During our trip, we saw hundreds of tracks that lead from empty nests out to the sea. (I can see it from my deck!) Why? The list runs through the beaches on the map in a clockwise direction, starting on the west end of the island. © 1995—2020, The Independent Traveler, Inc.

I was at Pussers Myett at Cane Garden Bay. Powered by Invision Community. Coral reefs are living beings, and they get damaged by nature and humans; fish are transient of course, on their own schedule to boot, lol.

We usually order a big breakfast from room service and that usually holds us until our next meal. I'm actually still going back and forth. Based in the Outer Banks, NC, I commute to various locations throughout the Northeast, exploring everything the Atlantic Coast has to offer. Most recently, we spent a week traveling around St. Croix, USVI, and to call it a GREAT place to snorkel is an understatement! Buck Island is a nice day trip, very beautiful beach, but I can't say the snorkeling is that great---Cane Bay is much shallower, and a better snorkeling or dive experience. Although the sets we bought at sams club six years ago have been great. A step-up from sea glass, chaney is shards of fine china that can be found along the shore. Ihad read that some of the reef had been bleached and some people were not as happy with their trip, but overall the good out weighed the bad. They say buck island is still the best place to snorkel and even a local i met on here said by far buck island is the best place to go. Bleached coral carries its own message and lesson, which some may wish to overlook on vacation. Phil made it out unscathed, but Kat had a run in with an urchin which left spines in the left thumb. We did however, get far out enough to explore the staghorn coral farm, which was very cool to see! We made our way from the parking lot to the left side of the guard house and entered the water from the ramp before the pier starts. Welcome to Staying Afloat, an unfiltered value travel and US East Coast outdoor lifestyle blog. It’s a couple hundred meters off the shore. After taking in the sunrise at Point Udall, the eastern most part of the US, head back down the road a couple hundred meters. Florida 2,267 contributions 253 helpful votes. That way we have alittle time left over for some shopping and sightseeing, can you recommend good areas for some local handicrafts and general shopping? I got certified at Cane Bay Dive Shop, and you literally cross the street and you are snorkeling or diving. The most convenient you will find. Awesome! they’ll likely have a map of the local spots; they’ll know the conditions (currents and recent weather); they can guide you to sites that have what you’re looking for; good to know where they are in case you need to replace any equipment. More about our day in Christiansted here. Hi, we are going in jan and after much delibiration and information seeking we booked a tour with buck island charters.

I think it is so amazing to be able to experience the life underwater as well, so many beautiful creatures! We entered the water to the north side of the break water and made our way clockwise around the island.
Now i'm debating buck island or cane bay myself again . I know you can go in from shore but the wall is pretty far out. Yes Adriana!! If you are going after jan . Read more about our day at Frederiksted Pier here. Cheffip and I can compare our trips ,it looks like he has decided on cane bay. We were told this is a great place to see sea turtles, as the island is surrounded by sea grass. You will also find a beautiful white sand beach with large areas in the water with a nice sandy bottom that is just perfect for swimming or simply taking a relaxing dip. Read more about our day on the west coast here.

Great News! Do you have a favourite place to snorkel? Hi, i did book with capt heinz and will probably end up keeping the tour.

Loved the fruit infused rums ,best bananas foster ever! non-cruise ship season) you should definitely consider snorkeling the Frederiksted Pier. Ithink we are back at 2 ,We always take a case of water in a suitcase so we always have a drink and then n empty suitcase for souvenirs. We were told about a couple lionfish that live about 100m offshore of this location but didn’t make the swim out to find them. Required fields are marked *. During the time we were there, we had the entire beach to ourselves! Wind – depending on direction and speed, this can generate waves and a surface current that can interfere with your swimming. On our snorkel we saw: barracuda, silversides, damselfish, various angelfish, conch, spotfin butterfly fish, blue tang and anemone. There may be a small convenience store in Frederiksted but I am not 100% on that, perhaps the peacha can confirm or correct where the closest convenience store is located. heinz and i think we are doing a half day. However, the captains here are super and will take excellent care of you. You must like celebrity if this is your 6th cruise with them. Cheers!!!

The Wall is a good snorkel, and an even better dive- and the amenities are good as well. Cheffip- there is a great place to pick up good food right at the base of the pier. Buck's West shore is shielded from the winds by the island itself, and is very tranquil. You might also ask the captain for suggestions beforehand. All reviews great beach dive shop boat ramp fish north shore sea urchins beach bar great place to snorkel scuba diving small beach rent chairs water shoes sea life yards reef croix st island pier. Compensation will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog, and all opinions are 100% that of Kathryn Roy of Staying Afloat. Only people experienced with snorkeling at Cane Bay should go beyond the surf break. Yep I'll give a weather report, I check this board most every day. It makes you crazy trying to decide where to go . There is also good snorkelling here, on the Northwest corner. I'll keep you posted on any new information. A couple of questions for you: 1) Cane Bay Dive offers a snorkel tour for $25.

Definitely a drink is in there too. Cane Bay has a lot of charm too. Get out on IBIS (our 36’ Newton dive boat) to dive the locations that can’t be accessed from the shore. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to check this spot out. That’s so exciting Jerrieal! Have you ever been? You are probably right about us not being able to do it all in 8 hours, but we're sure going to try to squeeze as much in as possible. I can't wait to see the new islands, st. lucia we are doing cosol tours, most of the reviews sounded great and st. kitts we are snorkeling with some new friends on cc. Peacha - I don't own a store where you can stop by and say Hi.


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