Top 4 Family Beaches in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands! | Magens Bay Beach, Coki Beach, & more!

St. Thomas, USVI is one of the most beautiful beach destinations in the world. This island is loaded with pristine beaches, blue waters, and good vibes. If you are like us and traveling with little ones, then we want to help by showing the top 4 beaches for families. We concentrated on the east and central parts of the island, and these 4 beaches are guaranteed to give you and the family some vacation memories you'll never forget. And trust us: it's absolutely beautiful. Welcome to the St. Thomas beach adventures! #usvirginislands #stthomas #beach #familytravel #saintthomas
00:00 Intro
00:19 Coki Beach
4:00 Coki Beach Review
4:49 Sapphire Beach
7:04 Beachside Eats & Drinks
7:42 Sapphire Beach Review
8:13 Lindquist Beach
11:30 Magens Bay Beach
16:03 Snorkeling with Sea Turtles!
16:51 Final Beach Reviews
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Who are we?
Welcome to MiCaleb Goes West! We are Caleb and Michelle West, and we have a full blown case of wanderlust. We have dedicated as much of our lives as possible to traveling the world, finding adventures, hanging out with amazing people, and eating and drinking everything in our path. Now our adventures continue as we try to show our little girl how much fun this world can be when you spread optimism and aren’t afraid to try new things. We may not be professional KZbinrs, but we are professional life-lovers. Nothing gives us a natural high like experiencing something new, and we aim to have fun in everything that we do. We would love to share our adventures with you. Welcome aboard!

[@Boblobblaw88]

The best beach doc I've seen yet and I've watch many. Thanks!

[@micalebgoeswest]

We truly appreciate your comment. This made our day! We are so happy you enjoyed it and hope you have some awesome beach vacations coming your way 🏝️

[@RL-ki5kl]

Your precious daughter added such joy to your video. We visited St. Thomas and loved Coki Beach. My son bought 1.00 dog biscuits to feed the fish. They will eat out of hand. Glad to hear someone enjoyed Magens bay. We didn't have a good experience. Rude staff all around. We were happy to leave. Looking forward to visit the other two beaches you recommended as we're heading back this year. On your next visit hop over to St John let us know how you like it. We enjoyed Trunk Bay, amazing snorkeling, Food, and clean changing areas. Tents and chairs available to rent too plus friendly staff!

[@micalebgoeswest]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting! We are so happy you enjoyed it! We just couldn’t get over the beaches in St. Thomas-each one was prettier than the last. That’s great to know is about using dog biscuits to get the fish to come up. We will have to try that next time! We have heard a few people have disappointing experiences as Magens Bay. It looks like we lucked out because it was such a slow day. Thanks for the recommendation for St. John! It’s definitely on our list!

[@professordavid2008]

Hey beautiful couple! Thank you for visiting my native land and I’m very pleased to see that you’ve enjoyed yourselves. Please, do not hesitate to visit again. Blessings!!! 🇻🇮

[@micalebgoeswest]

Thank you for hosting us in your native land! We absolutely fell in love with St. Thomas and can’t wait to go back. Many blessings to you, as well!

[@marizotokyo78]

Cutest baby ever glad you guys had 🤩 Mom looks great 😊

[@micalebgoeswest]

Well this comment made our day! We really appreciate you watching and commenting. And I agree with you-I think “mom” looks great (I’m clearly the dad) 😎

[@dragonblood999]

I lived five minutes from Megan's Bay by car and 25 minutes on foot from my house. it still looks the same but with way more houses on those hills. It's a living landmark for me.

[@micalebgoeswest]

Oh wow-that’s an incredible living landmark to have! We have seen a lot of pretty beaches but Magens Bay is one of the most beautiful we’ve ever been to. We appreciate you watching!

[@NauticalNurseNancy]

Nice job highlighting the beaches of St. Thomas! We cannot wait to get there for our upcoming cruise! Yes, we are some of those "cruise people"! LOL! Your family is cute as everything!

[@micalebgoeswest]

We are so happy you enjoyed it! And we are often “those cruise people” so we get it. We first visited USVI on a cruise and thought, “we have to go back!” We hope you have an amazing trip! Thanks for watching!

[@Prettiaf]

So freaking CUTTEEEE OMG and you guys are funny I enjoyed watching

[@micalebgoeswest]

Thank you so much! We really appreciate you taking the time to watch & comment. We are just a small KZbin channel but we love adventuring with our daughter and seeking out fun times, so we are so happy you enjoyed it. 😀

[@craigsouder9334]

i can attest that sapphire beach is beautiful..ive been 2x so i will choose something else this next time

[@micalebgoeswest]

Fully agreed! It’s such a gorgeous and relaxing beach. There are just too many good beaches in St. Thomas to count, so if you find a good one that we missed on this list let us know! We hope you have a wonderful trip!

