Well if u live in Chennai then you should have visited Marina Often but if u visiting Chennai for tour, you should probably not miss Marina beach. But its nothing wrong if u miss this beach either. He he he.
Pros -(Not much)
world’s second longest beach
Closer by the shopping mall like Spencer plaza, Express avenue and City Center. Also close to Secretariat.
Well of course good view of bay and Harbor.
Structures like: C N Annadurai Memorial, The Triumph of Labour statue, C N Annadurai’s Memorial, MGR Memorial and Sivaji Ganesan statue.
Nice view of Light house, Doordarshan tower and Very close to Chepak Cricket Stadium.
And all above, good Chilly air after evening.
Cons -
DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY.
REALLY CROWDED EVENINGS.
Chennai has become crowed with cars and bike, but the beach parking in now not enough with the cars drive in for parking.! Now a day, I have stopped going to this beach just because of unavailability of parking space.
Tips - If u want to visit beach, better visit on a cloudy day in an afternoon. U will get parking and chance to get photography. Better stay near by to Gandhi Statue memorial, its bit clean there.