Western Carribean Sea Roughness

[AAAMom]

Hello,

I've been lurking for a bit and finally have joined and am posting. This is my first one...of many! I just booked today the April 16, 2006 6 nite Western Carib on the JOS. This is the Easter week cruise. It is me, my husband and our son (who will be 12 then). We've never been in the Western Carrib. How rough are the seas in April? We've done the Eastern Carrib and the 4 nite Disney Bahamas cruise.

Thanks!

[shipknotshore]

We will be going on the western caribbean on April 30 on the Navigator. I'll post when I get back. Hopefully everything will be "smooth sailing".

[prudon]

Hi and welcome! This will be our third western, second in April. The seas were smooth, gorgeous and warm. Can't wait!

[KamloopsCruisers]

Did a B2B on the Voyager - last week of Jan (West), 1st week of Feb (East). Western was considerably calmer than our week on the East.

 

Have a great cruise.

[FinelyCruising]

We have done all...West, East, South, Bermuda and NYC to the Carribean.

 

The west is by far the calmest, and the water is the most beautiful.

 

I will say last summer after leaving Freeport and heading back to NYC, the water was so still I still am amazed by it. I have pics that I took where the was not even a ripple and the sun came up on the sea like the sea was a flat mirror. We saw turtles swimming and dolphin swimming, it was unbelievable.

 

But back to the west...this is where you will also be able to see the Flying Fish.

[superjerryw]

We've always had calm seas in the Western Caribbean. However, you need to keep in mind that you can experience bad weather/rough seas anywhere.

[TrentS]

It all depends on the weather that week.

[teker]

Our 2 Western trips were both cooler, winder, and rougher than our Southern trips. I think its just luck. You can have bad weather anytime anywhere. Were trying the western again next week. I'll let ya know.

[dc-snoopy]

We sailed on the Jewel 2/6-2/13 and we had moderately rough seas in the Western Caribbean itinerary. Although we had gentle seas for Key West to Cozumel to Costa Maya, the trip from Costa Maya to Grand Cayman, then GC back to Ft Lauderdale (which we went back around the west side of Cuba) were rather rough. We had 8-12 ft swells that caused many a relatively-stable person to stumble on-board. And when we tried to play miniature-golf, the winds were very strong. Articles of clothing were blowing away (caps and even sunglasses), bottles of soda were being tossed around. They had to close down the rock climbing wall because the seas were too choppy and the breeze was too strong. So, it depends and can vary from day to day.

[AAAMom]

Thanks for the info. I look forward to hearing from those of you that are cruising this coming April.