Red Beach Playa Caracas

This place is… just YES! After all my Unilocalsearching, I chose this beach because it was the closest beach to where we are staying and have you seen the pictures? This place is absolutely amazing! The beach is located about 15 minutes away from Bananas Restaurant area. We came here four about to hours (3p-​5p), it was love at first sight. I was nervous that there would be an overload of people at Caracas, but to my surprise there were the right amount of people. We were not able to find a spot with shade, so we just put our each chairs down & endured the sun. It was definitely a hot day, so after a mini selfie session we headed into the water. The water was clear see through blue, with a perfect temperature to cool down our bodies, but not freezing. We splashed around, relaxed, and stared in amazement at the beautiful view surrounding us. This has to be the best beach I have ever been to and I consider myself a beachie. COME HERE, you will not regret it! I wish I could live here, but I am glad there is not any hotels to ruin the peacefulness of this place.

Beautiful! The water is super clean. It is sandy in the beginning and gets coral-​i later. Has shades and it gets deep gradually.

We visited Playa Caracas during our trip to Vieques. It’s a lovely spot — secluded and not too big, with beautiful sand, clear turquoise waters, palm trees, and some decent snorkeling along the rocky areas on the left side. It is the most accessible of the nature reserve beaches, with parking, a composting toilet outhouse, and even on the weekend a small kiosk selling a few bottled drinks and chips. Playa Caracas was probably our second favorite beach that we went to in Vieques. Our favorite overall was Sun Bay Beach (more expansive, more spots to spread a towel under a palm tree, and food/​drinks, lovely to walk along, but a bit more developed and no snorkeling), Pata Prieta had the best snorkeling of the spots we went but less beach, and Playa Chivas was less accessible, a narrower beach, and had fewer shady spots.

⁴⁄₅ if they get a few kiosks up, then this would be perfect!
so you got up super effin early to catch the damn ferry on a bumpier ride than expected. you flag a taxi and you’re driving down, and you realize there are wild horses running around. you make the mandatory pokemon joke and next thing you know you’ve pulled up to this strip of beach and it’s just you, a few other families, and clear skies and clear water. whoa. if you catch the first ferry, you’ll be toes in the sand by maybe 10:45 or 11am, then you’ll need to call by around 4pm to get back to the ferry — so total play time about 5ish hours.
we pretty much had a good strip of sand just to ourselves. we went in the middle of the week and it was pretty lax — we left our stuff in the little pavillon (i think there were maybe 10 available across the whole beach) and then hit the water. it was lovely and calm, definitely felt more relaxing than other «destination beaches.» if you’re facing the water, to the left are some rocks that you can walk out towards and have a cute mermaid/​merman photoshoot — to the rights are more rock faces where you can do the same. i’d say generally the water was calm and enjoyable for lapping at your feet in the sand and for swimming around.
the challenge here is that there’s literally you and the beach… and nothing else. which means you need to bring water, food, ice, etc. great, you remembered to pack all the medalla, but then you forgot potable water. uh-​oh. great you remembered the snacks, but for staying the bulk of the afternoon you really wish you had something more substantial to eat — you get the point. if you don’t want to lug that all with you on the boat, then pick it up at the few restaurants/​stores right by the ferry in VQ. you’ll be less hangry than we were by the end of it.

Heaven.
This beach is so insanely beautiful that you feel like you are living in a postcard. It’s a speed-​bumpy ride out here, but worth it. We originally planned to go to Garcia Beach/​Playuela, but the cab driver missed the turn & dropped us off at Caracas. What a great substitute! We arrived around 10 & there was not another person until noon, when the ferry arrivals start trickling in. At it’s busiest there were maybe 40 people there. The beach is lined with palm trees & 8 little cabanas, providing some shade, although on a busy weekend, surely not enough for everyone. The water is warm & clear, the sand is bright white & the scenery is amazing. The snorkeling is decent. Not the best on the island, but worth putting your flippers on for.
My only complaint, at all, was that the sand did have a lot of «stickers» in it by the grassy areas, so you may want to wear your sandals!

Now this is beautiful. The beach was clean and well maintained. I felt I and my family were safe. Fair snorkeling if you wish to paddle and walk a bit but foe the sun-​bather, it is top notch! My 14 year old daughter said that it was like a dream. Because most Caribbean beaches look better in the ads than in real like. This was the opposite. I will be back!

Beautiful beach! A bit more crowded than I expected, but still plenty of breathing room. If you get there somewhat early, you can claim one of eight or so covered picnic tables. We got one, but a family that showed up after us mind-​bogglingly decided to «share» ours without asking first. WTF???
Anyway, we had heard that this is a great snorkeling beach, but when we were there in February, the surf was very rough, underwater visibility was limited to about 6 – 8 feet, and I didn’t see a single fish out in the rocky area, so it’s definitely not good snorkeling ALL the time. Even though the surf was rough in the deeper water, it was calm enough for swimming or floating near the shore.

Gorgeous beach! Calm water for swimming and areas for snorkeling. Large parking area and some areas for shade. Can get a little crowded. Don’t forget to bring EVERYTHING you will need at the beach that day. Water, food, towels etc. There is no place near by to purchase these items. Also the vans that pick up and drop off are fairly spotty. Make sure that you are ready for them or pre-​arrange a pickup time.

This was by far our favorite beach in Vieques. Don’t get me wrong, there are no bad beaches on this island, it’s just Playa Caracas was the best one from all the excellent ones.
Perfect sand, perfect Caribbean Sea, good snorkeling, great sunsets.

RED BEACH was my favorite! Parking was right there, beach was real clean, loved, loved everything about it! Easy to get to, paved road, I highly recommend!

This beach is really beautiful. It was a great place for clean sand and calm, clear waters. There were a lot of people here (more than other beaches we went to), but you can see why. Very safe and the water was just perfect. It was also very clean, ie, not lots of rocks, seaweed, etc. I enjoyed the water, but the one thing that I did not enjoy was the sand flies. I got bitten a LOT and decided to just stay in the water to avoid them. Maybe it was the day we went, but the other beaches weren’t as bad. I suggest to bring bug spray, just in case!

Of all the beaches we checked out during our scooter tour, I’d say this was definitely the most crowded («crowded» is used loosely, it still wasn’t bad). I’d also guess most of the people here were locals (noticed a few beach parties with music, dancing, and cans of Medalla).
Once again the beach itself was perfect with soft white sand beaches and nice calm blue waters for swimming. There are a few cabanas with tables if you want to get set up for a lunch, but other than that, there is minimal shade. There is a big parking lot here, but no facilities (no water or restrooms).
Of all the beaches east of Esperanza, this one is the closest (other than the ones which are walking distance near Esperanza).
A solid 4-​star beach experience.