There's no need to lug along air tanks and other gear. Dive accidents are few but for those who surface too rapidly without exhaling or dive too deep for too long, St. Thomas' Roy L. Schneider Hospital is equipped with a decompression chamber. Snuba, a combination of snorkeling and scuba diving, is offered on St. John and no where else in the Caribbean. St. Thomas' Magens Bay and St. John's Trunk Bay are two of the most beautiful and most photographed. Lifeguards are on duty at Magens Bay and Coki Point beaches on St. Thomas, at Trunk and Cinnamon Bays on St. John and Cramer Park on St. Croix.
Deserted beaches do exist, but are best visited in a group.
Nude or topless sunning or swimming is not advised. Year-round, the fishing is excellent for wahoo, yellowfin tuna, kingfish and dolphin fish. Windsurfing is a popular pastime, with equipment available at resort watersports centers and independent operators. Windsurfing National Championships in the summer of 1997. Finally, Coral World Marine Park, set to re-open the winter of 1997, will be yet another way visitors can easily and enjoyably see the marine environment which makes the U.S. Virgin Islands so special.