Alibaug Beach & Kolaba Fort

A wedding in Alibaug led to this planning. Although, I had planned to visit 3-4 beaches in that area, things always go wrong (Surprisingly in US, planning was damn accurate to a few minutes).

First, driver came late (9.30 am instead of planned 7 am).

Secondly, not everyone was so interested (after all it was a wedding).

Alibaug beach

Somewhat weird beach. The continental shelf is extremely flat, no noticeable slope. I think even if you go 4-5 kms from the coast, the depth won't be more than a metre.

When we reached, it was high tide and the water was nearly till the coast. We decided we'll go in water after playing for sometime.

But within half an hour, it receded about 1 km.

By the time, we decided to go in, it had gone back around 3 km (in just 1 hour).

The beach looked more like a marsh land now, than a sandy one. Thus couldn't enjoy in the water :(

Some jellyfish like thing:

Alibuag/ Kolaba Fort

This fort "appears" as if it's in the middle of the sea. Looking at this photo will convince you.

But in reality it is hardly anything. You can walk to the fort and won't sink in more than 2 feet in water.

I made the mistake of not going in when the water was present. Only later did we go in (as I mentioned the water receded incredibly during low tide). The above photo shows the same scene in low tide.

Although you could take a horse cart for Rs. 50 per head, we walked the stretch (it's only about 1.5 km). There is a Rs. 5 entrance inside, but since we left all our belongings at the beach, didn't go in through the legal route.

Not much to see inside the fort. It's completely ruined. The only two cannons inside the fort appear completely out-of-sync with the surroundings. (Also, they are British made and considering the fort was never in hands of British).

Overall, neither Alibaug Beach nor Kolaba fort are worth - visiting.