White Bay Beach is a Caribbean classic, a truly fantastic stretch of sandy beach shelving into superb sea in a score of shades of blue, with a very small hotel and a couple of beach bars. White Bay Beach can be reached by boat or overland from Great Harbour.
White Bay and its beach is occasionally invaded by cruise ship passengers and has t-shirts and beach chair vendors on cruise ship days. Check before you make the journey to White Bay Beach/
This wide crescent of dark Meander River delta sand is 7 km west of Selçuk (4 km west of Ephesus).
Though big resort hotel complexes (including the Richmond) rise on its southern reaches, most of the beach is public.
At the very southern end, where the road begins the climb over the hills to Kusadasi, is the Aqua Fantasy water park.
The soft sand is a bit squishy underfoot and, as you can see from my photos, the beach is open to the Aegean Sea, which constantly sends waves onto it, churning the sand, clouding the water, and making the swimming experience an active one.
You can get drinks, meals and shade at a small hotel near the beach, but be advised that there is little shelter on the beach proper, so bring lots of sunblock.
Even more importantly, there is a Jandarma (police) post, but no lifeguards! The Jandarmas have no life-saving equipment or training, so you’re on your own.
The surf can be rough, so please be careful.
The coastal road from Selçuk and Ephesus to Kusadasi runs within a five-minute walk of the sea at Pamucak, so access is cheap, quick and convenient by means of the frequent (every 20 or 30 minutes) Selçuk – Kusadasi minibuses.