{"id":2022,"date":"2013-12-29T19:39:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T19:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:10:28","slug":"norman-island-bvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=2022","title":{"rendered":"Norman Island, BVI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas and Boxing day for us were spent in the bay The Bight on Norman Island anchored near the Willy T, a party boat and floating restaurant. They had some great tunes going and it was fun to watch all the happenings in the bay.
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We went ashore past Pirates restaurant, which had recently burnt down and a new bar had been built for the upcoming busy season. We hiked along the ridge of Norman Island and looked down at the many bays eventually coming to a bay called Benures Bay. This bay looked so pretty and noticed there were no mooring buoys, which are in abundance in the BVIs and cost $30 a night. Even though we enjoyed our anchorage behind the Willy T we decided to move over to Benures Bay for a few days to get away from the crowds of charter boats that came in each evening. You get great views out to the channel and the other islands about.<\/p>\n

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\"P1040643\"<\/a>You can take mooring buoys during the day for free so we went to Kelly’s Cove to go to a few places close by for snorkeling. While getting ready we had a 130ft mega yacht anchor stern to the shore beside us. It was interesting just watching how he anchored stern to. Oh great to have lots of crew.<\/p>\n

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We took the\u00a0dingy over to The Indians, just offshore from Kellys Cove as the channel was\u00a0calm and you apparently\u00a0need a Park permit to moor there and we didn’t have one.\u00a0Might need to find out how to get a permit. We snorkeled at the Indians just offshore from Norman Island, which had incredibly clear visibility, great coral and yes all sorts of fish. Best snorkeling we have done for a while.
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In Kelly’s Cove at Water Point the snorkeling was good with great visibility and good coral. We snorkeled with a hawksbill turtle who didn’t seem to care we were there. Under our boat were 6 large tarpons, which just hung out. Amazing, this is why we like to be out here.<\/p>\n

We really enjoyed Norman Island and no doubt will be back.\u00a0Heading to Road Town, Tortola for a couple of days.<\/p>\n

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