Guide to spotting in Maho Beach - St Martin

Today I am going to share with you a series of tips for when you travel to St Martin and want to enjoy the main attraction of the island: Maho Beach and spotting ahí.

To get into the matter, what hereí meetáThese are recommendations based on my experience during my 4 díthose visiting St Martin, thaté included two trips to Maho Beach. Surely there are others ways to spot find itán other guías, but this is my guíto be honest and when saying this, I mean maybe you don't have to spend as many hours in the sun as you thought..

Guíto spotting in Sint Maarten

before starting, I share my video taking photos in Maho, so you can see the different shooting options that can be done on this beach. Available on the YouTube channel tooén:

First we must understand that taking photos of airplanes in Maho Beach is not what it used to be., since aircraft now pass a little moreás higher than before because they moved the wheel stop zone or TDZ, This means that we will no longer see the planes spectacularly low as we have surely seen in photos and videos for a long time..

Spaghettién, the spectacular nature of huge planes like the Boeing 747 if I lostó al KLM y Air France having retired this legendary aircraft, but don't worry, not everything is bad and the Airbus A330s do a very good job of entertaining us and going out. «flying» thanks to jet blast.

Having said that, We are going to delve into the recommendations and data that will surely interest you when you make your dream come true.ñO, as I did, to know this sought-after beach:

let's be honest, It is a beautiful place and a nice airport., but it doesn't have as many flights as thinkingías, goodí there are más de 80 daily operations, but not all of them are large or commercial airplanes, which are what interests us., thus, if you want to see small planesñthe how Twin Otter With Boeing 737yes and A330s, these are the precise times you should go, así you don't spend hours of más without seeing anything very entertaining thaté Let's say:

All días, spotting gets good from 12 from the middle díto until 16 hours.
If you want to go earlier to save your placeá very good, but maybe you'll get bored.

If the díWhat are you going for, a cruise arrives, prepárate for massive chaos and little personal space.
KLM does not fly every dayías, solo 3 times a week, so maybe a díjust see Air France as the avión más big arriving and leaving.
Flight Radar Review 24 to see the flights of each dayía, what couldíThere may still be surprises or very striking private planes that will be worthíIt's still worth going before or staying longeráIt's afternoon.

Catalogueé on 4 main areas for spotting in St Martin. Two are bars / restaurants and two other geographical pointsáficos, I explain to you…

In Maho Beach there are two bars and restaurants, the más famous is the Sunset bar and grill and the second is Driftwood Boat Bar.

Personally I'll stick with the optionón the Driftwood, much más calm, máIt's cheap and you can get outáask to take photos of the planes arriving and departing, leaving your things without worries.

Sunset Bar looked like meó overrated, crowded, you have to fight for a table and it's máyes dear, without being good food.

The other point that I recommend is obviously Maho Beach, in the middle of the sand, If you don't want to spend you can do it without problem, I leave you some tips:

Obviously beach clothes, glasses, sunscreen, cap and lots of water.

If you want to be más cóway, you can rent chair and parasol for $25 dóhomes, you stay as long as you want without problems.

The other point that I lovedó it's not near the airport, but if you have something máyou're on a budget and you like adventure, you can go up to Rainforest Adventures St Maarten – Rockland Estate, which is an adventure center with a zip line or canopy that has chairlifts to take you to the top of a mountainña, from thereí tenderáIt's a beautiful view of the airport and the planes taking off straight towards you.

Take into account that going up costs from $52 per person, depending on the attractions you want to do.

I can onlyás see the planes take off if they do so on the runway 10.
From a distance you canás see planes land, but needáIt's a great lens.

Cáphoto mara

Regarding qué photography equipmentáI'm using, don't worry, Eastán so close to the planes that you don't needán a lot of equipment, maybe a fisheye is a good optionón for shots of airplanes over the beach, but if you only have your cell phone, believe me it's más that enough.

As we can see, It is a very good place and fácil for spotting, the whole island is safeí that at this point nothingé worry. It is a recommended experience, but surely when the Boeing arrived 747 this was toún más entertaining, Despite this, I totally recommend it., worth doing at least once in your life.

General recommendations

Bring sunscreen and water.
C clothesómoda, hat or beach clothes if you want to get into the water.

Bring cash in case you want to pay for beach chairs and parasols.
Flight Radar Review 24 to know the locationón of all flights.
You can get to Maho with the little onesños buses púwarships that cost from $1.50 per person or by taxi.

WARNING: jetblast is a real thing and can be dangerous, if you stop right behindás of engines, couldías suffer injuries, así Be very careful and follow the instructionsñwarning signs. Don't do what no one doesás ago.

Galería

Finally, I share a few photos that I tooké the Díso I was in Sint Maarten, he will move, but I left a little oneñto collectón so you have an idea of cóIt's mo and they dare to go: