Depok Beach is a unique beach about 1,5 km from Parangtritis Beach that is infamous mainly for its sea culinary tourism. Unlike many other beaches in Yogyakarta, Depok Beach hosts a Fish Market and Seafood Culinary Restaurants that has become its primary attraction to visitors.

The history of the activities that deal mostly with fish, started from 1997, where some fishermen from Cilacap came to Depok to catch some fishes. The local residents at first didn’t realize the potential that their beach contains. It turned out the fishermen made very good catches since their arrival. Their result inspired the local residents to also become fishermen, and since then most of them had made fishing their main livelihood.

The fish industry at Depok has developed since then, and today over 1000 kg of fishes are sold everyday. Fishing is done almost throughout the year, usually by motorboat. The most distinguished feature of Depok beach is not the beach itself, but the Fish Trading Market. The Fish Trading Market is a seafood market that is open from early morning almost everyday in Depok Beach. The market provides all the catches that the fishermen made throughout the day. There, you can find various kinds of fresh fishes such as tuna, snapper, catfish, skipjack, bawal, nila, and much more. Other sea catches sold at the market includes shrimps, squids, oyster, lobster, and crabs. The catches are sold at various prices per kilogram. Similar to most markets in Yogyakarta, you can try to bargain for a cheaper price.

Besides the Fish Trading Market, there are also many seafood restaurants around the beach to choose from.  What’s unique is that you can choose to have your fishes that was purchased at the market be cooked at any one of the restaurants. That way you can ensure yourself that the fish is still fresh since it was bought in the market. The cooking price is around Rp. 5000 – Rp. 7000 per kg. You can have them fried, grilled, spiced, and more. If you don’t intend to buy something at the market, don’t worry because the restaurants also provide the fishes.

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