Here are some links for you all about Jost Van Dyke. Depending on when you are going, if there are "North Swells" the Bubbly Pool is supposed to be really cool. There is a picture on the web site I am sending you. We haven't been yet. We have a boat reserved for Easter week. Sandy Spit, Green Cay and White Bay are supposed to have good snorkeling. The map on the link shows where the reefs are in yellow. At the bottom you can click on the underlined words for more pictures and information on each area including the bubbly pool and Sandy Spit.

http://www.bareboatsbvi.com/map_jost_van_dyke.html

The other link I am going to send you is for a business that runs ecotours on Jost Van Dyke. They have a lot of information about Jost Van Dyke in their trip descriptions which you may want to do on your own. The page I have linked directly to mentions several snorkeling spots on the North Side of the island.

http://www.jvdwatersports.com/eco-tours-jvd-by-sea.htm

This sounds like a great island area to explore. Have a nice trip.

I'd have to disagree with snorkeling at White Bay unless you want a long walk to one end of that beautiful sand beach. Enjoy frolicking in the surf, but leave the fins on the boat 🙂

Second the "Bubbly Pool" - very cool spot, and it's a nice walk.

I have heard Sandy Spit is nice, and as long as you have a boat, then swing around to the Caves on Norman Island. It's a bit of a ride, but not too bad. Plenty of time in the day to head that way. I found the caves themselves 'ho-hum' but the point just before the Bight (where the Willy T is anchored) is spectacular! Do keep an eye out for a current there, though.

Thank You!
Great info and websites! We will be there the week after Easter - hope you have a great trip also.
Tricia

"the point just before the Bight (where the Willy T is anchored) is spectacular!"

The map I saw made it like like they are in close proximity to eachother.

To the best of my recollection the Indians are at Pelican Island....but will re-check. Still nearby Jost 🙂 and WELL worth the zip over there.

I'll check my bookmarks & get back to ya

And bareboatsbvi.com comes through again...Yes, the Indians are by Pelican...map is on the Norman/Peter Island page here:

http://www.bareboatsbvi.com/map_norman_peter_cooper.html

It is sad to see the ignorant leading the ignorant.

I am not a sailor, but I have spent many years in the Virgin

Islands. I am not even a big geography whiz, but it irritates me

when people who have never been to a place keep giving advice to

others more ignorant themselves. The latest comes from Kraushaus

who apparently has never been to the Virgin islands, but readily

hands out advice to others.

The simple fact is that Peter & Norman Island as well as the

William Thornton is south of Tortola along the Sir Frances Drake

Channel. While places near Tortola like Cane Garden Bay, Jost Van

Dyke and Sandy Spit are north of Tortola. While they are not out

reach, they are "quite a trip " away from each other., certainly

not contiguious

to each other. I won't even get into describing the potential

seas that small boats might encounter. I have spent much time in

the BVI and the USVI during the past 20 years. I have been on

chartered sailing trips in the BVI and lived for long periods of

time in the USVI. Please check out your facts before you

Tell others. It is great to anticipate your trip on line

but don't make up things that you have not yet experienced.

Mr. VIguy,
I didn't make anything up. I only provided some links which I thought were helpful for Tricia. I also asked a question to Manta about whether the snorkeling site she decribed as "spectacular" was called "The Indians".

I have learned many things from reading this board. Such as the "North Swells" are needed for the Bubbly Pool to be cool. I also had a snorkeling book that told me snorkeling was supposed to be good in White Bay. I was glad to be corrected because I will not bother taking my snorkeling stuff out for that part of the day.

I am completely ignorant when it comes to boating conditions. I had only quoted the poster Manta who obviously has snorkeled the area in front of the Willy T and found it to be "spectacular". I was not advising the poster to go to both places in one day. We actually are going on two separate trips. One day we have a boat taking us to Jost Van Dyke. On another day we have a boat that will be taking us out to Virgin Gorda with a snorkel stop at either the Caves, Indians or Peter Island. The itineray is set by the company that runs the day trip.

For what it is worth, I did ask the question to two boat rental companies, if the Caves and Indians could be done in the same day along with a trip to Jost Van Dyke. Two motor boat rental places told me that they could. One was located on St.Thomas and the other left from St. John. We didn't want our day to feel rushed so we choose to take two different boat trips.

I find nothing wrong with passing along links that I have found to other travelers who had the same questions I had. Especially when my advise came with the information that I had not been to the Virgin Islands yet.

Tricia, I did read the map on Jost Van Dyke incorrectly. The parts in yellow actually represent beaches not reef areas. Sorry about that.