Noah Okafor

Photographer and writer covering coastlines for bnsmag. Lagos-born, London-based. Specialises in the geology and weather of a beach — why the water looks the way it does, why the sand is the colour it is. Covers West Africa, the UK coast and the Atlantic islands.

3 pieces on bnsmag

Beach reviews

3 reviews by Noah.

Kilfarrasy Beach on Ireland's Copper Coast under a heavy grey sky: a small cove of tan Atlantic sand below a low headland cliff to the left, a dark rock outcrop on the beach, Atlantic surf breaking on the shore, and rocky sea stacks standing offshore

Waterford, Ireland

Kilfarrasy Beach

June 1, 2026

Aerial view of a sandbar with two bangka outrigger boats moored in clear turquoise water off Palawan, with forested headlands behind

Palawan, Philippines

Port Barton Beach

May 14, 2026

Tolo Beach in Nafplio, looking down the long sandy crescent with sunbeds and umbrellas along the shore and the headland of the bay behind

Peloponnese, Greece

Tolo Beach

May 14, 2026

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