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Just curious, does anyone know why Magen's Bay is closed off to swimming just a near distance from the beach? The last time we were there, the life guard would not let us pass the buoys. The taxi cab driver told us it is because of the baraccudas??
I think it is because the boats can moar beyond that. I don't know about the barracudas. Sounds like he was trying to freak you out. They wil come up closer than those buoys.
Hilarious from the taxi driver (with all due respec he MIGHT just believe that to be the truth, however!) But yes, it's because of water traffic. Cheers!
Incredible. Those are "swimming area" buoys to keep boaters out. But some swimmers swim beyond them until the lifeguards say something (maybe).
We (wife and self) will be visiting St T and St J in April.....last time we visited, nude sunning was ok at Little Magens and on Solomons beach on St John....Anyone konw if going "co" is still ok?
It depends on what you mean by "ok." Nude sunning/"co" is still illegal in the VI, but not everyone obeys the law.
When I was vacationing in STT last week I walked the shore line to Little Megens and laid in the sun topless for a few hours. The only other person there was a local and he was nude. There was about 6 women sunbathing topless on Magens (big) Bay.
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Barracudas are afraid of you. Do not fear them.
As far as the lifeguards saying you can't swim beyond the markers, I would like them to provide a statue that says you cannot. Wouldn't that make the vast majority of ocean and sea off limits for swimming? Personally, I would tell them to Fark Off.
The swimming markers are there for the safety of swimmers. There are many occasions when speed boats come into Magens Bay and they are prohibited from coming inside the markers, as are the rental kayaks.
It's irrelevant whether or not there is a "statute" although I'd venture to guess it's more than likely that the Magens Bay Authority (which is charged with the overall management and operation of Magens) and purely for safety reasons, has a dispensation to permit the demarcated area. NoOne, if you want to swim freely and without any restriction you basically have pretty much every other beach in the Virgin Islands at your disposal so where's the beef?
As far as the women sunbathing topless at Magens, that's a rarity and in fact the sign at the entrance to the beach clearly indicates that that's prohibited. On a few rare occasions over the years I've seen foreign cruise ship visitors walking along the beach topless but on those rare occasions, someone from the MBA has nicely asked them to cover up. When in Rome...
