The best time to visit Rocky Point.

The short answer

For swimmable water without the crowds: September and October. For perfect weather and whale-spotting from the balcony: February and March. For the full pools-and-slides family experience: June through August, and book early. The only months we'd manage expectations for are December and January — gorgeous, calm, and mild, but that's fire-pit-and-jacuzzi season, not swim-in-the-sea season.

Season by season

Spring (March–May). The sweet spot for weather — warm days, cool nights, and the desert at its greenest. The sea is still brisk (it doesn't really warm up until June), but the heated pools don't care. March brings the spring-break wave and Semana Santa can bring the busiest week of the entire year; by late April and May the beach quiets down while the weather just keeps getting better. Late May into early June, Circus Mexicus — Roger Clyne's four-day beach music festival — takes over town, and rooms everywhere book out.

Summer (June–August). Hot — Phoenix-in-summer hot, with more humidity — but this is what the resort was built for: the sea hits the low 80s, the pools are chilled, the lazy rivers run all day and the swim-up bar earns its keep. It's the family high season, and the condo's blackout curtains, ceiling fans and A/C matter. Afternoon monsoon clouds put on a show without ruining much.

Fall (September–October). The local secret. The water is still as warm as summer, the air backs off to pleasant, the summer crowds vanish with the school year, and the sunsets go cinematic. If we could only send you one window, this is it.

Winter (November–February). Mild, sunny days in the 60s and 70s, cool nights, and the calmest the resort ever feels — this is snowbird season, R&R season, and from mid-January to March, whale season: fin and humpback sightings from tour boats and sometimes right from the balcony. The sea is cold, but the pools are heated, the rooftop jacuzzi is open, and the fire pits come into their own. One of our January guests put it best: she came for quiet, got it, and extended an extra day.

Month by month

Typical values from long-term climate records, rounded — the desert coast swings, so check a forecast before you pack.

The weekends that book out first

In rough order of intensity: Semana Santa (Mexican Holy Week, the week before Easter — the busiest stretch of the year in town), US spring break weeks in March, Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day, Circus Mexicus weekend, and Thanksgiving and New Year's. If your dates touch any of those, write to us early — those weeks go first, everywhere in town.

When we go

Every season, honestly — that's the point of a four-hour drive. But if you pinned us down: late September, when the water is still summer-warm, the beach at low tide is nearly private, and the sunset from the sixteenth floor goes on forever.