Whalebone is a north facing beach has large rocks sheltering most of its reef system. Turbidity is much higher on the ocean side of the rocks.

Tobacco bay a north facing beach, popular tourist site. Rocks shelter beach, however most of the corals occur on the ocean side of the rocks.

Clearwater is a east facing beach. It is part of a nature reserve and sheltered from most human activity, also a very shelter cove where coral is present.

John Smith south facing beach, very popular with tourist. Most coral occurs off to the right of the beach along a small rock face. Very polluted from previous storms.