Permit· Salt Island· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
BVI National Parks Trust Marine Conservation Permit
18° 22.3′ N · 64° 32.1′ W · approximate
The permit every boat needs to use the National Parks Trust day moorings at the Caves, the Indians, Pelican Island, the Rhone, Dead Chest and the southern chain's dive sites.
Practical
Placed at the Rhone moorings as the typical place it is checked (approximate). Buy online at bvinpt.org (processed within 5 business days of a complete application, with documents uploaded), or at the NPT office, 57 Main Street, 2nd floor, Road Town (284-393-9284) or The Baths office (284-541-2420). NPT also says local users can buy one from charter companies and dive shops and that foreign vessels can buy it at Customs on entry; charter companies usually include it. Fees are not published on the permit page (verify current rate). There is no customs or immigration office in the southern chain: clear in at Road Town (8:30 am to 7 pm), West End (8 am to 9 pm), Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke (8:30 am to 4:30 pm) or Spanish Town (8:30 am to 7 pm) (hours as listed by Willy T BVI; verify locally) before stopping here, including on a day trip from the USVI.
Best for
Sorting out paperwork before the first snorkel stop
Nearby
- RMS Rhone Marine Park Day Moorings (Lee Bay)Right here
- Rhone Reef & Rhone stern snorkel (Lee Bay)0.1 NM away
- RMS Rhone Wreck0.2 NM away
- Salt Island Bay Beach0.2 NM away
- Salt Island Bay Moorings0.3 NM away
- Salt Island Salt Ponds & Settlement0.3 NM away
- Rhone Graves (Salt Island)0.5 NM away
- Blonde Rock1 NM away
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