A 1,200-foot beach of light-colored sand borders Great Cruz Bay. Lounge chairs, umbrellas, and complimentary cabanas provide comfort and shade. Pyramid-shaped "iceberg" slides (climb up one side, slide down the other), trampoline rafts, and swimming rafts are anchored off the beach.
The main pool complex adjacent to the beach includes an irregularly shaped pool measuring approximately 125 feet on each side. The pool contains a separate children's section, volleyball net, waterfall, and little garden islands. The complex also includes two spa tubs. Cushioned teak lounge chairs and umbrellas surround the pool.
Terraced into the hillside villa section are two 23-foot-long, irregularly shaped pools with gentle waterfalls. These pools' decks are furnished with cushioned teak lounge chairs, teak umbrella tables, and complimentary gas barbecue grills.
The Westin St. John supplies complimentary kayaks, water tricycles and bicycles, pedal boats, and small sailboats. A water-sports center rents snorkeling gear and outboard-powered inflatable dinghies and offers parasailing outside Great Cruz Bay and guided personal-watercraft tours (surcharges for both). An independent dive center offers scuba lessons/certification; reef, wreck, and ledge dives; sail/snorkel excursions to nearby islands; sunset sails; fishing; and yacht trips around the islands.
Use of six lighted tennis courts is complimentary. A 2.5-mile jogging course wends through the resort's grounds. Hiking trails as well as Trunk Bay's underwater snorkeling trail are located in the Virgin Islands National Park, which covers two-thirds of St. John. (The park's Visitors Center is 1.5 miles away in the town of Cruz Bay.)
The resort's complimentary fitness center includes a room for complimentary aerobics, Pilates, and yoga classes.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Aerobics on site
- Fishing on site
- Motor boating on site
- Parasailing on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Playground on site
- Running track/path on site
- Sailing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Swimming on site
- Volleyball on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site