Bloody Bay

North Coast · Negril

Rating: 4.6 / 5

Bloody Bay sits at the northern end of the Negril beach strip, around the headland from Seven Mile Beach, and shares the same long stretch of white sand and calm, shallow turquoise water. The name is thought to come from the area's former role as a whaling station. Today the bay is largely backed by all-inclusive resorts — Riu, Royalton and neighbours — but the public sections remain beautiful, quieter than Seven Mile and popular with day-trippers who come in for catamaran and snorkel trips. Watersports operators run jet ski, parasail and glass-bottom boat tours from the sand.