Akilpur Sea Beach, Coastal beach in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Akilpur Sea Beach is a coastal strand near Sitakunda in Chattogram district where sandy shores meet the Bay of Bengal. The shoreline features scattered rocks, gentle waves, and protective embankments lined with planted trees that shape the landscape.

This area faced repeated cyclone threats until the government introduced protective measures including embankment construction. These changes transformed it into a protected coastal zone safeguarded from tidal forces today.

Kumira Ghat, the jetty beside the beach, is where people board boats to cross the Sandwip Channel to Sandwip Island. The beach lies next to Nimtala village in Sitakunda upazila, and its name comes from Akilpur. Visitors come daily to walk the embankment and use the toilets and shops set up for tourists.

The beach is easiest to reach by bus from Dhaka heading toward Chhoto Kumira Bazaar, then a short local ride westward. Arriving early in the day helps avoid crowds and catches better weather conditions.

The 2 km embankment was completed in 2019 at a cost of 40 crore taka, inaugurated under minister Anisul Islam Mahmud in 2016-2017. Before it, the village near Nimtala flooded about twice a year, drowning homes and farmland; some sections of the dam are now eroding again.