Sandy Point, St. Croix still plenty sandy | Credit: Patrick Bennett
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St Croix Beaches Update: Winter 2017–2018

You expect a bit of beach erosion when a category 5 hurricane comes calling on your island. It’s only natural. We wondered, though, before arriving in STX in mid-December, three months after Hurricane Maria, if the St Croix beaches had rebounded as yet. Shoy’s, Sandy Point, Dorsch, Ha’penny, Isaac Bay, Coakley Bay, Sprat Hall… Were they still lined with pristine white sand, or had rocks taken their place? Well…

Isaac Bay, East End, St. Croix – December 19, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett
Isaac Bay, East End, St. Croix – December 19, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett
Dorsch Beach, Frederiksted, St. Croix – December 19, 2017 | SBPR
Dorsch Beach, Frederiksted, St. Croix – December 19, 2017 | Photo by Steve Bennett
Sandy Point, Frederiksted, St. Croix – December 20, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett
Sandy Point, Frederiksted, St. Croix – December 20, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett
Haypenny Beach, South Shore, St. Croix – December 15, 2017 | SBPR
Ha’penny Beach, South Shore, St. Croix – December 15, 2017 | Photo by Steve Bennett
Coakley Bay, East End, St. Croix – December 24, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett
Coakley Bay, East End, St. Croix – December 24, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett
Spratt Hall, Frederiksted, St. Croix – December 18, 2017 | SBPR
Spratt Hall, Frederiksted, St. Croix – December 18, 2017 | Photo by Steve Bennett

All over the island we found our favorite beaches in as good or better shape than we remembered from your youthful days growing up in St. Croix. Where sand had eroded, as along the shores that line some parts of Frederiksted, very encouraging signs were everywhere that Mother Nature was rapidly putting things back to normal…

Sand Castle on The Beach, St. Croix – December 17, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett
Sand Castle On The Beach, St. Croix – December 17, 2017 | Credit: Patrick Bennett

Bottom line: St. Croix beaches, like much of the rest of the island, are most definitely open for business.

 

*Lead photo: Sandy Point, St. Croix from the sky | Credit: Patrick Bennett

Last updated by Steve Bennett on .

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