Well this is disappointing. I'm 2 weeks out and hope that there's still a good number of people visiting the beach when I get there. On a related note, I just saw and add for Yacht Hotel Saint Martin at Orient Beach - Coming Soon on instagram but haven't been able to dig up any more info.

Found this link on Yacht Hotels. High end accomodations on an actual yacht. The have them in Gibraltar, London, Paris, etc. My fear with this development would be a possible "Disney effect".

https://www.sunborn.com/yacht-hotels/

OMG -- I am literally praying the beach we love will remain as nude as ever -forever. We'll be there in Dec to support nude use section. Wish it were sooner.

On our first trip in 2004, we were nude all day at Coco's - odd thing was, we had to put on our suits or some type of coverup to go to the restroom!

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Gotta Caribbean soul I can barely control and some Texas hidden here in my heart...(J.B.)

This is so sad. My wife and I first visited OB on a cruise tour in '06.The tour bus dropped us for the usual free drink and chairs. Finally I got up the nerve to venture down to Cub O. Happy Hour was on and a nice couple agreed to watch my Carib and shorts while I FINALLY got to go skinny dipping! After getting back It took me a while to find air fare we could afford but in "08 we flew down and stayed on the beach at a hotel. The nude morning walks were wonderful and I did get some swim time in at Club O. One morning I found Es and we were hooked! Lots of flights and rental cars from Michael at Unity. We had found our home. Sadly those who know best decided to tear down the old shops up from Pedro's and build new stuff. We started trying different places.
We have a cruise in January stopping in St Martin and are planning on trying to get a taxi to take us up to Pedro's like we have done for a few years.