Ka Sand, ka Sun a me ke Kulanui ma ka mokupuniʻo St. Croix

01 o 08

ʻO St. Croix Snorkel Cruise i Buck Island National Monument

Hāʻawiʻo Buck Island i nāʻaoʻaoʻelua o ka'āpana nui nui loa: kahi o nā kahakai maikaʻi loa o ka honua ma kahi hoʻokahi, a he paeʻoihana nui ma kahi'ē aʻe.

He 20 mau minuke ma ka moku mai kahi huina o Christiansted, St. Croix,ʻo ka mokupuni kahi o hoʻokahi pakeneka wale nō o ka Buck Island Reef National Monument, he paʻilike, (ʻo ia hoʻi) kahi papa honua i hoʻohālikeʻia no ka paleʻana i ke kai'eleʻa a me ke kai eʻe. mai ka mokupuni nui loa o nā mokupuniʻo Virginia . ʻO nā palapala hoʻohui palapala, nā mea i hoʻonohoʻia ma lalo o ka Queen Street ma Christiansted, hanaʻia ma lalo o ka palapala kūikawā kūikawā mai ka US National Park Service.

Eʻike i nā uku a me nāʻikeʻo St.

02 o 08

ʻO Buck Island: He Praline Coral Reef Kawai 20 mau minuke mai Christiansted, St. Cross

He meaʻoluʻolu ka holoʻana i ka mokupuni, e hoʻoholo ana i kahakai o St. Croix me kou wahi kūlana -ʻo ka mokupuni wale nō i ka lewa -ʻoi aku ka nui aʻe o kou heleʻana. Ma nā pali kūʻoki nui o catamaran Adventure ,ʻo ka pakuhi mua i kahi kūpono no ka lā, ka makani, a me kaʻike maikaʻi. E holo ana nā pāleka nui i kahi helehelena no ka heleʻana: no kāu uku e loaʻa aiʻoe i ka holo moku, hoʻohana i nā moʻo kila a me nā nona, a me ka mea mālama i nā meaʻai a mea inu paha āu e koho ai e lawe mai i luna. ʻAʻole he beer aʻoihana pale: he moku kaʻa,ʻaʻole kēia.

03 o 08

ʻO ka huiʻana o ka holo kaʻa ma Buck Island's West Beach

Ma ka lā Pōʻalima kakahiaka nui, ua hui ka moku i kahi lehulehu o nā moku hoʻokele a me nāʻauwai pono'ī i kāhikoʻia i kahakai ma kahakai. Hoʻokumu ikiʻia me nā papaʻaina pīkī, BBQ grills, a me kahi lumi hoʻomaha. ʻO kekahi wahi haʻahaʻa o ka paila eʻae i kā mākou moku e holo i loko o kekahi mau kapuai o ke kahakai. Mai laila mai, he mau wahi liʻiliʻi o ka heleʻana i ke one - kahi punahele punahele no nā kolo iʻaʻehā aʻo ka poʻe malihini.

04 o 08

Eʻoliʻoli i Buck Island, akā, mai haʻaleleʻoe i ka hopena i loaʻa iāʻoe

ʻO ka mana o Buck Island kahi e hoʻokomoʻia, e hoʻokō. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka Pūnaewele ka hanaʻana i mea mau loa i ka hopena o ke kaiāulu e hiki ai, no laila,ʻo ka lōʻihi lōʻihi o nā makana e pili ana i ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana a me nā umbrellas kahakai a me nā meaʻoi aʻe e like me ka lawaiʻaʻole.

Ma kahi o ka'āina, he 45 mau minute e noho ai ma ke one a komo i loko o ke kai malū: uaʻaeʻia ka snorkeling ma kēiaʻaoʻao o ka mokupuni,ʻaʻohe mea nui eʻike ai. ʻO kaʻikeʻole o ka waiʻole o nā mea hoʻopunipuni e lilo kēia i wahi kūpono no ka mea hoʻomaka e snople i nā haʻawina a nā mea nui i hāʻawiʻia e ka poʻe Big Beard.

Ināʻoe e hōʻea i Buck Island ma kāu iho a nui ka manawa, aia kekahi mau ala e piʻi ai i luna o ka moku cactus-piko, e hāʻawi ana i nā manaʻo nani ma ke awa. Akā, ua maʻalahi nā alahele,ʻaʻohe mālamaʻia, a ua kāwiliʻia me nā lāʻau manchineel momona a me nā kākalaioa, no laila, ponoʻoe i nā kāmaʻa hilinaʻi -ʻaʻoleʻoe i nā pale hāpai āu i kau ai no ka heleʻana o snorkel - a me 45 mau minuke e hele ai i ke ala mai ke Komohana ʻO ke kahakai i Diedrich's Point.

