Plage de Rifflet - Deshaies, Guadeloupe
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
N 16° 20.291 W 061° 47.003
20Q E 629954 N 1806732
[EN] Rifflet Beach is an ocher sand beach located at a place called Rifflet, north of Deshaies, in Guadeloupe. [FR] La plage de Rifflet est une plage de sable ocre située au lieu-dit Rifflet, au nord de Deshaies, en Guadeloupe.
Waymark Code: WM17C1W
Location: Guadeloupe
Date Posted: 01/23/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
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"Rifflet Beach, 641 m long, is located south of Pearl Beach in Rifflet Cove. At its southern end is Pointe Rifflet, the starting point for a hike leading to Deshaies via Gros Morne. Two ravines, called Rifflet 1 and 2, flow into it.

In June 2014, the corpse of a woman was washed up on the beach. A dead dolphin washed up there in January 2015.

At Rifflet beach, the fourth stage of the Challenge Apiyé, a sailing competition, is organized in April 2022. On May 20, 2022, a 6-year-old boy drowned there, his body being found at Pointe Rifflet."

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" La plage de Rifflet, longue de 641 m, se situe au sud de la plage de la Perle dans l'anse Rifflet. À son extrémité sud se trouve la pointe Rifflet, point de départ d'une randonnée menant à Deshaies par le Gros Morne. Deux ravines, dîtes Rifflet 1 et 2, s'y jettent.

En juin 2014, le cadavre d'une femme est rejeté sur la plage. Un cadavre de dauphin s'y échoue en janvier 2015.

À la plage Rifflet est organisée en avril 2022 la quatrième étape du Challenge Apiyé, une compétition de voile. Le 20 mai 2022, un garçon de 6 ans s'y noie, son corps étant retrouvé à la pointe Rifflet. "

Sources : La Plage

Type of beach: Natural

Location of beach: Seashore

Beach surface type: Fine sand

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