The locals vote Sapphire Beach one of the Top 3 beaches on STT year after year! The view from the beach is amazing. You can see 16 USVI and BVI islands from the beach. Sapphire is the only beach with a marina for water sports, crusing, parasailing, jet-skiing, etc. Sapphire is 2 minutes from Red Hook on the dollar taxi route. Red Hook has many amenities - grocery store, shopping, hardware store, banks, 14+ pubs and restaurants, ferry to St John. The ferry to St John leaves every hour, it's a 15 minute ride to Cruz Bay, STJ for more restaurants, pubs and shopping.