we were at the Baths twice during a 10 day trip in February and both days it was absolutely overrun with excursions. There was at least on cruise ship anchored off of VG (Costa line?). So the advice to monitor the cruise ships is sound.

One of the two days we were there, the rescue service was busy plucking people out of the water and we saw one man unconscious (potential drowning) that was being worked on by EMTs as well as a group of young Australia sailors who swam in and had a very, very rough time. When the swell is up, it is no joke on the "Baths" side.