Mediterranean Seas in early November

[robertmartha]

Knowing that the seas will be what they will be ...would love to hear anyones experience in the Mediterranean in early November.

While I know its completely "off season" - weather wise we are fine with it being cool, damp, rainy (hopefully not all rain!) but would love to hear what you experienced while sailing. I know it will not be the glass inside passage we just experienced last week but also hoping we will not be rocking and rolling all night long!😂

Sailing 11/5 thru 11/12 - Rome to Barcelona on the Ovation

Booked deck 5 - down low..but trying to get more mid ship now but all the v1's are booked so may bump to a v3 deck 6 mid.

 

thanks

Bob 

[2SailingNomads]

Have sailed the Med in late Fall several times, weather was mostly comfortable, did not have much rain at all.  Best is less crowds and heat.

[galeforce9]

Experienced a med “hurricane” on seabourn sojourn late Oct 2018.  We were sailing North after Civitavecchia.  Winds over 100mph off the coast of Italy   Missed three ports due to damage at the ports etc   Can be and mostly is fine.  I should add that we sailed for 19 nights in the Med last October and the weather was gorgeous with flat calm seas for the most part and temperatures up to the mid to high 70s.  
 

From Wikipedia 

Storm Adrian was an intense Mediterranean storm which brought severe conditions to Northern Italy and surrounding regions. it was one of the costliest of the 2018-19 named storms, causing £2.9 billion (≥ €3.3 billion) in damages. It formed over the western Mediterranean Sea on October 28. The storm made landfall in Corsica on 29 October with powerful wind gusts in excess of 189 km/h (117 mph), winds the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane. The storm made landfall along the French Riviera later that day, bringing high winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms and a severe storm surge.  The storm's weather front brought similar problems to northern Italy and the Adriatic coast. Throughout Italy, 11 fatalities were reported. 

Edited May 30, 2023 by galeforce9

[galeforce9]

25 minutes ago, galeforce9 said:

Experienced a med “hurricane” on seabourn sojourn late Oct 2018.  We were sailing North after Civitavecchia.  Winds over 100mph off the coast of Italy   Missed three ports due to damage at the ports etc   Can be and mostly is fine.  I should add that we sailed for 19 nights in the Med last October and the weather was gorgeous with flat calm seas for the most part and temperatures up to the mid to high 70s.  
 

From Wikipedia 

Storm Adrian was an intense Mediterranean storm which brought severe conditions to Northern Italy and surrounding regions. it was one of the costliest of the 2018-19 named storms, causing £2.9 billion (≥ €3.3 billion) in damages. It formed over the western Mediterranean Sea on October 28. The storm made landfall in Corsica on 29 October with powerful wind gusts in excess of 189 km/h (117 mph), winds the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane. The storm made landfall along the French Riviera later that day, bringing high winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms and a severe storm surge.  The storm's weather front brought similar problems to northern Italy and the Adriatic coast. Throughout Italy, 11 fatalities were reported. 

[robertmartha]

Thank you galeforce

Hopefully the storm you experienced was a one off and we experience what you experienced last October - fingers crossed 🤞

[Techno123]

The Med can be surprisingly choppy even in the summer but more so in Autumn and Winter.

[2SailingNomads]

True, a few years ago we crossed the Atlantic smooth as a lake.  Got into the Med and was rocking and rolling.