Discover Pink Sand Beaches: A Guide to Harbour Island’s Rosy Paradise
Harbour Island’s eastern shore holds a five-kilometre stretch of sand that reads as pale rose, a colour produced not by mineral deposits but by the calcium carbonate shells of a single-celled organism called Homotrema rubrum. These foraminifera live among the offshore reef, and when they die, wave action grinds their red-pink shells into the white coral sand at a ratio that determines the beach’s intensity. The colour is most saturated during early morning and late afternoon, when low-angle sunlight deepens the red tones, and in the wet sand near the waterline, where moisture amplifies the pigment. This guide covers