{"id":23157,"date":"2015-05-29T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=23157"},"modified":"2015-05-29T20:19:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T20:19:25","slug":"all-beaches-safe-this-weekend-dpnr-says-but-weather-forecast-is-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157","title":{"rendered":"All Beaches Safe This Weekend, DPNR Says, But Weather Forecast Is Not"},"content":{"rendered":"

All tested Virgin Islands beaches meet the Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ (DPNR)\u00a0minimum water quality standards for swimming or fishing. However, while the beaches may be safe, the weather forecast is\u00a0certainly not<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

DPNR said it tested water quality at 35 beaches throughout the territory this week as part of its Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program and found all tested beaches meet minimum water quality standards, and are safe for swimming and fishing.<\/p>\n

The beaches deemed safe to swim and fish in on St. Croix are:\u00a0Stoney Ground, Protestant Cay, Chenay Bay, Buccaneer, Cane Bay, Cramer Park, Rainbow, Shoy\u2019s, New Fort (Ft. Louise Augusta), Pelican Cove (Comorant), Halfpenny, Grapetree Bay, Princess (Condo Row), Dorsch, Frederiksted Public Beach, Columbus Landing and Sprat Hall.<\/p>\n

On Thomas, the beaches that were found to be safe to swim and fish in are:\u00a0Secret Harbor, Hull Bay, Brewer\u2019s Bay, Lindquist, Bolongo Bay, Sapphire, Bluebeards, Frenchman\u2019s Bay, Vessup Bay, Magen\u2019s Bay, Coki Point, Lindbergh Bay and Water Bay.<\/p>\n

Cruz Bay, Oppenhiemer, Johnson\u2019s Bay, Great Cruz Bay and Frank Bay\u00a0were all deemed safe for swimming and fishing in St. John.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Feature Image: Morning Star Beach<\/em><\/p>\n

Image Credit: Volusion<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All tested Virgin Islands beaches meet the Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ (DPNR)\u00a0minimum water quality standards for swimming or fishing. However, while the beaches may be safe, the weather forecast is\u00a0certainly not. DPNR said it tested water quality at 35 beaches throughout the territory this week as part of its Beach Water Quality Monitoring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[191,147],"tags":[2146,1189],"yoast_head":"\nAll Beaches Safe This Weekend, DPNR Says, But Weather Forecast Is Not - V.I. Consortium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Beaches -- All tested Virgin Islands beaches meet the Department of Planning and Natural Resources' (DPNR) minimum water quality standards...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ernice Gilbert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157\",\"name\":\"All Beaches Safe This Weekend, DPNR Says, But Weather Forecast Is Not - V.I. Consortium\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-29T19:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-29T20:19:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51\"},\"description\":\"Beaches -- All tested Virgin Islands beaches meet the Department of Planning and Natural Resources' (DPNR) minimum water quality standards...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All Beaches Safe This Weekend, DPNR Says, But Weather Forecast Is Not\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/\",\"name\":\"V.I. Consortium\",\"description\":\"Uniting the Caribbean\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51\",\"name\":\"Ernice Gilbert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ernice Gilbert\"},\"description\":\"I wear many hats, I suppose, but the one which fits me best would be journalism, second to that would be radio personality, thirdly singer\/songwriter and down the line. I've been the Editor-In-Chief at my videogames website, Gamesthirst, for over 5 years, writing over 7,000 articles and more than 2 million words. I'm also very passionate about where I live, the United States Virgin Islands, and I'm intent on making it a better place by being resourceful and keeping our leaders honest. VI Consortium was birthed out of said desire, hopefully my efforts bear fruit. Reach me at ernice@viconsortium.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/ernicegilbert.com\/\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"All Beaches Safe This Weekend, DPNR Says, But Weather Forecast Is Not - V.I. Consortium","description":"Beaches -- All tested Virgin Islands beaches meet the Department of Planning and Natural Resources' (DPNR) minimum water quality standards...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ernice Gilbert","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157","url":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157","name":"All Beaches Safe This Weekend, DPNR Says, But Weather Forecast Is Not - V.I. Consortium","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-05-29T19:00:26+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-29T20:19:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51"},"description":"Beaches -- All tested Virgin Islands beaches meet the Department of Planning and Natural Resources' (DPNR) minimum water quality standards...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=23157#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"All Beaches Safe This Weekend, DPNR Says, But Weather Forecast Is Not"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/","name":"V.I. Consortium","description":"Uniting the Caribbean","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d227a4a2478d096447391f7d05afcb51","name":"Ernice Gilbert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50e9900b9c4e146fd5fb7b811fb4a06e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ernice Gilbert"},"description":"I wear many hats, I suppose, but the one which fits me best would be journalism, second to that would be radio personality, thirdly singer\/songwriter and down the line. I've been the Editor-In-Chief at my videogames website, Gamesthirst, for over 5 years, writing over 7,000 articles and more than 2 million words. I'm also very passionate about where I live, the United States Virgin Islands, and I'm intent on making it a better place by being resourceful and keeping our leaders honest. VI Consortium was birthed out of said desire, hopefully my efforts bear fruit. Reach me at ernice@viconsortium.com.","sameAs":["http:\/\/ernicegilbert.com\/"],"url":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}