The beach soils of intertidal zone and its immediate neibour above negative 5m isoline in east coast of Leizhou Peninsula have a area about 1.41X105ha.The beach soils are classified into one greatgroup,three subgroups and eight species.Because the vegetion is poor and mineral nutrient such as phosphorus and manganese in parent materials is low in the beach land,therefore,the contents of organic matter,nitrogen and phosphorus are low and contents of microelement such as Cu,Zn and Mn are loewr than mean levels of soil in China.The salinity of soils varies greatly with texture of soils and total salinity of seawater and ranges from<0.5% (sandy tidal flat soil) to 3.3%.The land surface water is not sufficient,but surfaces of beach are considerably flat and the topography is suitable for the protection from the wave in this area.It is good for the development of maricuture.A small fraction of beach soils such as muddy and sand-muddy tidal flat soils has the posibility for the reclaimation by embankment.The development prospect of the area is very promismg.