NORTH SHORE Honeymoon Bay
Salomon Bay
Caneel Bay
Scott Beach
Turtle Bay
Hawksnest Bay
Gibney Beach
Oppenheimer
Denis Bay
Jumbie Bay
Trunk Bay
Peter Bay
Cinnamon Bay
Little Cinnamon
Big Maho Bay (Maho-by-the-Road)
Little Maho Bay (Maho Bay Camp)
Francis Bay
Mary’s Creek
Leinster Bay
Water Lemon Cay
CRUZ BAY SOUTH SHORE Gallows Point (from the water)
Frank Bay
Great Cruz Bay (The Westin)
Chocolate Hole
Hart Bay
Boatman Point (Monte Bay)
Klein Bay
Rendezvous Bay
Ditleff Point
Fish Bay
Cocoloba Beach
Reef Bay
Genti Bay
CORAL BAY TOWARD RAM’S HEAD Johnson’s Bay
Friis Bay
John’s Folly
Nanny Point
Salt Pond
Drunk Bay
Ram’s Head
Kiddle Bay
Grootpan
Great Lameshur Bay
Lameshur Bay
Europa Bay
TOWARD EAST END Brown Bay
Haulover Bay
Hansen Bay
Long Bay
Privateer Bay
Photo by Holly Henkel
At Salomon and Honeymoon Bays gently sloping, soft sand eases your way to the sea. The water is calm and shallow. These are excellent beaches for beginning snorkelers to experience the wonders of our undersea environment.
On the edges of the bays, along the rocky shorelines and around the point between the beaches are a type of coral reef known as fringing reef. A fringing reef is a relatively young reef which grows outward from the shoreline. In the center of the bays the sand beach extends into the water and the bottom gradually changes to coral rubble with some coral heads in deeper water.
Most of the reef is in calm shallow water with some sections even rising above the water line at times of extreme low tides. The condition of the reef is good, although there has been some damage to the coral caused by irresponsible boating and careless snorkelers and by natural phenomena such as heavy ground seas and hurricanes.
Thanks for posting this!! I didn't realize how many beaches St. John's has!!!
We are taking a private sail to St. John's in November, I will try to report on the beaches.
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