Basin Head Fisheries Museum

It's definitely an awesome beach. It has a deep channel between 2 docks that are great for diving and swimming. Its worth a visit.

This beach is pure awesomeness. The water was a little chilly at 11°C [51°F] one day and 13°C [55°F] another day in the 1st week of July, but if you go for a short jog to get your heart rate up before going in for a plunge in the "river" when the tide is rising, you will have a heck of a lot of fun, just watch out for occasional jellyfish. I LOVED jumping into the "tidal river." After my 1st plunge, I was use to the water temperature and stayed in as long as I didn't need to get out to chase down one of my kids.

As a jogger, I and my 4 year old, really enjoyed running barefoot down the sandy beach. You have to jog in dry sand to make it "sing" but moist sand is much less taxing to run on.

My kids and spouse loved the beach too; I got a 7, 4, and 2 year old - we didn't let the kids jump in the "tidal river" as they are not good enough swimmers yet. My 4 year old and 2 year old appeared like they wanted to jump in, so keep a close eye on your little ones. My 4 year old tried going up the dunes, so watch your kids for that as we are not supposed to go up the dunes, the "grass" near the dunes is sharp and I think it slightly cut my foot when I was grabbing my kid from ascending the dunes.

My spouse said it was one of the best beaches she had ever been to; and I feel the same. Basin Head is up there with a beach we went to on the archeapelago of Okinawa, just South of Japan's mainland, when we took a ferry from Naha to a tiny archipelago island with excellent snorkeling.

There must have been 5 to 7 lifeguards on duty. Which is good for kids or overconfident swimmers.

There is a place "up the hill" where you can get food like pokè bowls, beer, poutine, etc.. if you get hungry, at reasonable prices and with a good view of the beach/cliffs and in the shade.

Great spot to beat the heat for the day? Family friendly and very clean! One of the best island spots that's a must to visit!

Nice little museum with a lot of interesting information available. Friendly cashier that provided useful information, but being short staffed there was no guide available for explanations / tour.

The beach is also quite small but very pleasant with fine sand that squiks ("singing sand").

It is very intereste place. When we entered the museum, Ms. Vera is a tour, she very nice and funny woman. She introduced a lot of knowledge to us, i.e. How to catch fish and lobster? We learned a lot from her.