Up Highway 20 about 15 km. from Kensington, this beach is within a very accessible park. Cabot Beach Provincial Park has a large campground with over 180 camp sites, a large day use area and a large beach, with lifeguard in the summer.
As are almost all of PEI's beaches, this one is red in colour and is more rock than sand, but still not terribly uncomfortable to walk on. I was there near high tide and the beach wasn't terribly big at that time, but is probably much larger and sandier during low tide. This certainly isn't a surfing beach, but is fine for sunbathing and swimming in the heat of summer. Great campground right by the beach, too.
Cabot Beach is the largest park in western PEI. This beautiful park has a large day-use area with playground equipment, an activity centre with children's programs. There is also supervised swimming on scenic
Malpeque Bay.