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Hello all in St Croix
I have noticed on the Fredrickson Beach Web Cam www.gotostcroix.com
that there seem to be markers (?) in the water off the beach. It happend in the past few months that I have noticed. Is this something new? Are they marking a trail perhaps? Just curious, and thought someone from that area could answer.
Thanks
Ray
Posted : June 18, 2006 3:28 pm
It's FrederikSTED, not FrederikSTON.
Bouys like the ones currently showing on the webcam may be for a variety of purposes. They may be for mooring boats, they may be markers for fish traps, they may outline a swimming zone that boats shouldn't come into, they may mark something shallowly submerged that could be a hazard for boat traffic, etc.
Posted : June 19, 2006 7:18 pm
Just recently they put in mooring bouys all around STX.
Jim
Posted : June 19, 2006 8:31 pm
Hello
Thanks for the info. I had just noticed the bouys recently on the web cam, and was curious. Fredricksted is a beautiful beach, and I check it out daily. We have visited twice, and would love to be there now.
Ray
Posted : June 20, 2006 1:52 am
Are we sure that those "bouys" are real? Or are they some electronic noise in the signal from the camera? I don't see them today on the web cam and I didn't see them when I was at that beach last May, about 7 weeks ago.
Posted : June 21, 2006 5:36 pm
You may be on to something, as I don't see them today either.
Posted : June 21, 2006 5:58 pm
which may mean they are fish trap bouys and the owner of the fish traps moved them to a different location.
Posted : June 21, 2006 6:09 pm
That is where I go swimming and they are real. I believe it is to keep boats away from the swimmers.
Posted : June 22, 2006 12:10 pm
I think I see the same white "bouys" on the Megans Bay cam on gotostthomas.com.
Posted : June 22, 2006 2:57 pm