Eurwangni Beach (을왕리해수욕장)

Euwangni Beach is found on the west coast of the Korean peninsula near the Incheon International Airport. Having experienced an east coast Atlantic beach, a west coast Pacific beach and a Gulf of Mexico beach, I was pretty excited to add the Yellow Sea to my list. 

The beach is described by one website as white sand. It is not, it is brown with lots of tiny rock, shells, glass and, sadly, some trash. The water was perfect for swimming although the riptide was pretty strong and the tides move at lightening speed. Seriously the tide came in 30ft within 10 minutes. It was a little scary. 

At this location there are 3x5 platforms with umbrellas for rent and it was great to have a place to put food and stuff. It was very windy that day and the man in charge of renting the platforms would come around and tie down the umbrella to ensure it didn't fly away. In additions to the platforms there were umbrellas in the sand.

The picture above shows just how far out the low tide was. When the tide came back in this boat was floating. At one point there was a tractor pulling the boat closer to the water. Makes me wonder how it became beached.

One cultural difference in Korea is sun protection. It was very common to see people completely covered from the top of the head to the feet yet still swimming in the water. It is very different from the states where most people tend to wear as little clothing as possible. The gentlemen with the umbrella even took his into the water.

All in all I will say that my first Korean beach was a success. Lots of people, lots of food vendors and lots of sun.