ST JOHN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

2009

Francis Bay

Peacock flounder  If you look closely you can see the octopus

 Sea cucumber     A conch Dave tipped to watch it push out a big finger to right itself

 A rare treat the polyps are out on this coral and a feather worm.     

Lori on the deck at New Moon villa       The villa served us very well.    We had a 1 bedroom, 1 bath with full kitchen and a great deck to watch and feed the banana quits.  You place sugar on the rail or in the water and they fly in like crazy.  Even a gecko got in on the act.    A Quit waiting for Lori to spread the table.

The view from the deck at night of Coral Bay.  The stars above were great. 

The Tourist Trap run by Larry.    If you want to hang with locals and tourists alike try this place out.  Menu highlights: Blackened Grouper sandwich, Mac & Cheese and Meatball sub.   It is right at the entrance to the Concordia Eco-Resort.

Waterlemon Cay - Leinster Bay

Lori headed for the Cay Starfish on the bottom guide you to the Cay   

It was the season for new baby fish to appear, they were everywhere   Tangs

The view from Leinster Bay

Haulover north and south

This is Lori at Haulover North.  It is a little rocky and it is supposed to be hard to get out of the water here.  We had no issues.  Haulover South has great coral formations of all varieties. Lori was nailed by jelly fish at Haulover North. There were a couple of large schools of jellyfish.

Dave's on-site fish art work

 Haulover North      

  Haulover South nice branch coral

Maho Bay

If you want to swim with turtles this is the place.  There are always turtles here.  We sat on the beach and watched them poke their heads up to catch a breath.

can't get enough turtles striped grouper   

Trunk Bay

From the look out       From the sand  The place to be seen and to see?  The sand is awesome, nice and white and powdery.  Very picturesque.

Lameshur Bay

Our best snorkel was probably Little Lameshur Bay. The water was very clear, the rock formations were almost like The Baths and there is a nice combo of coral and fish.

Trumpet fish    Squirrel fish   amongst the rocks

secret cove rocks    urchin Juvenile angel

The famous rare island deer