL YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST Explore the only trop­i­cal rain­for­est in the U.S.
LET’S HIT THE BEACH Have fun at one of Puer­to Rico’s world renown beaches.

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