luv2cruise1994 Posted June 22, 2011 #1 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Sailing 2nd week in August in eastern carribean.Wondering if on average seas are calm or rough. Heard this is start of hurricane season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matj2000 Posted June 22, 2011 #2 Share Posted June 22, 2011 The waves change pretty much day to day. Really no seasonal roughness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted June 22, 2011 #3 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Just because a hurricane COULD form, doesn't necessarily mean it will be rough seas! If there's no storm in the vicinity, you will most likely have smooth seas! Time of year has nothing at all to do with how the seas behave. It's frontal systems, winds, etc...that affect the seas. Your ship will NEVER, EVER sail into a storm of any magnitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chels08 Posted June 22, 2011 #4 Share Posted June 22, 2011 So far I've only taken cruises in August, and on each, we had one day of not calm seas. Nothing to severe, but you definitely notice it and it never last very long. (each were a result of a passing thunderstorm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailBadtheSinner Posted June 22, 2011 #5 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hurricane season starts 6/1 and ends 11/30 for the east coast of the US and Caribbean with the peak time frame of mid Aug to mid Sept. SBtS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted June 22, 2011 #6 Share Posted June 22, 2011 We have found the seas in August to be no worse than any other time of the year. You may have totally calm seas or you may have some periods where there are swells that cause the ship to rock more. You just never know, but it's not because of it being August or Hurricane season. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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