Having established the increasingly popular Laura in Singapore Beachliness scale, it's time to use it on our local beaches. Singapore is not known for its amazing beaches compared to the rest of this region, but Sentosa beach (Siloso, Palawan and Tanjong) has some key redeeming features, so let's see.
First up, sandiness. Pretty good sandiness, but there are minor issues with ship detritus and less than pristine water. So half points.
Secondly, boatiness. Singapore's beaches have an excess of boatiness, which is interesting for ship nerds, but reduces one's view of a pretty horizon. Again. we'll go with half points.
Prettiness: the palms are very pretty and the coves and islands are nice too. The main beach is only 3.5 km long, but I think I still need to give full pretty points.
Desertedness. Sentosa ain't desolate. The pictures here are misleading, in that it was quite early morning, and in May (not tourist winter). No points for desertedness.
Wildlife. Well, we saw an eagle. But unless you count tourists, again, nope.
Did you say fun activities? Sentosa has them all: zip-lining, aqua park, bungee, luge, cycling, hiking, history, VR, iFly, volleyball, and much more. Full points.
Finally, cocktails. Sentosa says she's got'em all overdaplace. Full points again.
Sentosa Singapore Beachliness Review
Sandiness: 0.5
Boatiness: 0.5 (excess boatiness)
Prettiness: 1
Destertedness: 0
Wildlife: 0
Availability of activities: 1
Availability of cocktails: 1
Total: 4/7
