Day 6 - It's All About Magens Bay!

Olivia and Thomas getting ready to paddleboard.

We awoke to another lazy day here in St. Thomas. Undecided for the first few hours, we rustled the troops and meandered over to Magens Bay. Magens Bay is on the north side of the island and is popular due to its one mile long pristine white sandy beach. It is the local's and tourist's beach of choice.

Anna and her favorite husband.

The beach has all the amenities. Plus, it also has a great beach side restaurant and bar, gift shop and kayak/paddleboard rental facility.

Beautiful crab on the ocean floor blending perfectly with the sand.

We pulled up to Magens Bay around 11am. Being a Monday, I figured the place would be packed due to the tour boats, but to our surprise it was relatively empty. They have picnic tables all along the beach and near the restaurant they have some squared high bench seated tables that were perfect for us. We planted our rumps and staked our ground. It was to be our Schiffers’ island for the next 5 hours. 

The kids got in the water right away to cool off. I looked around a bit and then decided to rent the kids paddleboards for an hour. Olivia and Thomas grabbed the boards and hopped in the water immediately. These kids are surely water babies, because they take to the water like fish. After the kids returned to beach with the boards, Anna managed to wrangle the board away from Thomas and took it out for a bit. Olivia and Thomas both mentioned they saw sea turtles and a whole array of marine life from atop the paddleboard.

Anna feeding one of the locals a fry.

A little marketing!

After paddleboarding the whole family went back to snorkeling for the remainder of our stay. We ended up leaving Magens Bay around 4:30pm and drove to Brook’s Restaurant & Bar. Recommend by one of the locals and praised for its great local cuisine.

Recommendations – APPROVED! Brook’s was amazing. We ended up getting two fish plates – triggerfish. One course was definitely enough for two. It came with rice, beans, pasta salad and a salad. All of the sides were a very healthy portion. I would DEFINITELY RECOMMEND this as must stop during your visit on St. Thomas. The place would be overlooked by most as it is not your usual restaurant, but that is what makes it so special.

Triggerfish  - Amazing!!!

Side view of the triggerfish mouth

This sign was strange because it was no where near the water.

We finished dinner and headed back to the condo. Thomas and I grabbed our rods & bait and headed over to the marina. Thomas quickly caught a yellow snapper and rigged up the big pole for a little tarpon fun. He casted only about three times, before the tarpon took hold. This guys was a beauty and Thomas fought him for about 10-15 minutes until he broke the line. What fun!!!!

Not a sign we see very often.. or at all.

Thomas and I stayed at the dock for a little longer until we headed back in to call it a night.