I think that the reefs/corals in some places in SXM are improving - at least marginally - specifically, at places we go alot, at Little Bay and Green Cay. The Reserve pays a lot of attention to Pinel, but I do not think it is improving there and I think it is getting worse. I also do not think Creole Rock is improving and maybe declining. The places that get a lot of traffic - like Pinel and the Grand Case side of Creole Rock are suffering from the number of people, I think.

World-wide generally, things are kind of scary - such as at the Great Barrier Reef and Maldives - about which I have read specifically - because of increasing temperatures. There have been a lot of articles coming out about loss of coral because of increased temperatures and human activity.

Anyone interested in seeing some of the fantastic reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans may need to get out there in the next few years because if temperatures of the oceans keep increasing, the coral may be devastated.