St Thomas 2020
Sapphire Beach 2020
We were doing a land vacation here and we stayed at Sapphire Beach. It was amazing to wake up and look right out at the water.
Now I'll show you around the resort. It is beautifully decorated everywhere with tons of palms and flowers.
There is a shop, called the Beach Buzz, which has limited supplies, souvenirs, baked goods for breakfast, coffee, and ice cream. There was also a spot outside the shop (covered) to eat as well. (This is separate from the restaurant beside it.
Here is the restaurant you could order food and drinks at and there was an outside area as well with a stage for bands to play at (although not currently playing due to the COVID). They also had outdoor sofa's under a canopy that you could rent out.
Time for some swimming and a little bit of snorkeling.
Sakari is the animal whisperer, I handed her a camera and let her put a few of them in a trance while she got really close to them to snap some pictures for me. I knew the minute I tried to get anywhere near them, they would give the signal and retreat. If the mere thought of me getting close to them didn't scare them away, then the sight would of my hee-ho, limp, grunt, hobble all the way over to the tree would.
A few final thoughts, until the next segment, on the snorkeling. These are just my thoughts and experiences. I remember Sapphire Beach (back in 2010) to be the most awesome snorkeling ever. I remember the fish, the coral, the fun we had. However, after visiting many other places in the Caribbean, and also after visiting Coki beach, I started to question if Sapphire really was as good as I was remembering it from years ago. Just my opinion, but it doesn't compare to Coki with the various colorful corals or variety and it certainly didn't compare to other places I've been to in the Caribbean that are simply AH-MAY-ZING! (Like St Lucia for instance)
So why did I remember it as a great snorkeling place from before? I honestly think a lot that had to do with it was that it had been the first time I had been snorkeling in over 21 years. So, it really amazed me to see all the fish and corals. It was also my husbands first time being in the ocean and snorkeling so it was so exciting at the time. But now that I would call myself somewhat of an "expert" in snorkeling and have been many many places, I would call the snorkeling here ok to mediocre. There were a lot of rocks with smaller damsels, tangs and so on there. A few nice corals here and there and I was overly excited when I found an orange looking coral. But, it just doesn't compare to the purple coral you will see at Coki. Is it worth a day to visit? Of course! It's not like you aren't going to see anything...it's just that it's not on my "top" list of snorkeling places after today. You also can't beat the beautiful beach and all the grape trees and palms to sit under. More on this later since we will have multiple days here at this beach....