Just to add...you do need to make a reservation. You can contact Jade or Scarlett on: reservations@oilnutbay.com both were extremely friendly to us and even made a point of coming and introducing themselves when we got there.

Food was good too. The menu changed each day we went back and they even allowed us to take pizzas away with us when we left, which made a nice easy dinner aboard in a completely deserted mooring field.

The balls at Saba Rock still have their pennants on by the way...as do the ones at The Sand Box (neither place has anything other than rubble ashore). We just prefer being off Bitter End despite the extra hassle of no pennants.

One of the days we were there old Dickie Branson and his entire entourage came over from Necker on kite-boards/RIBs/Hobie Cats and a few other aquatic vehicles. They still made room for us at lunch and I hasten to add treated us in exactly the same way as his crowd!

If you go snorkeling, head over the left side of the lagoon toward the edge of the swimming zone...that seems to be where the turtles hang out. You literally can't miss them...we saw dozens. Very unafraid and happy to be observed from a polite distance. There is also a huge sunken tree (carefully placed by Irma) which has become home to numerous fish (we saw huge Porcupine Fish, Smooth Trunk Fish, Scrawled Cow Fish and a big Nurse Shark). If you're lucky you may also see a Spotted Eagle Ray.