White sand
A long beach.
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Orient Bay, «Baie Orientale» in French, is a bay and beach on the east coast of the French side of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, about 7 km in a straight line east of Marigot. It has become the island's best-known and most visited beach. The area stayed undeveloped until 1985, after which coastal communities, restaurants and places to stay grew around it. The beach stretches a long way with soft white sand and turquoise water, small islets offshore and green hills behind. Visitors come to swim and for water sports such as kitesurfing and windsurfing, and a coral reef shelters parts of the beach, keeping the water calmer there. Behind it lies a salt pond, the Salines d'Orient, where herons and other birds feed, and restaurants and umbrellas for hire line the sand. The beach is public and free, while umbrellas and chairs are paid. The southern end is a naturist section, worth knowing if you are with family, and the easterly wind can raise the waves in the afternoon.
A long beach.
Kitesurfing.
Herons.
Baie Orientale, Saint Martin
Yes, though its southern end is naturist.
Yes; chairs are paid.