Come and Get Your Case of the Caribbean Blues!

Travelers come to St. John for many reasons, but let’s be real, location, location, location, is high on the list!

Surrounded between the Caribbean Sea on the south and the Atlantic to the north, St. John is plopped right in the middle of a full palette of blues, teals, greens and turquoise on the planet.

The Caribbean is the largest sea in the world with an average temperature in the low 80’s, making it a year-round destination for saltwater worshippers everywhere. Why is the water so clear? It has to do with the perfect combination of absorption and scattering of light, depth, sand color and current.

Our sleepy little island (roughly the size of Disneyworld) includes 41 miles of shoreline and 5,700 acres of marine water! That doesn’t even include the Coral Reef National Monument, an additional 13,000 acres of federal submerged land within a 3-mile belt off of St. John established in 2001.

The abundance of fish, turtles, dolphins, stingrays, whales (seasonally) and other marine life attracts divers, snorkelers, boaters and swimmers. Are you into big game fishing? You’re in luck! The oceanic trenches just offshore have hosted more than 20 world record catches!

The unspoiled gifts of the Caribbean are many, and conveniently located all around St. John. We would love to show you all her secrets. Ready to change your latitude?

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