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I live on the gulf coast of Florida in Venice. We've opeated a deepsea fishing charter business on the gulf coast for close to 25 years. I'm considering a short week trip to either St. Thomas, St John, or Tortola in Feb.
I may be traveling solo as my wife can not go at this time of year. I have enjoyed fishing and diving all my life here on the gulf, but now my real passion is surfing. I generally ride high performance longboards and prefer point breaks. Being goofy foot I'm partial to "lefts", but "rights" work too.
Any suggestions on which Island would be a good place to solo it for a week in February for some good surf, as well as friendly people, and good food.
Also any suggestions on an affordable place for a single to stay. Nothing fancy just a safe place to sleep and leave my stuff. Quite a few yeas ago I visited both Eluthra and Abaco and really liked both of these Islands.
I'm about 6 years from retiring form the FD so who knows maybe then I try cruising the Islands for a time.
The VI isn't a surfing destination at all. Nothing that a serious surfer would even consider a wave. Good snorkeling, though. Right off the beaches and there are some beautiful beaches. Some good hikes on STJ.
Friend of mine who lived on STJ and surfed would go to either Cinnamon Bay or the South Beach-Reef Bay.
Totola and STT both have surf spots. Although I'm not a surfer, and know next to nothing about it, Hull Bay on STT and Long/Apple bay on Tortola (both on the North sides of the respective islands) both have surfers daily...
Promo...he actually was able to SURF fom Cinnamon? Wow. Never seen that before...but, then again, I've always lived on STT, so I only got to see STJ a few times a week...but I don't often see waves any higher than a foot or two there! haha!
If surfing is the main thrust of your vacation, the Virgin Islands may not be your best choice.
Here's the info from this site. If you decide to come to STT, Magen's Point Resort is on the north side (same side of the island as Hull Bay) with an excellent restaurant. Also, Mafolie Hotel also would fit your needs - good price, restaurant.
The above posers are correct: surfins isn't much in the VI. Puerto Rico is a much better destination. Some towns, like Rincoln, have a bonafide surfing culture.
The only time I have ever heard of people surfing at Cinammon was during a hurricane, there are times that the South shore gets some waves, but in my 5 years of living there, the few surfers we had on island headed off island to really catch waves.
The North West coast of Puerto rico is where to go for great surfing - snorkelling too. Rincon, Jobos Beach, The Wilderness - all are world class surf spots.
When we visited in late November we saw people surfing at Cinnamon on two occasions. The North Shore was rough that week. I don't know anything about surfing, but even with the rough water the waves did seem small for surfing. I saw people surfing similar waves in Reef Bay a couple of summers ago.
When there are strong northerly swells, I've seen people surf the eastern edge of Johnson Reef on St. John. You'd need a boat though or to be a helluva swimmer.
