A young girl in a pale pink dress stands barefoot at the edge of the water, her arms stretched wide for balance as she steps forward on the wet sand. To her left, another child in a white garment smiles, her head tilted and her feet also in the shallow surf, catching the sunlight that glistens on the rippling surface. On the right, an adult woman in a flowing white dress holds a translucent parasol in her right hand, shielding a small child she carries on her left arm.

The group is gathered at the shoreline, with the water swirling around their feet and the sunlight casting soft reflections and cool shadows across the sand. Loose, energetic brushstrokes describe the movement of the water and the folds of fabric, with the artist using broad sweeps of blue, lavender, and white to evoke the play of light on wet surfaces. The girl's pink dress is painted with subtle variations of rose and lilac, while the woman's white clothing is rendered in creamy tones that catch the sun’s brilliance and the blue of the sky.

Details such as the girl's outstretched fingers, the glint of sunlight on bare skin, and the rippling hem of the dresses reveal the artist’s close observation of the scene. In the background, figures are visible in the surf, their forms loosely suggested with quick dabs of paint, emphasizing the lively atmosphere of the beach. The composition leads the viewer’s gaze from the central girl outward, following the gestures and glances of the figures, while the diagonal lines of shadows and reflections animate the foreground. Joaquín Sorolla created Time for a Bathe, Valencia in 1909.