White Bay in June?

[Jumper]

We are looking at taking a ferry over to Jost for the day, we will be down in about three weeks. My question is how crowded does the beach & bars get this time of year? I saw a Youtube video that someone took and the beach and bars were packed and it looked like one big drunk fest. I don`t mind a crowd, but this did not look appealing.




Thanks for any help.

[alw1977]

There is a good chance the video you saw was from a holiday. I've visited Jost in June, July, September and October and Soggy Dollar has never been more than half full... it's busy, but not like you are describing.

[KTinTX]

Jumper,
I've been three times in mid to late June. We've never found it excessively crowded. Never more than a 1 or 2 person wait at bar at Soggy Dollar. Everywhere else was virtually empty. If possible avoid the 2 and 3 cruise ship days in STT. Enjoy Jost. We're making a day trip in about 2 weeks.

[Tracy in WI]

My response won't help with how crowded it may or may not be, but if you plan to take the ferry, see if you can do it on a Sunday. The ferry leaves St. John at 8:30 but doesn't leave Jost until 5:30. All other days, the ferry departs Jost at 4:00pm. Same price but an hour and a half longer to enjoy your time!

[Exit Zero]

Sat. and Sun. are usually the busiest days since many locals from the USVI and BVI have the day off and private boats -- if there is a cruise ship in Tortola it can be busier on that day as well.

[TrvlJohn]

We just got back from STJ last week and we spent a day 'josting'. We go to STJ the same 2 weeks every year and it has never been as busy as it was this time - both on STJ and JVD. When we arrived in the morning there were only 3 boats visible and by the time we left at 3:15 my wife counted 28 boats. Some were very large and unloaded 30+ people. It wasn't unpleasant, but there were a lot of people there. It didn't get real busy until after lunch. Also, it is much quieter down the beach away from Soggy's. One Love was just about empty - we enjoyed good lunch there also.

Another option is to go to Soggy's(White Bay) in the morning and have your taxi driver pick you up at 1:00 (before the crowd) and take you to Foxy's. In our experiences, it is much quieter there in the afternoons.

Hope this info helps.

[Ed S]

Just take a look at the Soggy Dollar Bar webcam (on the top of the webpage link below) on any day to get a feel for how crowded the beach gets (and at different times). Helps to get us through in between visits! http://www.soggydollar.com/

[Jumper]

We did some thinking and we will pass on the trip to White Bay. This will give us a nice chill day and just bum around on St.John.

Thanks for all of your reply`s!!