Playing on the beach in Garapua, Bahia - Ilha de Tinhare

The beach in front of our house in Garapua is beautiful.  The water is so clear and clean.  When the sun is shining it turns different shades of green and blue.  The pictures look edited but they aren't.  The sand is so clean and almost white.  The beach is 1 mile long so we take walks every day looking for sea shells and sand dollars.   When the tide is low the beach is wide and flat so it becomes the town playground and there are some great coral reefs and tide pools at each end of the bay for exploring.  We go swimming and play on the paddle board pretty much all day right in front of our house.  There are coconut trees surrounding the entire beach.  They sway in the breeze and create great scenery and pictures.  Even the locals that have lived here their entire lives appreciate it and realize they have a piece of paradise right in their backyard.

Video of playing on the beach in Garapua

On our way to the tide pools.

Low tide out on a sand bar by the tide pools.

Brad on the paddle board.

Derek playing in the sand.  He wishes his 1st Grade class at Haley Elementary could be playing with him.

Taryn, Maile and Annette lounging by the water.

Brad coming out of the water with the paddle board.  

Taryn showing up her brother in horseshoes.

Carson throwing another ringer.

The girls showing their treasures from the tide pools.

View of the beach from our patio.

Annette with her sand dollars.

We find at least 10 sand dollars every day.

Taryn with a big sand dollar.

Annette on the paddle board.

Hannah on the paddle board.

Derek and Maile hanging out in the warm water.  Our house is the 2-story with the brown roof.

Natural pools of Garapua taken form the paddle board.  This is a sand bar in the middle of the coral reef 1 mile off the shore.

Natural pools with coral reef under the water.  The water is 2-3 feet deep.

The natural pools are a big tourist attraction and boat loads of people come every day.