Honeymoon Bay () is a small bay facing the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

, located at the northeast coast of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

in Toucheng Township, Yilan County. Southeast of the bay is Guishan Island, famous to Taiwanese people. Recently, this bay became popular among Taiwanese and foreign

surfers Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suita ...

. It can be reached by taking the train to nearby Daxi Station of the

Taiwan Railway Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight railway services on of track. Passenger traffic ...

(TRA) and then walking for about 10 minutes.

Geography and activities

Surfers at Honeymoon Bay in summer morning

The bay has the shape of a half Moon. The northern and southern shores of the bay are rocky, while in between there is a beach covered with fine, dark-gray sand. Several hundred meters from the seashore, the undersea

topography Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the landforms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary sci ...

varies a lot, causing

wave In physics, mathematics, engineering, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from List of types of equilibrium, equilibrium) of one or more quantities. ''Periodic waves'' oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium ...

s 2 to 3 meters high. Such waves hit the bay repeatedly, making surfing a common activity here. There are also several stalls for teaching surfing. The beach is a good place for non-surfing activities, such as

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

. However, it suffers from a littering problem. There were some minor

music festivals A music festival is a festival, community event with music, performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock music, rock, blues, folk music, folk, jazz, classical music), nation ...

in summer here during the past few years.

Nearby landmarks

* Hexing (Gallant) Village (a.k.a. Hexing Community) 合興富麗農漁村(合興社區) * Daxi Elementary School of Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan 宜蘭縣頭城鎮大溪國小 * Daxi Station 大溪車站

External links

{{commons category
National Northeast Coastal Scenic Area — Honeymoon Bay

蜜月灣 Honeymoon Bay

UrMap — an image of Formosa-2 Satellite
Bays of Taiwan Landforms of Yilan County, Taiwan Tourist attractions in Yilan County, Taiwan