Akā, he nani ke kahakai (ua kapaʻiaʻo ia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka honua), no ke aha e haʻalele ai?

05 o 08

Heʻelima mau KeʻenaʻIke mai ka Mokupuniʻo Buck Island a hiki i ke Kai

ʻO ka hope aʻe, ua hoʻi hou ma ka moku no ka holoʻana i 5 mau minuke i loko o ka lae ma kaʻaoʻao hikina hikina o ka mokupuni, kahi e hoʻokokoke ai ke kahakai i kahakai e hana i kahi kaikuniki. Maʻaneʻi, ua lawe mākou i kekahi o nā kaula iʻaeʻia a nohoʻia no kahi pōkole,ʻo ka National Park Service i kauohaʻia. ʻO nā kumu nui loa:ʻaʻole e kū a pale paha i kekahi o nā puʻuwai a noʻonoʻo i ka mea e hiki nei ke huki koke iāʻoe mai ka moku ināʻaʻoleʻoe e hoʻolohe. Hāʻawi mākou i ko mākou mau mele mele melemele no nā kānāwai o ke aupuni, ua komo mākou i loko o ka wai.

06 o 08

Ua piha ka Buck Reef i ke ola olakino a me ka wai ola

ʻOiai ka nui o nā moku e pili ana i kahakai, ua loaʻa iā mākou ka papa i kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi hola o ka hoʻopuni maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka Buck Island ka hauʻoli maikaʻi loa: aia nā'āpana o ka'ākohu make, akā,ʻaʻole eʻike i ka uhiʻana a me nā'āpanaʻano he nui o ka'ōpū,ʻeleʻele, (e nānā i nā mea'ē aʻe) kaʻehu, i hoʻopiliʻia e nā'auwaʻa o nā iʻa. ʻAʻole maopopo i ka mea e holo wale ana iāʻoe? Ua hoʻolālā ka lawelawe o ka Service Service i nā pālahalaha unuhi i ka papakū o ka moana e kōkua iāʻoe ma waho, akāʻo nā mea kaha ma kaʻaoʻao o ke kai hohonu, ua paʻakikī a paʻakikī e heluhelu. Uaʻike mākou i ka pahukūnua parrotfish, kahi barracuda, nā kula nui o kaʻulaʻula, .... a me ka hauʻoliʻole o ka liona kiniʻinoʻino i lilo i hōʻino o ka moana Caribbean.

07 o 08

ʻO Snorkeling Above Buck Island ma nāʻano nani nani

Nui nā hanana kūlohelohe i ka Buck Island aʻai, eʻaeʻoe i kaʻauʻauʻana i loko o nā kala kela kahi kahi iʻa e'ākoakoa ai (e hoʻomaopopo i ka uluʻana o ka'ōpoki'ōpona a kokoke i ka wai. i ka hōʻehaʻoluʻoluʻole mai nā mea hoʻokele waʻa i aʻo mua iāʻoe). ʻO ka lago kahi maʻamau he 12 kapuaʻi ka hohonu, hiki i nā snorkelers ke holoholo i lalo i lalo eʻike i nā iʻa a me nā puʻu. Ma ka'āina a ma ka wai, e nānā pono nā mea nui i ka poʻe kūʻai aku i ka poʻe e kūʻai aku i ka pilikia, aʻo ka paʻiʻana i ka piko conch shell (me ka leo nui, mai kahi lōʻihi a me ke poʻo o lalo) e hōʻike ana ia ka manawa e hoʻi ai i ka moku.

08 o 08

ʻO kahi Hoʻohālike nani o kahi Aʻe Moana

Hiki i nā Snorkelers ke kiʻi iā lākou iho i ka Buck Island Reef National Monument ma lalo o ke ala moana: No ka mea,ʻaʻaʻia ka wai paila ma laila,ʻoiai aia he mau kauka kuhikuhi maʻamau no nā'ōpala liʻiliʻi kokoke. ʻO ka pīkoʻa holoʻokoʻa heʻoi aku ma mua o 19,000 mauʻeka, he 176 wale nō ka'āina he'āina maloʻo (ka nahele maloʻo o Buck Island). Eʻike waleʻoe i kahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o kēia mau mea a pau ma kahi huakaʻi hoʻokele kala, akāʻo ka mea āu eʻike ai i nā mea i hoʻolahaʻia e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o kou hele wāwaeʻo St. Croix.