Beach· St Thomas· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)

Brewers Bay (St Thomas)

18° 20.6′ N · 64° 58.6′ W · approximate

A long, quiet beach below the University of the Virgin Islands just west of the airport runway, a local favorite and an overnight anchorage for cruisers with limited stay.

British Virgin IslandsUS Virgin IslandsSpanish Virgins

Practical

Position approximate: OpenStreetMap beach point. Noonsite: anchoring here is limited to 5 days, 4 nights. A 2019 Noonsite report describes DPNR officers boarding a cruising yacht in Brewers Bay over the 14-day rule; Brewers Bay is not on the DPNR designated-anchorage list (Noonsite 2018). Coast Pilot: the Cyril E. King Airport runway extension on the east side of the bay runs about 800 yards west from shore inside a rock dike, and the water directly west of the runway end is a safety zone (33 CFR 165): stay out.

Best for

A quiet beach day near the airport

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