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Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Deep Water Bay is a residential bay on Hong Kong Island's southern shore, called by Forbes the wealthiest neighbourhood on earth.
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Where to stay in Deep Water Bay
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Rooms are few on this bay. Deep Water Bay is a residential shore of houses and low blocks rather than a hotel quarter, so most visitors sleep elsewhere on Hong Kong Island and come to the bay for the water and the sand. Two roads set the choice: Deep Water Bay Road under Brick Hill, and Repulse Bay Road running east to the Island Road roundabout.
Pick the Repulse Bay Road side if you want the run east within reach.
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Deep Water Bay Road
The bay's own houses line this road beneath Brick Hill, minutes from the sand. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Deep Water Bay Roadguests who want the Island Road roundabout and the road east within reachRepulse Bay Road
The eastern boundary runs along Repulse Bay Road to the Island Road roundabout, the bay's link to the rest of the shore. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Repulse Bay RoadHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Deep Water Bay
What are the main landmarks in Deep Water Bay?
The bay keeps few landmarks. Four public sports halls serve this run of shoreline, and all of them stand outside the bay: the Aberdeen Tennis and Squash Centre, the Wong Chuk Hang Sports Centre, the Ap Lei Chau Sports Centre and the Yue Kwong Road Sports Centre. Inside it the draw is the water itself, with Middle Island lying offshore past Island Road and the slopes of Violet Hill closing the view inland.
What is the history of Deep Water Bay?
Wealth wrote this shore's story. Deep Water Bay took shape as a residential quarter on the southern shore of Hong Kong Island rather than as a working harbour, and Forbes has named it the wealthiest neighbourhood on earth. Its outline is the work of three roads.
Repulse Bay Road holds the eastern edge, Island Road faces the sea toward Middle Island, and Deep Water Bay Road closes both the western and the northern sides.
Where is Deep Water Bay?
The bay opens between Shouson Hill, Brick Hill and Violet Hill on the southern shore of Hong Kong Island, with Middle Island lying offshore beyond Island Road.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Deep Water Bay?
Deep Water Bay Road: swimmers who want the beach at the foot of Shouson Hill. Repulse Bay Road: guests who want the Island Road roundabout and the road east within reach.
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Updated September 2026