Good plan to avoid the cruise shippers. Actually, very necessary, since we witnessed hoards of cruise ship passengers at the baths . We also check out the cruise ship skeds, and when they will be a Canegarden Bay....we avoid that time also

Day trippers : Maybe you can check out the skeds when the day trippers boats leave their ports, and figure when they will arrive at the Baths. They have pretty well inundated the SOGGY DOLLAR , at Whie Bay on Jost van dyke. Our plan this next trip is to moor at great harbor and walk over to White Bay. Check out hendos, and then catch the soggy after about 3:30 pm.

Our last trip to the Baths, we could not even get into the baths, due to the hundreds of cruise shippers. We had our snorkel gear, and had planned on going thru the baths boulders to Devil Bay, relax there a bit, and snorkel outside the baths back to the baths beach. We could not get in to the baths, so we just snorkeled over to devils bay, got some sun, and snorkeled back.

Early might work at the baths, not sure. Non cruise ship days would be best.

We really liked the Top of the Baths, and you can have lunch, swim in the pool, have a pain killer, and enjoy a fabulous view of the islands .