So when is the best time to come?

Now that all depends on exactly what you want to do - either up in the cool mountains in Lepanto at Sun Xi Resort - or down at the hot and humid sea-side in Alegria at Xi Shack.

For Xi Shack it helps of course to know what the tide and wind conditions are, and this is what I am going to post here for you to help "pick your dates"

For swimming, sun-bathing and generally messing about in, on and under the water at Xi Shack the months of March through to September are a lot better than October through February. See our earlier posting on the seasons.

Also with 3 metre tides between LOW and HIGH water it can be a disappointment if you've come along way to find out that the high tide is around midnight and there is only 18 inches of water above the corals that day.

So here are some good swimming days and times at Xi Shack in the coming months:

Sat - June 6 at 09:30 hrs
Sun - June 7 at 10:15 hrs
Mon - June 8 at 10:50 hrs
Tue - June 9 at 11:25 hrs
Wed - June 10 at 12:00 hrs
Thu - June 11 at 12:35 hrs
Fri - June 12 at 13.10 hrs
Sat - June 13 at 13.45 hrs
Sun - June 14 at 14.20 hrs

Sun - Jun 21 at 09:02 hrs
Mon - Jun 22 at 09:50 hrs
Tue - Jun 23 at 10:40 hrs
Wed - Jun 24 at 11.30 hrs
Thu - Jun 25 at 12:15 hrs
Fri - Jun 26 at 13:00 hrs
Sat - Jun 27 at 13.50 hrs
Sun - Jun 28 at 14:30 hrs