Waterlemon Cay
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Waterlemon Cay is a small cay
surrounded by a fringing reef located in Leinster Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands
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It is surrounded by a fringing reef, and one of the best snorkeling
spots on the island. A trail leads from the sandy beach at Leinster Bay approximately 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) along the point, from which is a ten minute swim to the cay, where there is a small beach. The cay boasts a wide variety of reef fishes and coral, however bleaching is prevalent, and the marine life has decreased in recent times. Many attribute the depletion of coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands to high rates of erosion and run off caused by construction.
Cay
A cay , also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island formed on the surface of coral reefs. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans , where they provide habitable and agricultural land for hundreds of thousands of people...
surrounded by a fringing reef located in Leinster Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint John is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. St...
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It is surrounded by a fringing reef, and one of the best snorkeling
Snorkeling
Snorkeling is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn...
spots on the island. A trail leads from the sandy beach at Leinster Bay approximately 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) along the point, from which is a ten minute swim to the cay, where there is a small beach. The cay boasts a wide variety of reef fishes and coral, however bleaching is prevalent, and the marine life has decreased in recent times. Many attribute the depletion of coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands to high rates of erosion and run off caused by construction.