Cruz Bay
Excerpted from St. John Off The Beaten Track © 2006 Gerald Singer

Select a Beach: Snorkeling ------ North Shore Beaches ------ Salomon Bay Honeymoon Bay Caneel Bay Scott Bay Turtle Bay Caneel Hawksnest Hawksnest Bay Little Hawksnest Bay Gibney Beach Very Little Hawksnest Denis Bay Jumbie Beach Trunk Bay Cinnamon Bay Little Cinnamon Bay Maho Bay Little Maho Bay Francis Bay Leinster Bay / Waterlemon ------ East End Beaches ------ Brown Bay Haulover (North) Hansen Bay/Vie's Haulover (South) ------ South Shore Beaches ------ Salt Pond Kiddel Bay Grootpan Great Lameshur Bay Lameshur Bay Europa Bay Reef Bay Genti Bay Little Reef Bay Parrot Bay ------ Cruz Bay Area Beaches ------ Ditleff Point Klein Bay Monte Bay Hart Bay Chocolate Hole Great Cruz Bay Frank Bay Cruz Bay

Beach Bar Cruz Bay Waterfront

Cruz Bay Beach, located right downtown, is a pretty sand beach fringed with coconut palms and seagrapes.

The beach is a wonderful place to sit and enjoy the scenery and the activity of the harbor. It is not, however, particularly good for swimming or water sports because of heavy commercial and pleasure boat traffic.

Getting There
Get off the ferry and you’re there.

Cruz Bay Sunset

Cruz Bay Beach north of the dock

Facilities
Cruz Bay is the main town in St. John. There are dumpsters and garbage cans, public bath rooms, and a dinghy dock for visiting sailors. In town are the government offices, police and fire stations, Post Office, National Park Visitor Center, library, museum, businesses, shops and restaurants.