Haomei Beach, Budai

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Getting there & back

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By car on Provincial Highway 17 into Haomei; roadside parking by the coin toilets at the windbreak, then a short walk through the trees to the sand. Xinying Bus from TRA Xinying to the 好美里 stop, then about six minutes on foot to the village and on to the beach. Chiayi HSR is about 35 kilometers away.

ParkingRoadside by the toilets at the windbreak.

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Lit after darkNo

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The spot

A long, very flat beach behind a casuarina windbreak at Haomei, south of Budai, that the county has taken to calling the sky mirror: on a receding tide the wet sand holds the sky so completely that sea and sky run together, and the sun goes into the strait due west. Thirty hectares of this beach were won back over ten years of sand fences and planting, and in 2025 it went viral as a secret beach, with the crowds and litter that follow.

The mirror needs a falling tide and little wind, so check the tables; people dig for clams at low water and the sand is soft near the edge. Nothing is built here and nothing is lit, so bring a light for the walk back through the trees. The 3D painted village at Haomei is a few minutes inland, and the High Heel Wedding Church (see writeup here) is up the road in Budai.

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