The wind started getting “squirrely” in this anchorage, which meant that the boats were spinning around their anchors in random directions.  So, after staying here one night, we decided to move our boat further north to Friar’s Bay.  This bay has a long strand of beach along it.  The Cambrola Restaurant is at the northern side of the beach and a dive of a restaurant and bar called “Shipwreck Beach Bar” is at the southern end.

I can tell already that this area is teeming with life.  I saw a turtle poking its head up for air and gliding along the water’s surface.  Every once in a while a fish will jump high out of the water.  Surface fish will move in waves at the surface of the water, making it look like a silver swell moving along.  Flocks of small white birds fly across the bay gracefully.

We woke up this morning, 1/31/23, to see a large, white, Seabourn cruise ship anchored behind us.   In the distance, at the cruise port in Basseterre, we can see two additional cruise ships.  St. Kitts must be a popular destination for them. 

We took our dinghy into the bay right off of the Carombola Restaurant and beached it in front of where the Seabourn tenders were landing.  They were setting up on shore to welcome their guests.  Apparently they rent out the whole restaurant and beach for the day when they are in anchorage.  They were not happy that we put our dinghy where they were.  However, since we were only walking the beach that morning, we were able to leave it there. 

When walking on the beach, we could clearly see the reef lining running parallel to the beach, approximately 15 feet off of shore.  While there were a couple of beach bars along the stretch of beach, hidden in amongst the trees, they didn’t seem as though they were open.  Only the Shipwreck Beach Bar and the Carombola Restaurant had people sitting on chairs outside of their establishments.

Once we got back to the Carombola Restaurant, we found the private cove that people wrote into Trip Advisor about.  It was a picturesque little cove off of the far side of the restaurant, complete with a small strip of sand and a rock outcropping in the middle.  So, we decided to try snorkeling out there.