The Almond Beach Club and Spa Hotel overlooks the Caribbean Sea and a coral rock formation stretching along the resort`s 100 yard water frontage. Sitting above the rocks is a sand terrace furnished with lounge chairs and shaded by trees in mornings, but enjoying sunny afternoons. Guests of the resort have access to sailboats, snorkeling gear, windsurfing equipment, pedal boats, and kayaks as well as water skis, banana boats and rods and reels for fishing off the beach. With effect from December 1st 2006, the Barbados airport departure tax will increase to 55.00 Bajan dollars for persons of 12 years and over who have been in Barbados more than 24 hours.