White Sand Bay Beach Introduction
Driving along the Northern Coastal Highway, you will undoubtedly discover this white sandy beach ideal for enjoying sea views and sea breezes. Stretching over a kilometer, the shell-white sand, illuminated by the azure waters and blue skies, is truly refreshing. The Baisha Bay Beach, known as "Taiwan's Kamakura" since the Japanese colonial period, is a crescent-shaped natural bay embraced by Cape Fugui and Cape Linsan, famous for its "white sand and clear water." Visitors to this location can not only enjoy the delicate sensation of walking on shell sand but also partake in various water activities like swimming, fishing, sailing, diving, and windsurfing, all popular summer pastimes. The small hills beside the beach also serve as a great spot for paragliding activities. The fine white sand of Baisha Bay is composed of coral reefs and shells, crushed and transported ashore by ocean waves, resulting in the formation of the beautiful white "shell sand" after continuous erosion. When the strong sea breeze sweeps across the pristine beach, the fine shell sand is arranged by the wind into neat and beautiful wave-like patterns, known as "sand patterns." To prevent windblown sand from invading the inland areas, local residents have developed a unique method to combat this issue. They have constructed rows of tightly arranged bamboo fences on the sandy hills at the boundary between the beach and the inland, and planted sand-binding plants, such as Casuarina equisetifolia and Pennisetum alopecuroides, creating another distinctive landscape.
