mamaday Posted March 23, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Wondering if the water has been calm or rough for snorkeling in the Caribbean? We are heading to Grand Cayman, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao in 10 days. The last few years have been very rough and choppy. Sometimes we go on an excursion and are not able to snorkel. Also the water will be stirred up and the clarity is not good. TIA Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo here Posted March 23, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Wondering if the water has been calm or rough for snorkeling in the Caribbean? We are heading to Grand Cayman, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao in 10 days. The last few years have been very rough and choppy. Sometimes we go on an excursion and are not able to snorkel. Also the water will be stirred up and the clarity is not good. TIA Sent from my iPad using Forums Really no way of knowing. It's nature. It varies from day to day. Even hour to hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted March 23, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 23, 2018 With all the storms and n'or-easters, the winds have been pretty rough on the oceans...so I wouldn't count on "calm" seas just yet. Have you done weather searches for the countries you'll visit? You can get an idea of what the waters will be like by their wind speeds (and direction!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker@sea Posted March 23, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Wondering if the water has been calm or rough for snorkeling in the Caribbean? We are heading to Grand Cayman, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao in 10 days. The last few years have been very rough and choppy. Sometimes we go on an excursion and are not able to snorkel. Also the water will be stirred up and the clarity is not good. TIA Sent from my iPad using Forums My crystal ball sez Grand cayman tends to be rough. Aruba & Curacao not bad. Bonaire 2 thumb's up.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted March 23, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Wondering if the water has been calm or rough for snorkeling in the Caribbean? We are heading to Grand Cayman, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao in 10 days. The last few years have been very rough and choppy. Sometimes we go on an excursion and are not able to snorkel. Also the water will be stirred up and the clarity is not good. TIA Sent from my iPad using Forums Time to head to Polynesia Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailing canary Posted March 23, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Look on this website http://www.windy.com It will tell you everything you need to know wind speed, wave height etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted March 23, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 23, 2018 The times we've been in Bonaire it's been calm. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebr.cruiser Posted March 23, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Usually for us it has been calm enough to snorkel, but weather happens and sea conditions vary. There is just no way to predict this almost until the day or at least the week of the excursion. We've only had one snorkel excursion cancelled, on Grenada, because the water was stirred up, and that is in dozens of snorkel trips. But, some islands always tend to have better conditions than others. We have snorkeled once on Grand Cayman; a little choppy but not bad, other time was just a stingray trip and the water was calm. I've snorkeled in Aruba once or twice; water was pretty calm. On Bonaire I have snorkeled twice, but it was just from shore without an expedition; water was calm. We have not snorkeled on Curacao. The three last islands will *probably* not be affected by the latest storm in the Northeast. Grand Cayman can be rougher at any time. Edited March 23, 2018 by Nebr.cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_BJ Posted March 23, 2018 #9 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Look on this websitewww.windy.com It will tell you everything you need to know wind speed, wave height etc this is the only post with any logic behind ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaday Posted March 24, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Look on this websitehttp://www.windy.com It will tell you everything you need to know wind speed, wave height etc Thanks for the website. Very windy with gusts to 25 mph where we live in Minnesota. Forecast is 5” of snow. Our lake is still very frozen, depth around 30” of ice. Looking forward to warm weather! Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new_cruiser Posted March 24, 2018 #11 Share Posted March 24, 2018 You often have to check local conditions. There was a time when one beach was way to rough but walking a short distance over to the next beach it was totally calm. Sent from my Pixel using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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