Plage de Malendure

We spent nice time here. Is a beach with black sand. The water is not that clear for snorkeling, but there is the posibility to go on a boat trip till Pigeon Island to see the underwater marine life. There are couple of resturants on the beach.

Certainly one of my most beautiful life experiences. Swimming with turtles in this exceptional environment while respecting the fauna and flora! Stunning!!!

We stayed in Guadeloupe for one month and went to many beaches. This one was one of our top ones. We went many times. There are a few things you should know. It is a very crowded beach. The parking is a major issue and we had difficulty finding parking in the afternoon. Best to go early. There are not any public trash cans so there was quite a bit of trash around. We would get ice cream on the beach and have to bring our cups home with us to throw away so bring a trash bag. There are public bathrooms that were never open the whole month. There were portable toilets but they were usually out of toilet paper. We started bringing our own. They do have showers to rinse off. The reason this was our favorite beach was because of the snorkeling. Although not turquoise blue, this water was the clearest of all the beaches we went to (over 10) and the water is calm. We swam next to numerous sea turtles. The first day, we swam in the middle of hundreds of bone fish which was incredible. It didn’t happen again but such a special memory. The north side has a small beach that is really fun with amazing snorkeling out by the rocks. If you go around the corner behind the north rocks, I thought this area was even more lovely than the snorkeling by pigeon island. One day we took kayaks to the Pigeon islands from the beach and loved exploring that. We used Caraibe Kayak to rent and they were very kind and were able to give us the instructions in English. There are many places to eat on the beach. We tried two different places and we were disappointed both times and it took soooo long so we decided not to eat there anymore but brought our own lunch. We loved our days on this beach and will treasure them always!

Getting there was ok but once there there isn't much. Cluttered back of the beach with tents, souvenir shops, a non recommend pizza truck, kayak rentals... The main attraction are the turtles who apparently swim there often, but we didn't see them. Black vulcanic sand, a small harbor with boats with glass floor sailing to the island and showing the coral reef to tourists.

This is a lovely spot to spend the day in the water to explore Cousteau Reserve. The coral and underwater life is top notch. By heading to the north side to Petite Malendure, you can explore the sea life by the rocks finding an abundance of life including all types of coral, fish, eels and octopi. We spent hours in the water. The white sand is soft and few rocks. The water was not rough and little current. Swimming with the turtles that eat the grass off Petite Malendure was amazing. Plage de Malendure has good facilities including a decent restroom, restaurants, and shops. A number of dive shops are set up on the beach making it easy to catch a ride out to Pigeon Island for more underwater exploring. We spent 5 days here and could have spent more.

Brilliant beach, loved the boat trip especially. Saw loads of colourful fish and turtles. Didn't manage to catch a turtle on camera though 🤣

This beach was lovely but very touristy and crowded. The sand is black from volcanic ash and that’s pretty neat. The water is clear and really calm for swimming. There were food trucks and restaurants all around - lots of options to get food and drinks!

It’s a nice beach with lot of things to do, like snorkeling, kayaking, swimming. It is also possible to go to another small island by renting a kayak or taking a ferry. But on the other hand, this place is really crowded, it is difficult to find a parking lot and sometimes the music and the cars on the street are really loud.