Limestone Bay (Water Island)

Beaches St. Thomas Water IslandLast verified October 31, 2026

Around Water Island

Water Island and the boats moored off its shore, seen from an airplane window with the wing in the foreground — Water Island, from a departing flight

A curved concrete World War II gun emplacement at Fort Segarra on Water Island, surrounded by grass and scrub — Fort Segarra, Water Island

Homes on the slopes of Water Island below Fort Segarra, looking north across blue water to the green hills of St. Thomas — Fort Segarra, Water Island

Limestone Bay is a secluded bay on the southeast side of Water Island. The Water Island Ferry leaves Crown Bay Marina on St. Thomas about every hour for the 10-minute ride to Philips Landing; check its schedule for the last boat back. The island has no buses or taxis. Golf carts rent about two minutes' walk from the dock and can sell out, so the Department of Tourism advises reserving one. Tourism warns that the beach is rocky, so wear water shoes, and suggests snorkeling or diving at nearby Supermarket Reef, where coral grows in long spurs. No source lists restrooms, shade, vendors or lifeguards, so bring water and carry out your trash. Under Virgin Islands law the shore is public up to the high-water mark. The Department of Planning and Natural Resources does not test the water at Limestone Bay.

Services

Water Island Ferry from Crown Bay Marina, then a golf cart
Rocky shore: water shoes advised
Snorkeling and diving at nearby Supermarket Reef
No facilities listed

How we checked

Last verified on October 31, 2026. We checked it against the sources below.

Source: USVI Department of Tourism, https://www.visitusvi.com/experience/spend-a-day-exploring-water-island/ and https://www.visitusvi.com/st-thomas/water-island/ (secluded Limestone Bay on the southeast side, Limestone Beach is rocky so wear water shoes, snorkeling or scuba at Supermarket Reef with coral growing in spurs like supermarket aisles, ferry from Crown Bay Marina every hour and about 10 minutes to Phillips Landing, no buses or taxis, golf cart rentals two minutes' walk from the dock that can sell out, reservations strongly recommended; both pages undated); Water Island Ferry, https://waterislandferry.com/ (hourly daily departures from Crown Bay Marina to Philips Landing and back; the posted schedule shows the last return trip); St. Thomas Source, July 26, 2025, https://stthomassource.com/content/2025/07/26/honeymooner-may-have-gotten-false-private-beach-promise-thats-nothing-new/ (all Virgin Islands beaches are public up to the high-water mark); DPNR beach data, https://dpnr.vi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Beach-Data-10.30.26.pdf (Honeymoon Beach is the only Water Island testing site); all accessed 2026-10-31. No source gives a route from the dock to the bay. Map point: GNIS feature 1614079 (Bay, 'Limestone Bay'); GNIS has no Beach feature for it. 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 2026-10-31.

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