Puka Beach

Boracay's quiet end, where the island's jewellery comes from.

How we rated it: nothing lifts it, nothing sinks it. Photo: yuichiro anazawa · CC BY 3.0

The hang

Puka Beach is a quiet stretch of white sand at the northern tip of Boracay, and the place where locals gather the small puka shells used in jewellery sold on the island. The sand is coarser than White Beach's, and the beach is relatively empty. A tricycle back to D'Mall should cost around ₱40. We measured 1,118 metres.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea: May (30.5 °C), then June and July. Coolest: March (28.0 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest: Usually: it is the relatively empty end of Boracay.
Getting there: At the northern tip of Boracay; a tricycle to D'Mall is around ₱40.
The catch nobody tells you: Coarser sand than White Beach.

The year at Puka Beach

Warmest sea in May. Fewest wet days in April. Pick your fight.

Sea (°C)

28.2

28.1

29.3

30.5

30.1

29.5

29.3

29.1

28.6

Air (°C)

26.2

26.7

28.1

28.4

27.7

27.5

27.1

26.8

26.9

26.7

Sun (h/day)

9.5

9.4

11.9

10.8

8.6

9.3

9.1

7.5

8.8

8.3

9.3

Rain (days)

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

6 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.

986 mBanyugan Beach126 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
1.2 kmPunta Bunga Beach544 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
1.5 kmIlig Iligan Beach531 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
1.5 kmBalinghai Beach73 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
1.7 kmHagdan Beach239 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
2.0 kmDiniwid Beach185 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

Relatively empty.

The receipts

Not much on record. It is the quiet end.

The facts · we measured

Length: 1,118 m
Mean width: 27.1 m
Area: 30,347 m²
Warmest sea (2025): 30.5 °C in May
Coldest sea (2025): 28.0 °C in Mar
Sea by month, °C: Jan 28.2 · Feb 28.1 · Mar 28.0 · Apr 29.3 · May 30.5 · Jun 30.1 · Jul 29.5 · Aug 29.5 · Sep 29.0 · Oct 29.3 · Nov 29.1 · Dec 28.6