Surfside beach

[cherylakers]

Has anyone been there recently? Is the beach clean and are there restaurants? Restrooms?

 

What bus from cruise ship terminal can we take? I know where bus terminal is located.

 

Thanks

Cheryl

[Hatteras51]

Surfside has built a new building with restrooms, snack bar, maybe a shower. I had dinner near there last week. I couldn't tell if it was open yet. The one that they built in Arashi sat closed on the beach for a year. There is no telling when it will be open, if it isn't now. There are no vendors with chairs or umbrellas. They did add some huge inflatables (like beach toys) in the water that the local kids are enjoying. There is a snack area closer to the road. I don't know of any buses that go this way. This is next to the airport. You will need a taxi if you decide to go. This has always been a locals beach. There is a public beach in Surside, called Reflextions. It is small, but has food, bathrooms, chairs and unbrellas, and a very small pool. Some cruisers go there for the day.

[kctwinmommy]

We were just there this week. Our friends we were traveling with, the husband asked in the center when we got off the ship for a beach to go to. I wasn't there, but for some reason they recommended Surfside Beach. Honestly, it wasn't anything exciting, but it was still nice. There were maybe 25-30 people on the beach, all spread out. There were 2 guys renting chairs, but we just laid out our towels. The boys were all in the water anyway. We just stayed there for about 2-3 hours, got some sun, did some snorkeling (the boys said it wasn't that great though). We didn't fully use anything there either. There is the Reflexions place, which appeared to have food and a pool. The taxi cost us $10, for up to 5 people. Since there were 7 of us, we had to take 2 of them. We didn't know/see the bus info, so we just did the taxi. The taxi driver tried getting our friends to change, and they radioed our taxi driver, but we couldn't actually tell if they were communicating with our friends or not, some language issues. But later, our driver said we should have gone to Eagle or Palm beach. Oh well, either way, we just needed a beach, some water and sunshine. We thought it was a little neat to watch the planes land too.

[Hatteras51]

We were just there this week. Our friends we were traveling with, the husband asked in the center when we got off the ship for a beach to go to. I wasn't there, but for some reason they recommended Surfside Beach. Honestly, it wasn't anything exciting, but it was still nice. There were maybe 25-30 people on the beach, all spread out. There were 2 guys renting chairs, but we just laid out our towels. The boys were all in the water anyway. We just stayed there for about 2-3 hours, got some sun, did some snorkeling (the boys said it wasn't that great though). We didn't fully use anything there either. There is the Reflexions place, which appeared to have food and a pool. The taxi cost us $10, for up to 5 people. Since there were 7 of us, we had to take 2 of them. We didn't know/see the bus info, so we just did the taxi. The taxi driver tried getting our friends to change, and they radioed our taxi driver, but we couldn't actually tell if they were communicating with our friends or not, some language issues. But later, our driver said we should have gone to Eagle or Palm beach. Oh well, either way, we just needed a beach, some water and sunshine. We thought it was a little neat to watch the planes land too.

 

Just curious, were the chairs, being rented, located by Reflextions restaurant and pool area, or were they further down, near the inflatables in the water?

[kctwinmommy]

Just curious, were the chairs, being rented, located by Reflextions restaurant and pool area, or were they further down, near the inflatables in the water?

 

If you paid money at Reflexions, you got a chair, use of the pool, etc... We didn't see the sign until we were leaving. They had a couple options. But there was a guy sitting out there renting the chairs, just past Reflexions and the scuba dive shop, he would move the chairs where you wanted them.

[Arubalisa]

I am positive that Surfside Beach was less crowded than any spot on Palm Beach or Eagle Beach that any taxi driver would have taken you to.

 

For what you were looking for it sounds like the perfect day.