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Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach
Posted By: CaribLee
Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 04:17 PM
Wow!
Posted By: SXMScubaman
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 04:28 PM
Yikes.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 04:42 PM
The GOOD news, I suppose, is that there doesn't appear to be any sargassum..
Posted By: CaribLee
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 05:02 PM
Carol.....that's true. And it's a beautiful day.
Posted By: Kennys
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 05:09 PM
Yes and I just walked by .
Posted By: luvtotravel
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 05:23 PM
And looks like only 3 ships in port
Posted By: Zanshin
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 05:39 PM
Go a couple of hundred yards (as the crow flies) over to Kimsha beach, here is what it looked like at happy hour yesterday (and I can see it isn't much different now, apart from the light):
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 05:58 PM
Looks to be a bit of seaweed, but certainly not bad.
We stayed for two months near the Morgan building and Maho beach was like that most of the time, a freak show. We always loved Kim Sha beach, never that many people.
Posted By: WWII
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 08:56 PM
Looks good now
People usually clear out by 3:30PM to get back to the cruise ship.
Posted By: candu
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/13/2023 09:54 PM
According to the schedule there are 6 ships due Wednesday.
Posted By: mgh
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/14/2023 02:50 PM
Sardine City!
Posted By: Colour1
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/16/2023 11:44 AM
This is why it pays to do your homework ( nice that the ship schedule is on this header) when deciding your plans for the day!! When there is that many ships in port, run out early back early and camp out in front of our unit at BSV!!! Between the traffic, the drunked up people walking on Beacon hill road with drinks in hand and NO regard for vehicles behind them!! It's a real pain in the azz!!
Posted By: candu
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/16/2023 12:21 PM
Walked to BSV from COCO Condos this morning. Unless you are camping out on the front porch you will not be camping out in front. The waves are lapping at the concrete and there is a four foot drop from the stairs to what is left.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/16/2023 12:57 PM
candu--WOW, it's been a long time since the sand has been like that at BSV!! Has the sand gone away all along Simpson Bay?
Posted By: Colour1
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/16/2023 01:02 PM
We've seen that a couple of times over the years. In a couple of days it will be very deep the beach in front of BSV! On those days Emanuel puts out chairs a long side of the pool! And at least we have the pool!!!
Posted By: candu
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/16/2023 01:33 PM
Yes we are at Coco Club just past Mary’s Boon. It was impossible to get to BSV without getting your feet wet. It is the same the other way all along the beach.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 03/16/2023 01:44 PM
OK, hopefully it will come back soon. Thanks for the pics! It's so good to see Simpson Bay Beach. Can't wait for June to come!
Posted By: CaribLee
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/04/2023 05:46 PM
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/04/2023 05:47 PM
wow, wow, wow!!
Posted By: Zanshin
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/04/2023 05:48 PM
I've been there many times and have never seen even close to that many people! Yuck
Posted By: Angelface
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/04/2023 06:01 PM
Wow. That is...not my preference lol
We stayed next to the Morgan Building from mid December to mid February, 2023 and witnessed that almost every day. It would finally clear out by 3:30-4PM. Horrible, trying to get through the road.
Only, when there was maybe one cruise ship in, it was tolerable.
Posted By: Whale Tail
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/04/2023 06:33 PM
My wife just got back from the hair dresser and she said a woman was hit by a car in front of Maho Market. The woman was on the ground being attended to and had a big bag of ice on her leg. Definitely a busy day in Maho
Posted By: Colour1
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/05/2023 08:13 AM
Hope she isn't hurt to bad. That's a tough intersection at any time of the day!!
Posted By: Whale Tail
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/05/2023 10:54 AM
Carol the sand is coming back to BSV Beach, slowly. When we got to our villa 5 days ago there was 6 rocks visible in front of our villa. This morning we're down to 1.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Not The Day To Be On Maho Beach - 04/05/2023 12:43 PM
Whale Tail--good deal!! (And looks like you figured out that landscape vs portrait deal!
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