Johnson Bay (Johnson's Bay)
Around Coral Bay
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Johnson Bay, often called Johnson's Bay, is a beach on the west shore of Coral Bay, across from the Calabash Boom housing community. In 2019 the St. John Source described it as easy to reach by car and as the base of KATS (Kids and the Sea), a youth sailing and rowing program, when the Coral Bay Yacht Club held its fundraising flotilla here. Volunteers from the Coral Bay Community Council and KATS cleaned the beach in October 2023 and April 2024. The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) tests the water, and Johnson Bay passed all 11 of its 2026 tests, the last on July 31. As of DPNR's October 30 advisory, St. John beaches had not been sampled since, so check the latest advisory before swimming. DPNR also advises avoiding water affected by stormwater runoff or heavy sargassum. No source lists facilities, parking, a fee or lifeguards.
Services
- Easy to reach by car, across from the Calabash Boom housing community (2019 report)
- Base of the KATS youth sailing and rowing program in 2019
- Water tested by DPNR; check its weekly beach advisory
- No facilities, fee or lifeguard listed
How we checked
Last verified on October 30, 2026. We checked it against the sources below.
Source: St. John Source, July 11, 2019, https://stjohnsource.com/?p=235952 ('CBYC Flotilla Fundraiser Will Benefit Coral Bay Projects': the flotilla at Johnson's Bay, across from the Calabash Boom Housing Community and easily reached by car, KATS based there); News of St. John, October 17, 2023, https://newsofstjohn.com/happy-ocean-week/ (Johnsons Bay cleanup by the Coral Bay Community Council) and April 22, 2024, https://newsofstjohn.com/celebrating-earth-day-on-st-john/ (Johnsons cleanup by Kids And The Sea); V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources beach advisories, https://dpnr.vi.gov/beach-advisory/: every 2026 weekly advisory and data sheet was checked. St. John was sampled in the weeks ending January 9, 16, 23 and 30, February 27, March 13 and 20, May 22 and 29, and July 17 and 31 (11 tests), and Johnson Bay met the standard every time, for example https://dpnr.vi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Beach-Advisory-2.27.26.pdf and https://dpnr.vi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Beach-Advisory-7.31.26.pdf; data sheets include https://dpnr.vi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Beach-Data-7.31.26.pdf (Johnson Bay 61 enterococci per 100 mL, the highest readable result; limit 70) and https://dpnr.vi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Beach-Data-10.30.26.pdf (St. John not sampled; no St. John results from August 7 to October 30, 2026); the October 30, 2026 advisory, https://dpnr.vi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Beach-Advisory-10.30.26.pdf, advises avoiding water affected by stormwater runoff or large amounts of sargassum; all accessed 2026-10-30. No source describes facilities, parking, a fee, lifeguards or swimming conditions, and none confirms whether KATS still runs programs from this beach. Map point: GNIS feature 1614035 (Bay, 'Johnson Bay'); GNIS has no Beach feature here. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System, Virgin Islands file published September 29, 2026, https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_VI_Text.zip, accessed 2026-10-30.
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