[@TarynGrassia]

I'd love to know where you got that snorkel mask! Thank you!

[@micalebgoeswest]

Sure! We saw someone snorkel with these full face masks a few years back and they raved about them. So we just found them on Amazon and they really are amazing. It’s so much more comfortable than the old school snorkel masks, and they don’t fog up as easy. They run about $30. Here is a link. Hope this helps! a.co/d/2804Z19

[@iriswagstaff]

Great vlog! I'm going back next week but never tried Lindquist Beach. Did you see taxis there? I'm concerned about getting stuck. I also stayed at Margaritaville last year and it was great.

[@micalebgoeswest]

We are jealous that you are going back! St. Thomas still haunts our dreams. We did see some taxis, but you could always call the resort when you are ready to leave and have them send a taxi. They offered that service when we were there. There was also a public bus that was super cheap that takes you to some of the more popular areas that may be worth looking into. We hope you have an amazing trip!

[@CoolMomsBeLike]

Hello, did you just visit St. Thomas this month? I heard there was an abundant amount of algae along the beaches for some reason. Appears to be that way in some of your clips. We are visiting there in 3 weeks! 🥳 I was hoping the algae issue would be gone.

[@micalebgoeswest]

We are jealous that you get to go in 3 weeks! We actually went last summer so we aren’t aware of the current conditions. During our visit there was minimal seaweed at most of the beaches. The main tourist beaches usually keep it cleaned with tractors so the sea weed was piled to the side, but beaches like Lindquist were all natural. We hope the beaches are beautiful for your trip. Have a wonderful time!

[@courtneyspencer6654]

Expect large amounts of seaweed on the north side of the island from March-Oct.

[@micalebgoeswest]

Good to know. We have friends going next week. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@vk8753]

Nice video, how early did u go to Magen's bay?

[@micalebgoeswest]

Thanks so much! We are happy you enjoyed it. We got to Magen’s Bay at about 9:30am and had the place essentially to ourselves for a about an hour. This beach is also fun with crowds, but if you want to enjoy some solitude then get there as early as you can. Hope that helps!

[@vk8753]

thank you, your baby is so cute , happy baby@@micalebgoeswest

[@micalebgoeswest]

@@vk8753 thank you! We are quite partial to her 😉. It was her first beach trip and it definitely made her a beach baby!

[@youtubeaccount9268]

Since you have been to Maui, are there any beaches like Baby Beach in Maui, in St. Thomas? We are looking somewhere like that with the break where we can go way out and there's barely any waves or scariness....

[@micalebgoeswest]

We have been to Maui but have never heard of Baby Beach before. We just looked it up and it looks so peaceful and nice (adding that to our return list!). We were pleasantly surprised in St. Thomas that the beaches were all relatively calm. We experienced some waves but they were very mild; no one was able to surf or boogie board. By far the most peaceful was Magens Bay though. The beach is set within a cove so the waters are incredibly calm with minimal waves. No scariness at all! That’s our best recommendation from the beaches we went to. Hope that helps!

[@youtubeaccount9268]

@@micalebgoeswest Thank you!!!

[@malliegb]

Hi! Quick question: we will be traveling to St Thomas also staying at margaritaville with our 8 month old…do you recommend renting a car? I was concerned about taking taxis since we would have to bring her car seat. Thank you for your advice!!!

[@micalebgoeswest]

Hello! As you probably saw, we also traveled with our 8 month old and we chose to rent a car. We brought our own car seat but the rental car companies should have one for rent. If your plan is to leave the resort and explore the island then we highly recommend renting a car because the taxi situation wouldn’t be great for a baby (in our opinion). If you have any more questions about traveling to St. Thomas with a baby we are happy to share our experience. Thanks!

[@CUTravel1st]

Have you done other excursion there??

[@micalebgoeswest]

We have previously taken an excursion to Magens Bay from a cruise, but on this trip we actually stayed in St. Thomas for a week and rented a car so we could explore. We ventured to these beaches and to a lot of restaurants, but no true excursions outside of that because we were somewhat limited by having our baby with us. We heard really good things about different sunset boat tours and snorkeling experiences.

[@CUTravel1st]

@@micalebgoeswest Thank you for responding to me

[@micalebgoeswest]

Our pleasure! We hope you have a great trip!

[@CUTravel1st]

@@micalebgoeswest planning to doing research. Lol. Is there a best snorkel beach? I get that Magan bay is turtles.

[@micalebgoeswest]

We were told that Coki Beach was one of the best snorkeling beaches on the east side. We didn’t have great luck snorkeling there but we also went when it was most crowded. Also, the Lindquist Beach park was great for snorkeling because it was secluded and non-touristy, so there were lots of fish. We didn’t film in the water there but it was great snorkeling!