Rough Weather on Circle Hawaii Cruise?

[Waltzing Reg]

As a Navy retiree (and being on a stablized ship), rough seas generally do not bother me, but my wife tends to have some seasickness on cruises. Can anyone who has been on the Circle Hawaii Cruise tell me if the weather and seas were unusually rough and whether there was more seasickness than usual on the trip? My recollection is that the seas between the continental US and Hawaii can be rougher than expected. Thanks.

[GmaPajama]

My experience was the first two and the last two days the ship was rocking and rolling. I think that's pretty much the case when heading west from San Diego. Other than those four days, the seas were delightful.

[dobbsie]

We had 4 days of rough seas after leaving San Diego. After that was smooth sailing all the way. This was in December. I'm lucky not be bothered by rough seas.

[pam vessels]

Usually rough for a couple of days out of Cali. In the islands the Molikai channel is really rough going.

[Waltzing Reg]

Thanks guys for the responses . . . . .

[Krazy Kruizers]

We did the Hawaiian cruise the end of March.

 

Two rough sea days when we left San Diego.

 

The last 2 sea days back to San Diego were rough.

 

We also had very rough seas the day we tendered to Lahaina -- extremely rough tender rides -- for a couple of hours all tender service was stopped.

[Cruiser from MS]

We cruised to Hawaii on the Golden Princess a couple of years ago, and that had to be the roughest cruise we have ever been on. I thought we were going to be thrown off of the bed a couple of times.....

[RMLincoln]

We went out in December and didn't have what I'd call rough seas but we had long frequency pitching which some folks found uncomfortable. We though it was interesting to look from the back of the ship and watch it dip and rise. m--

[picture]

We went in Oct and the seas were fine. No problems. We do not however, get sea sick but I did not notice anyone on that cruise who indicated the seas were rough.

[FLACRUISER99]

Went RT to Hawaii from LA on the Sapphire Princess in January and the ocean was like a lake for all 14 days!

[woody73]

 

We also had very rough seas the day we tendered to Lahaina -- extremely rough tender rides -- for a couple of hours all tender service was stopped.

At Lahaina, does HAL use its own lifeboats or local boats for tenders?

 

Woody

[LordSpain]

Hal uses its own lifeboats/tenders.

 

Bruce

[Viesczy]

I've found that the first night or so away from coast are "rough" for those with weak sea legs in either ocean.

 

For those landlubber some ginger usually helps.

 

Derek

[andeesue]

We were on the holiday cruise last year and YES, it was very rough the first two days out of San Diego. Many miserable people and lots of funny walking! Outside deck closed for walking at times. We were okay, but took it very easy moving about. We were told that that was typical... late Dec/early Jan.

[Rockfan2]

We sailed out of Vancouver last Sept and hit very rough weather the first night and ended up stalling near Victoria and that night it was so rough that our night table drawers were going out and going in going out and going in.

 

The next day was supposed to have a formal night but it was postponed due to so many passengers not willing to come out of their cabins. We were only making headway of about 2 knots/hour. I could have walked faster. Lots of sea sick bags at the elevator.

 

We missed our first port of call, Kona, due to the weather.

 

Later in the cruise we missed our Maui port of call as we were facing six foot swells for the tender and as the average age on this cruise was 79 the Captain did not want to risk any passengers scrambling onto it.

 

Captain made an announcement that he had been sailing 30+ years and this was his second roughest crossing :eek:.

 

Rockfan2

[Riversedge]

We sailed to Hawaii from San Diego last March and the seas were very calm.