St Croix Beaches Update: Winter 2017–2018

Steve

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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…

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…

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 11/09/2022.

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