Booby Cay Island

Booby Cay Island

Booby Cay Island
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Jess P
Halifax, UK130 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022 • Couples
Our hotel offered shuttles to the island for $20 per person so we decided to head over one afternoon as a mini excursion. We were dropped off and as soon as we arrived on the island, we were offered lobster. Having never had it before, we decided to share one, which was $40. It was picked straight from the sea and tasted incredible. There were a few locals selling other things too, including red stripe for $5 a bottle and fruit. We asked for some coconut water and ended up with $30 worth of mango, pineapple and coconut as the guy wouldn’t take no for an answer. Make sure you take lots of cash as it’s quite expensive, but worth a visit for an hour or two.

Note there are no toilet facilities and the sand is very pebbly so no real option to sunbathe, but there are picnic benches
Written May 8, 2022
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Eveready930
Cape Town, South Africa218 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
The snorkeling was the highlight for us. Some decent corral and inquisitive fish, quite a variety of fish.

If you are hoping for decent sized fish then don’t snorkel Jamaica the entire island is heavily over fished and there are very few places where the corral is worth snorkeling.

However this trip does give you some of the best corral I’ve found on the island.

The island itself was a 50/50 for me the positives were it feels like a fairly authentic experience, the vendors were not particularly pushy we got offered lobster, a beer and a joint and when we declined they did not push it any further with us. We were also welcomed and showed the path to go walk and explore the island.

Also our boat captain who we found on the beach gave us a fair price and did not rush any aspect of our trip, he let us snorkel for as long as we wanted and did not fuss about how much time we spent on the beach.

We paid 40$ per person and he would have discounted it if he had any other people join the tour that day, so we were a couple and it ended up being a private tour with just the two of us.

We tipped 1000 Jamaican dollars. (Which in hindsight is not very much)

Captain Kirk and Trudy - name of the boat.

1876 4574764 (phone number)

The island itself only has a fairly small area you can walk on but it was nice.

The parts of the trip I was not ecstatic about is as with everything Jamaican - there is plastic litter strewn across the place. You would imagine that between the vendors and the boats they would figure to keep the thing that is their livelihood free of waste.

The other part I am ambivalent to is having dived this island extensively the island has not got great stocks of lobster so not sure where all the lobster that is being fed to tourists are coming from not sure that I want to be supporting the sustained over fishing of what little is left.

However I do concede that the subsistence fisheries are seldom the root cause of over fishing so for me the jury is out on that one i personally do not eat fish in Jamaica.

Did I mention that the snorkeling was great and the island is pretty?

On a whole it was worth the visit.
Written January 2, 2023
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D S
Columbia, MO21 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
Went with Captain Billy (southernmost glass bottom boat). Paid $35pp to ride to Booby Cay Island and do some snorkeling. Brought our own food/drink (would have been $55pp to add lobster, and $70pp for unlimited drinks). Not really sure how long we spent on the island but felt like 1.5-2 hours waiting for another group to finish snorkeling, get dropped off, and for the boat to come back to pick us up. Captain Billy's crew provided the snorkels and had life vests on request; had implied providing fins as well but none were found. Several people brought their own snorkel equipment, which was fine. Snorkeling was fairly short, maybe about 15 minutes, and the crew helped us find some good spots--saw sea urchins, flounders, and other fish, coral, and seaweed. Would definitely recommend!
Written March 5, 2020
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GracieJonez
5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 • Couples
We took a boat to this island after snorkeling. Our hotel arranged for the boat. Skip the island altogether unless you want to get ripped off buying old rough lobster. Nothing much to see on the island.
Written February 1, 2023
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Tuesday33
Gretna, LA66 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2020
Clean up after yourselves !! These pictures are from June 19, 2020. Amidst the current Coronavirus shut down, people are boating to Bobby Cay Island for parties and gatherings, which is fine-UNLESS you leave Mounds of trash, dumped food, broken bottles, and other items. If you had room on the boat for all of the items that were used, then you had room to bag your trash & bring it back with you. Or, at the very least-Bag your trash. It is Disgusting, smelly, and unsafe to walk around without the possibilty of stepping on broken glass. This was done by Jamaicans-not tourist. Where is the Pride ? Where is the RESPECT ??! Shame on everyone who participated in the Lightening Storm party on the evening of June 18, 2020.
Written June 20, 2020
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The Adventures of Mike and Colly
Drumheller, Canada142 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Friends
We booked with @Crisann Campbell of @Crisann Tours
in Negril. She is absolutely amazing with her tourists. They become instant family!
Captain Howie on the Glass Bottom boat "Elvira" and Crisann and her beautiful daughter Skylar, took us out to snorkel just on the reefs before Booby Cay Island. We saw a ton of fish, a cannon and a old ship anchor. It only took us 20 mins to get to Booby Cay from 7 mile beach. The ocean was little rough that day, or we would've climbed in the boat, right off 7 mile beach. Safety first.
When we got to Booby Cay, Our Captain Howie began to cook our lobster picnic (Lobster is in season until End of March) while Crisann, Skylar, Mike and I took a tour of the island on foot. It is a beautiful piece of paradise.
We made our way back, Skylar and I went and played in the ocean (it was raining, but it didn't matter)
There is shelter on the island, picnic tables, and a place to cook.
We had ru. Punch and Red Stripe all the way there and back as well. It was a really amazing day with amazing people. Book with Crisann Tours. You can find her on Facebook and also under Crisann Campbell on Facebook. Or call
+1 876-707-5769. She usually gets back to you in 15 about minutes. You will have a friend for life. She goes anywhere you want to go and will look after all your bookings and personal needs too. Be ready for an awesome time!
Written April 5, 2023
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Rick
16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022 • Friends
The island experience there was authentic with beautiful views, water, and great food. If you like lobster with garlic butter and chopped veggies, jerk chicken and of course red stripe. Look up....

Play Station for your trip there. Capt Lexus becomes your cook and tour guide if you wanna fish, snorkle or just go to booby island.
Written September 8, 2022
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Tara
Raleigh, NC4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
Enjoyed our snorkeling adventure complete with lunch on Booby Cay Island. The seas were rough and the wind strong due to an offshore storm but that didn't dampen our fun on this little island. Lunch was delicious - lobster was out of season so chicken was on the menu.
Written June 10, 2022
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Chris B
Cole Harbour, Canada7 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
Took the opportunity to visit Booby Cay with our group. Captain Leon (located near Fun Holiday Beach Resort) was happy to take our small group to Booby Cay for a day of snorkeling and fresh lobster cooked to perfection over wood coals. Once Captain Leon took care of reviewing our safety supplies (first aid, fire extinguisher, life vests, etc) we were on our way for the perfect way to spend a breezy, sunny day in Negril. An inexpensive Must-do on your Negril trip.
Written February 25, 2020
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BAHuston3
Langhorne, PA3,712 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Couples
We had a great day with Captain Ray and David on our trip to Booby Cay for our delicious grilled lobster and chicken lunch.
Ray picked up up at the Beach House Condos beach.
We had a nice ride out as we looked at the 7 mile beach coastline.
We arrived at the island and there were a few other boats there.
Captain Ray had a cooler of rum punch, Red Stripe beer and bottles of water for us.
Ray and the other captains had a few charcoal grills going to cook the lobster.
The lobster and chicken were grilled to perfection. We also had garlic bread and vegetables.
We went out to the water to cool off before and after lunch. The swimming area is shallow water. We wore water shoes because there are some exposed rocks.
This is the third we took this tour with Captain Ray. It is always one of the highlights of our week when we visit in Negril.
I highly recommend this excursion with Captain Ray.
Enjoy!
Written August 9, 2023
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