Best beach on the island for waves!…read more There are quite a few surfers and swimmers enjoying the waves but they rarely get close because the waves on shore keep the swimmers busy! Make sure your in shape to swim because the waves beat down on you hard. Otherwise a great beach that's nice and close to the farmers market and cisco brewery. No beach permit required.

:: All in one breath:: The best beach in the entire world please don't go here because you have the…read morepotential to ruin this pristine beach. Erosion has changed this landscape but this beach will have my heart forever. *Rougher waters, you may not want to bring the little ones here.

I have been trying to get to this beach for years, it's a bit of a drive from Providence but worth…read moreit. Goosewing is a nature preserve and has a beautiful shoreline with clean clear rolling waves. The view is spectacular and you certainly feel you are on the edge of land facing the big open ocean. Parking is not cheap, but it was worth every penny. The beach was not full, I found a place away from the groups and unpacked my sandwich. I was bringing my lunch up to my mouth and suddenly I had half a sandwich in my hand and the other half was already in the gullet of a sea gull! I am Savvy, I am aware of gull habits, but this one set a new high bar. I had to laugh, the gull was surprised to find itself with a beak full of veggies. Needless to say said gull stood staring at me while I finished what remnants it left me.

11/5. O how I miss you It has been weeks!!!!! I've been…read moresick and the weather has been horrible but I still miss you private beach/ my private sanctuary!!!

SURFSIDE BEACH is amazing…read more First of all, it's beautiful. Look at all that sea grass! Second of all, it's free. Third of all, there is a large parking lot. Fourth of all, there is VERY large parking lot for the bicycles. Fifth and not the least, it has SURFSIDE BEACH SHACK. This beach is understandably busy; not to worry, they have a lifeguard on duty. How lucky are the houses whose backyards are right on this beach?!

Heaven on earth. Immaculate beach with chair rentals, restrooms and the surf shack (who knew a pb&j…read morewas $8.....definitely pack a lunch). Must see when on the island.

Moshup beach is absolutely breathtaking! Pictures don't capture the beauty I saw firsthand. I came…read moreon an early Sunday morning in May and had the entire beach to myself. The beautiful color drenched cliffs, the roaring waves crashing effortlessly against the rocks, and the powdery soft sand caressing my feet made for the ultimate relaxing experience in nature. It was almost surreal. There's a destinated parking lot down the road so anyone with mobility issues may find it hard to access. There were no bathrooms, food, or beverages available unless you make the trek back up to Aquinnah cliffs (15 min walk uphill). There's supposedly a section that's designated as a nudist beach but I didn't see it. Moshup is a bare bones but stunningly beautiful beach, a must see while on Martha's Vineyard!

Beautiful beach that abuts the red cliffs of Aquinnah. We spent about 2 hours here in the late July…read moreafternoon and it was pretty empty. Nice big swath of soft sand, some rocks in the water. Easy parking - $30/day with a well groomed path to the beach.

They say we are a lot like the sea - our bodies contain roughly 45 to 60% water. I often ponder…read morethat is why we are drawn to it. JFK once said, "all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears" - "we are tied to the ocean" and when returning to the sea, "we are going back from whence we came". Falmouth Heights Beach is lovely with soft golden sand. Many families enjoy fun moment on the waters off Falmouth Sound. We love walking on the beach, watching the joggers, the swimmers, boaters, sailors...It is also a dog friendly beach which we Love. Get out if you can and enjoy. Life is good! Life is a beach.

Very pretty and clean beach. Came standard with sand and seagull, some seashells and rocks as well.read more

NOT FAMILY-FRIENDLY…read more The beach itself is excellent. The overall experience is not. The town of West Tisbury permits only one car *per house* to park at the beach. So if you have multiple families (with little kids) sharing a house, and everyone in the house wants to go simultaneously, then they must be shuttled. Which potentially means adding & removing car seats. The town also doesn't seem to have accounted for the case where multiple families from the same house may arrive at different times. (Ex: One family in the permitted car, another family dropped off by someone who doesn't want to go to the beach.) The town gives only 1 set of credentials. Fine, allow only one car. But why not give one beach access card to each family? Finally, this information's buried. We learned it at the pass office; it wasn't in the guidebook we bought, the websites we'd checked, nor our rental's info packet. Hopefully this review will help other families avoid this pitfall. ‍

At least for summer 2020, this beach now bears a "no dogs" sign. Dogs used to be allowed before 10…read moream for non residents and it was a big draw for us and our beach-loving pup on our annual summer visit. Really hope they open to dogs again, post-COVID.

Love this beach!! It's so close to our beach home we can ride our bikes or walk. The bathroom are…read morevery clean and kept up everyone is so friendly and the water is warm and fun to swim we always stay 4 to 5 hours. Still can't get enough

Free parking with fun waves. This may be my teens favorite beach on the island. The waves are large…read more(for New England) and the sand is great. There are lifeguards at chairs 1 and also the main part of the beach which is around chair 7. It can get busy but we were able to find a spot to lay all our stuff out. Waves are strong and crash near shore. It's hard to use a boogie board due to this. My family enjoyed playing in the waves without a board.

This beach is open to residents only. It is beautiful and clean, with parking. If you can find a…read moreway to come here, do it!

This beach has officially spoiled me for any other. This is a beach open only to Chilmark…read moreresidents, their family members and guests or renters. At the risk of sounding like a snob, the beach road doesn't have a sign for a reason. Do not take the car, bus, or bike here thinking you are just going to get in. I am not being an elitist. I'm just saying you will be wasting your time. Also, I'm sick of seeing reviewers on other sites trash this beach just because they rode their bike onto the ferry and expected to cycle across the Island to swim here. Don't be a dumbass and crash through the tick-infested hillside trying to sneak in, either. Park Rangers guard this beach, so if the ticks don't get you, they will. If you are fortunate enough to get your hands on a beach sticker, I highly recommend it. Aside from being flanked by the Vineyard's only nude shoreline, this beach is one-of-a-kind. Gorgeous clear water, waves that can get absolutely humongous, clay cliffs, and the long stretch of sparsely-populated sand that comes with the exclusivity of resident-only beach rights.

Very nice and quiet beach. Decent size and water is fairly calm making it a great spot for smaller…read morechildren. It's a local beach so you need to live in fairhaven to go here and have a beach pass during the summer

There is a big parking lot, it's a nice beach (I come from SW FL). Cool spot for kiteboarders. Not…read moretoo shelly, had a great time