Dive Review of Cane Bay in
Virgin Islands/St Croix

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Cane Bay, Mar, 2009, by Bob Abraham, MA, usa ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 4759.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	This was our second trip to St Croix. We wanted to dive the Cane Bay area from boat and shore. When we first arrived the waves were surfable which lead to reduced visibility but the seas calmed and the visibility improved dramtically later in the week. Cane Bay was a very nice operation, full service shop with lots of equipment. Good location, good service, and good fills. Just sign up on the board when you want go somewhere. Or suit up and walk across the road to shore dive. Signature dives sites like Northstar were spectacular. The wrecks at Butler Bay and the (new) Pier were well worth the van ride. Lots of critters in the debris field under the Pier and on the columns. The reef immediately offshore of Cane Bay is in very good condition. Lots of large seafans in 25 to 35 ft of water. Lots of old anchors are embedded in the reef. We did a swim from Twin Palms back to Cane Bay proper along the top of the wall and saw some wonderful coral formations along with the only eagle ray, turtles, and really large fish that we saw all week. I kept a fish ID list and we recorded 88 species without working too hard, eight of which were new for us so the fish population was diverse. The most unusual was a three foot freeswimming sharksucker frantically looking for a ride. Which led us to wonder where his last one went - we never saw it! The Cane Bay area is scenic and remote. Spectacular views of the northwest coast and gorgeous sunsets. Lots of good places to eat and well stocked supermarkets and stores were easily accessible by a short trek over the "Beast". The Waves has a great restaurant right on the water. March is about as cold as the water gets. The water at 78 was cool. We both get chilled easily so a 7MM suit would have been welcome. Topside the weather was perfect, dry and warm, almost hot.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	bonaire, cayman islands, cozumel, curacao, puerto rico, bahamas, new england
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	78-79°F / 26-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	35-80 Ft/ 11-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	On boat dives generally 50 minutes, stay above 100', no deco
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Seperate rinse tanks on shore and on the big boat.

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Dive Review of Cane Bay in Virgin Islands/St Croix

Cane Bay, Mar, 2009,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Cane Bay in
Virgin Islands/St Croix