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Jamison
I really want to go to Cheney because the turtles and rays are all over the place, but I keep hearing how nasty the water is. I saw a report on fb one day about not swimming at Kramers.

That sucks.

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OldTart
PS: Here's the latest advisory and you can monitor the reports through this DPNR website:

[www.dpnr.gov.vi]

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Jamison
I loved the article in the paper listing the 7 beaches that are polluted.

Right under that article, free snorkel lessons at Cramer (one of the listed dirty beaches)

Right under that, Please donate your organs.

hahaha, only here.

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blu4u
On STT, I recall secret harbour being closed a few years back. Don't know why. I like that beach so it was very disappointing. We didn't go for few months afterwards. The beach in front the Ritz condos (black beards) gets alot of run-off form the ritz's laundry (or whatever the big plant is) It probably should be closed more often. I've actually seen suds. But this occurred even before the condo's were built--could be a natural phenomen or from the hotel (ritz/grand palatzo). I suppose all that development at the end of bay, all the hard surface run-off, contrived landscaping doesn't help. Development on the sand might be nice for tourrist but it kills the enviroment. That's one nice thing about a slow economy--the beaches are safe for while.

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Exit Zero
I think the beach by the Ritz condos that you are referring to was previously the site of Bluebeards Beach Resort in the 1960's - not {black beards} - there were still some building shells and foundation slabs there in the 1970's.

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East Ender
"For the Birds" was on Scott Beach, Old Tart!

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Exit Zero
I think the beach by the Ritz condos that you are referring to was previously the site of Bluebeards Beach Resort in the 1960's - not {black beards} - there were still some building shells and foundation slabs there in the 1970's.

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blu4u
On STT, I recall secret harbour being closed a few years back. Don't know why. I like that beach so it was very disappointing. We didn't go for few months afterwards. The beach in front the Ritz condos (black beards) gets alot of run-off form the ritz's laundry (or whatever the big plant is) It probably should be closed more often. I've actually seen suds. But this occurred even before the condo's were built--could be a natural phenomen or from the hotel (ritz/grand palatzo). I suppose all that development at the end of bay, all the hard surface run-off, contrived landscaping doesn't help. Development on the sand might be nice for tourrist but it kills the enviroment. That's one nice thing about a slow economy--the beaches are safe for while.

If you don't know why the SH beach was closed and didn't go to Secret Harbour "for several months afterwards" then you obviously didn't do a follow-up on the situation. I don't recall that the beach at SH was ever closed and can't find confirmation on that but, as said before, a beach being closed is quite a rarity and for all the reasons already addressed on this thread.

As far as the "suds" are concerned, I've seen those sort of "suds" at many beaches over many years and mostly at remote beaches not generally accessible.

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blu4u
Today's BlueBeards Beach Resort is on LimeTree Beach in Frenchman's Bay. But I think that resort had a different name back then...not sure.

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blu4u
Today's BlueBeards Beach Resort is on LimeTree Beach in Frenchman's Bay. But I think that resort had a different name back then...not sure.

It used to be called Limetree.