Last week my husband and I were on a Norwegian
Cruise Line that ported in BC. We took the day
trip to AC, Reef and Shark Ray Alley. We were
with a group of friends and were so excited that
we could show off AC and SP to our friends.
We have been to AC/SP numerous times staying
at Caribbean Villas with Will and Susan.
There were 4 cruise ships in port that day. The speedboat picked us up from the ship and we
went to the reef. What we found there was very
distressing to us. The number of boats and
people on the reef was ridiculous. The boats
anchored on the reef. Our boat alone broke
anchor twice. That means that coral was broken
twice. So sad. We mentioned our concerns to
the boat crew (all of which were from the main-
land) about the damage being done to the reef.
NO CONCERN.
When we returned to the ship, we went directly
to the shore excursions desk and voiced our
dismay about the trip and the practices of the
boats. NO CONCERN.

Does anyone patrol the reef to watch for these
type of infractions? Can something be done to
stop this type of abuse of the reef? We were so
upset the the rest of our cruise was terrible.
We will never go on another cruise again.

I just wanted to vent my frustrations. Pardon my
rambling.
By the way, we rented bikes and showed our friends
around SP. They loved it just like I knew they
would.