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Puka Shell Beach Boracay, facing Carabao Island on Boracay's north coast lies Yapak Boracay Beach, usually called Puka Shell Beach. About 1,300 meters long, Puka Shell Boracay Beach is the second-longest beach on Boracay Philippines, and a favorite picnic destination for tourist boating around Boracay Island. But be careful swimming there, water depth quickly increases and the current and waves on Boracay's northern beaches are much stronger than on Boracay White Beach. Puka Shell Beach Boracay was made famous by the large number of puka shells found there. Collecting and stringing these shells into necklaces, bracelets and other jewellery was one of the first handicraft industries of Boracay. Today you can still find mounds on Puka Shell Beach left from the search for puka shells, and women still make and sell puka shell jewellery there.
A Boracay Restaurant right on Puka Shell beach serves cold drinks and snacks, but more small eateries with cold drinks, and sometimes the "catch of the day" on the grill, can be found by following the road a short distance inland toward the village of Yapak. While many go by boat, Puka Shell Beach Boracay also can be reached by hiking, and a good road makes it accessible on mountain bikes, motorbikes and tricycles.
Puka Shell is actually part of the core of a shell. The action of waves, rocks and sand slowly grind down the shell until all that is left after a hundred years or so is a small part of its core. These tiny shells are glossy white with a porcelain-like finish, round with concentric lines, and are found in the sand. Puka shell Jewellery became popular at the end of the seventies, when Elizabeth Taylor appeared in celebrity circles wearing a puka shell necklace. Puka shells were found on a Yapak Beach, Boracay, now called Puka Shell Beach Boracay, and dug out of the sand and made into necklaces and other jewellery until nearly all were gone. Nature lovers leave the now rare shell where it is because collecting, selling and buying puka shells are today prohibited by Philippines law.
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