ActiveTraveler Posted August 3, 2011 #1 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Is the first half of May a good time to be on the west coast? I know San Diego is great, but what about the ports north of Los Angeles? I am trying to decide if I want to book a Los Angeles round trip cruise or the northbound one to Vancouver and weather is going to factor into my decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 3, 2011 #2 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Vancouver could still be on the cool side. June might be better if you are looking for warmer temperatures. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putterdude Posted August 3, 2011 #3 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Once you get north of San Francisco you will notice quite a change in the weather and certainly is not poolside weather. May in Vancouver can be a great month or a poor month...it extremely variable but early to mid month it is very unlikely that temps would be above the mid-60's.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattony Posted August 3, 2011 #4 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Weather Channel Web site says average high and low for May (all of May) are 61 and 46. For San Francisco, 65 and 51. We took a cruise from Vancouver to Whittier, Alaska and had great, comfortable, not cool temps almost the entire trip, but were told it was unusually good that year. You don't say where the L.A. roundtrip cruise goes. Ensenada?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ2sail Posted August 5, 2011 #5 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Weather is so unpredictable. It's August and we are still having lows in the mid to high 40's and our highs are in the 60's and 70's. Crazy! September and October tend to be warmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langley Cruisers Posted August 5, 2011 #6 Share Posted August 5, 2011 As people say, you just never know. Weather is unpredictable and out of your control. If you want to do the cruise, then I say book it and hope for the best. There are online weather sites which give average temperatures for cities worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActiveTraveler Posted August 7, 2011 Author #7 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Weather is so unpredictable. It's August and we are still having lows in the mid to high 40's and our highs are in the 60's and 70's. Crazy! September and October tend to be warmer. You are so lucky! Ohio is like a sauna right now - 80s and 90s week after week. The reason I am thinking about May is I want to avoid the hundreds of kids that travel in the summer. I can imagine this itinerary being attractive to families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ2sail Posted August 7, 2011 #8 Share Posted August 7, 2011 If you want to avoid crowds and kids, consider going in September, weather is usually nicer, and you could do a southbound repo. Also if you do Alaska in September, there are lots of bargains in the souvenir shops! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActiveTraveler Posted August 8, 2011 Author #9 Share Posted August 8, 2011 If you want to avoid crowds and kids, consider going in September, weather is usually nicer, and you could do a southbound repo. Also if you do Alaska in September, there are lots of bargains in the souvenir shops! I don't like that one because it has sea days when the northbound one stops at Seattle and Santa Barbara. Those cities are two reasons I want to take that northbound cruise. Its sea day is between San Francisco and Astoria, not instead of a city I love. So there really is no choice for the timing of that specific cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.