Lisbon to Boston transatlantic October 2024

[milley]

Has anyone done this early October crossing and experienced weather and sea conditions? Still likely to be reasonable temperatures but winds and likely sea state?

[Grandma Cruising]

1 hour ago, milley said:

Has anyone done this early October crossing and experienced weather and sea conditions? Still likely to be reasonable temperatures but winds and likely sea state?

We’ve done the southerly route twice in October - Lisbon/Brazil & vice versa and had great weather and calm seas, don’t know about your northerly route tho’.

[milley]

33 minutes ago, Grandma Cruising said:

We’ve done the southerly route twice in October - Lisbon/Brazil & vice versa and had great weather and calm seas, don’t know about your northerly route tho’.

Same hear and have also done spring Barbados to uk but never done Lisbon to Boston before

[ECCruise]

Have done quite a few northern crossings over the years (but usually including a number of ports on the crossing, e.g. Iceland and the Maritimes).  Very different from southern crossings.

 

No way possible to predict weather/seas.  We've had fairly smooth but cool and very rough with cancelled ports.  You are just past the peak of hurricane season, and in September/October some (or the remnants) make it northward.

[Dr H]

Interesting cruise! Looks like a recently added new route, and good for Azamara, transatlantic is our favorite itinerary with them. Sadly, we will be on a Greek B2B that week. That said, I'd be very wary weather wise. First, you cannot predict the weather, BUT it is hurricane season in the North Atlantic in October. Cunard touts the Queen Mary as the world's only OCEAN liner, not cruise ship, specifically designed to cross the North Atlantic year round, and they have weekly trips between New York and the UK. We have done multiple transatlantics with Azamara between Florida and Lisbon, the most recent brought us from Lisbon to Ft Lauderdale, landing on Nov 30. It was cold, chilly, rainy a little rough on this southern route; it was the first rough transatlantic we've ever had, and as I said, it was the southerly route. Finally, the pilgrims crossed from England to Boston(ish) in October. There was a reason they refused to make the return trip. I think if you anticipate crappy weather, and just go to enjoy the Azamara service and ship, you found yourself a great bargain. Go for it. If you want to lounge around the pool sipping a margarita in the warm sun, skip it and head for the Caribbean. Although it's still hurricane season down there too.