Orient Bay (french: Baie-Orientale) is a coastal community and beach on the
French side of the island of
Saint Martin in the Caribbean. It lies on the east coast of the island.
Until 1985 the area was undeveloped. The island suffered damage caused by
Hurricane Luis
Hurricane Luis was a long lived and powerful Category 4 hurricane. It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall and the third-most intense hurricane recorded during the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm, along with Humberto, Iris, an ...
in 1995, which was quickly repaired. The island also suffered considerable damage in 2017 by
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two ...
, which is slowing being repaired.
The beach at Orient Bay has become the most popular beach on the island. A section of the beach at the south end is frequented by
naturists
Naturism is a lifestyle of practising non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle. Both may alternatively be called nudism. Though the two terms a ...
.
Populated places in the Collectivity of Saint Martin
Nude beaches
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