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Water Island
White sand and turquoise water on Water Island, backed by palms with other islands in view offshore. The ferry runs from Crown Bay Marina on St. Thomas to Phillips Landing, and it is a walk or golf-cart ride to the beach. Dinghy's Beach Bar rents paddleboarding, kayaking and snorkeling gear on the sand.
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Beaches
White sand and turquoise water on Water Island, backed by palms with other islands in view offshore. The ferry runs from Crown Bay Marina on St. Thomas to Phillips Landing, and it is a walk or golf-cart ride to the beach. Dinghy's Beach Bar rents paddleboarding, kayaking and snorkeling gear on the sand.
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Transportation
The passenger ferry between Water Island and St. Thomas, leaving Crown Bay Marina in front of Tickles Dockside Restaurant and landing at the public dock at Philips Landing. Several vessels work the route in rotation, and the service has run for more than twenty years.
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Transportation
Four-seat gas-powered golf carts for rent, based at Honeymoon Beach on Water Island.
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One- and two-bedroom villas on a peninsula on Water Island, by the ferry dock and Honeymoon Beach. Units have screened lanais and sun decks, and some are let as vacation rentals while others go long term.
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Hotels & Stays
Wood-and-canvas cottages on Water Island, wired for electricity and made up with beds and linens. Sinks and showers in the shared bathhouse run on captured rainwater heated by solar energy, and cooking happens in a communal open-air kitchen pavilion overlooking the ocean, with fridges, grills and microwaves.
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Trip Support
A St. Thomas grocery-provisioning service whose official service pages publish delivery and grocery-stowing coverage for Water Island, St. Thomas, and St. John. The same site publishes conflicting order lead times and phone numbers, so confirm current contact details, ordering window, fees, substitutions, delivery timing, and availability directly.
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Boat Charters
Antillean is a 50-foot Beneteau sailing yacht with its home marina on Water Island, running private crewed charters that take six overnight or twelve on a day sail. Pickup also happens at Crown Bay Marina, Yacht Haven Grande and Frenchman's Cove, and the route runs St. Thomas to St. John, with the British Virgin Islands an option. Confirm the pickup marina and what is included when you book.
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Trip Support
A grocery-shopping service on St. Thomas and Water Island, running since 2006, that works through as many stores as one list takes and stocks a rental kitchen before guests arrive. Confirm the lead time and the fee when you order.
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Trip Support
A family grocery service created in St. Thomas. Customers order, the company shops, and it delivers or stocks the kitchen before guests arrive. Its published service area covers St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island. Confirm the delivery area and the lead time when you order.
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Spas & Wellness
A culinary and wellness center at 41 Water Island, set in a valley with panoramic views out over the coast. Guests stay in a private cottage, dinner is served in an outdoor dining area, and a nature trail on the property leads to Honeymoon Beach.
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Culture & History
The ruins of a former plantation at Carolina Point on Water Island, which is reached by ferry from St. Thomas.
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Nightlife & Bars
Dinghy's sits on Honeymoon Beach on Water Island, reached by the Water Island ferry. The bar and grill rents beach chairs and umbrellas, and there is paddleboarding, snorkeling, beach volleyball and tennis on site.
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Culture & History
A Second World War defensive outpost on Water Island that was never finished, construction stopping when the war ended in 1945. An underground bunker, tunnels, gun turrets and an observation deck remain, and visitors walk the underground site and climb to the deck.
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Restaurants
Heidi's Honeymoon Grill (also listed locally as Heidi's Hilltop Grill after a move up Providence Hill) is a casual Water Island bar and grill with shaded hilltop seating overlooking Elephant Bay. Tourism materials highlight fish tacos, burgers, and drinks; Facebook operator updates note seasonal schedules, so confirm open days and cash-or-card policy before you take the ferry from Crown Bay.
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Beaches
On the southeast side of Water Island, fronting Supermarket Reef, where the coral grows in spurs running toward the island. Snorkelers and divers find goatfish, hawksbill turtles, moray eels and creole wrasse here, and the shore is rocky enough that the tourism board advises water shoes.
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Transportation
Golf cart rentals on Water Island. Drivers need to be at least 21 and hold a valid driver's license.
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Beaches
In Limestone Bay on the southeast side of Water Island, the coral grows in spurs running toward the island, forming the aisle-like lanes the reef is named for. Snorkelers work the lanes for pink goatfish, hawksbill sea turtles, moray eels and creole wrasse.
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Shopping & Provisions
A shaved ice shop on Water Island that doubles as a small gallery, with space for local people to display and sell their own artwork. Confirm opening times before you go.
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