brava beach

hockeymate

Brava is magnificent and private. It has wave action similar to Zoni and Flamenco. Those wanting to visit should be ready for a healthy 20-30 minute one-way hike with elevations. Although it is not as difficult to hike in as Resaca, it is still a challenge for some. Bring water and food. There are no facilities or kiosks here.

JojoFtMyersBeach_Fl

This beach is a 20 minute easy walk but well worth it. You take the road just past the museum outside of town on 250 and drive until it ends. Park at the end of the road and walk the well defined patch. You may see some of the few wild horses, crabs, snakes and birds on your way. Once you get there it is absolutely stunning.Since you will probably be the only ones on the beach (during the week days) you may even get lucky.

938jeffreyl

Playa Brava is a beautiful, semi-remote beach on the north shore of Culebra island. But be careful - the undertow and rip-current are especially strong here, and after body-surfing a few waves, I found it difficult to swim back to shore (I'm an intermediate swimmer).

AndyG488

I won't say more because I don't want everyone to go here. Wow what a nice place. really hard hike (kidding!) to get there.

151daveb

An amazingly beautiful and secluded beach where its possible to spend an entire day without seeing another person.

honolulusurf

There were only 3 people here when we arrived, and they left pretty quickly. At that time it was a free for all; we try to find remote beaches wherever we travel. Airplanes do fly over frequently, but when we were flying over it we couldn't see the people very closely except with a long lens camera ;) The little hike there is not bad. However, we would recommend sneakers, and we usually do everything in flip flops. There's a neat abandoned well at the end of the hike near the beach. Very memorable for us!! Not as hard to find as we thought it would be, either.

forsrick

Some of the directions to Brava sounded intimidating, but the trail is fairly smooth and not steep. It took us about 30 minutes in each direction. We saw a total of three people in the course of about three hours. The young couple did not stay long because the waves were too rough, and even the surfer dude was awed by the power rolling in from the sea and chose to be careful about where he dared get in the water. I went in only up to my knees, and the pull out to sea was incredible. Awesome to watch 10-15 foot waves crashing into the shore. The trail is more open than we expected and with a good breeze blowing, it was not hot or buggy. So glad we included this in our efforts!

benton2569

Its a $5 ferry ride (Round Trip) from Fajardo and takes about an hour depending on the ferry itself.The main reason to come here is for the beach - Flamenco Beach. There are others but this is the most beautiful and best known. We went off season so there seemed to be a lack of restaurants and souvineer shops.You cans see the island in a day an it is easily navigable with a golf cart rental or jeep rental.Prices here were very reasonable: $3 for a beer, free beach parking, .75 for soda, $8 for a large cocktail and $6.50 for a cheeseburger and fries at the beach. Almost shocking when you compare to how they bend you over in the US.The place is not overly commercial and Flamenco beach was the highlight of our trip to PR. So worth the trip!

Triburd

I was on this beach for 4 hours and never saw another person. Probably not everyone's cup of tea especially with the trek it takes to get there.

ManvsHotel

This is a very secluded beach far away from any people or place. But the trick is you have to hike about 20-30 minutes to get there through a dense forest. Lots of bugs and mosquitoes on this trail, so bring A LOT of bug spray/repellent. Be prepared for their onslaught towards you. But once you make it through to the other side....PARADISE!!! Wow is all I have to say! Just several miles of pure untouched beach with 10-20 feet waves. Nobody was there for the three hours I was there. It felt like I was the only person on earth! Beautiful! Amazing! Wow! A+

TototheTurtle

If you like the sound of the waves and the ocean breeze, you can find it soothing and relaxing. It is never crowded and if you want to reach a book by the sure virtually almost by your self…. this is the place to go.

878randyh

I dont know if it was or not, because we were the only people on the whole beach. You have to hike in for about 2 miles or so, then you come to this great beach. totally worth the hike.

JimR387

The hike to Playa Brava is not bad. The hike back to your car is all uphill but...it is well worth the effort. The day we went we shared the whole beach with only two other people. The waves were small and the swim a delight. We had packed a lunch and ate in peace listening to the waves and watching the blue, blue water. We hiked to the far end and back with no footprints but ours.

SunnyBeachDay

Bravo beach is hard to get to put the surfing is great. Waters here are not really meant for swimming. There are long roads and then Longpath's to get to the speech. If you're looking to swim do not come here.

kellyr164

On the hike down I thought... oh no, this hike back is going to suck.. but it really was not that bad at all. Once we got to Brava beach we were the ONLY people on the beach for an hour. We hiked to the left and went on the rocks where we found the natural pool. We took a dip in there (since Brava really isn't a swimming beach, the waves are pretty big and I think it's used more for surfing) and we were totally blown away by the man-made shelters that people have created. One shelter even has a swing!!! Totally worth the hike.