USVI-On-Line

The number of days is getting closer until we are back on the island. Sitting here planning some of the days activities, and where havent we beenand what havent we done yet. Well....... the biggest thing that came to me was, i have never found any sea glass yet. I make a bunch of things out of my little treasures I collect from my travels, and I need to find some sea glass from St. John so I can finish a project that I have started years ago. ( Maybe thats what keeps me coming back, the elusive sea glass)just kidding, I love the island. I heard Vie's beach is a possibility, and I will be spending time on thebeach this year. I have eaten her Conch Fritter ( very good ) but never been on the beach. If you know any spots, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Captain Jack

come to think of it, i've never spotted any either. drunk bay might be another option....

The only place I've found it is Vie's beach but Gromit is probably right when she says Drunk Bay might be another possible place. Haulover North could also be a possible place but I've never looked there myself.

I am a sea glass scavenger but have yet to find any on the island. I know it's not the same, but you are welcome to have some of my many, many jars of sea glass that I've gleaned from our beaches north of Boston. I thought about making sea glass jewerly, but unfortunately I'm not that creative.

The best place for seaglass on STJ is the beach in front of the Beach Bar. Get a painkiller and walk the beach. I always find a bunch here. Not big pieces and alot of throwbacks (we'll find them on the next trip) but I really haven't found any on any other beach... Well maybe a few at Salt Pond. Here is a pic of my collection. Notice the blue glass lightbulb! A masterpiece!




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HOLY SH*&!
You can really get a good idea of how nice my blue lightbulb is! LOL!

Drunk Bay ----- Sea Glass!!

I usually find a lot of it on Cruz Bay beach and Frank Bay beach. You aren't going to find a lot of it on National Park beaches. You aren't allowed to have glass on any of the beaches in the park and not as much washes up.

I have found some at Maho, Hawksnest and Francis but I found it by playing/digging with our little boy in that band of rough material a few feet before the beach. By some, I mean maybe 5 pieces each trip.

Keep in mind that Drunk Bay (unless Exit is saying that they confirm based on experience) is just a guess of mine because of the surf there, which is very rough.

It's a rocky beach and everytime I walk over there, there's tons of flotsam. There's something about the position of that beach to the water flow, that it seems to "catch" a lot of stuff.

Then of course it's become the unofficial coral art gallery of STJ. Given how smooth some of that coral is when it washes ashore I'm thinking that glass might get a similar treatment.

Compared to the other beaches on island (which are relatively calm) Drunk Bay is the "drunken out of control sister" of those beaches-- but gorgeous all the same.

For any new folks reviewing this post and may not know where Drunk Bay is, the trail begins at the end of Salt Pond beach. To the right is the Ram Head trail and to the left is Drunk Bay.

The hike to Drunk Bay leads you past the left side of a real salt pond (taste it) and is a relatively flat goat trail (Catch n keep and cacti line the trail so wear clothing) and shoes are a good bet. Also there's little shade so bring some water.

Once you get close to the end you'll hear the surf pounding (kind of unusual on STJ). It sounds like a waterfall. Then you get to a gorgeous rocky beach with all sorts of coral sculptures left by visitors.

Here are a few of my pics from past hikes:

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Found quite a few pieces at Jumbie last trip. The NS beaches had been pounded by high surf for 2-3 days prior. Found them in the piles of larger shells and coral pieces that had washed up after things had calmed down.

Here's a link to an old thread about sea glass. Looks like Lovango Cay is a good place to find it. I don't know if you can stop there if you're not staying there, but...
There are other options at the link, as well.
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/f ... p?p=165345

Fantastic photos, Gromit. Thanks for the tour!

Although Drunk Bay sounds like it would be good, I haven't found much there. I think the stuff that makes it up over the rocks is more buoyant stuff, foam stuff, sticks, string.

Although others may have had more luck than me...

I get at least a cigarette packs worth of sea glass every trip, but I'm always on south/east beaches. Kiddle Bay was by far my best provider of sea glass, Little Lameshur next best. When Crabby's still rented dinghys I had a great harvest off the little beaches within Hurricane Hole near the mangroves.


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