fred549 Posted January 10, 2021 #1 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hello, We're looking at a cruise in September, 2022, that starts in Baltimore. It goes to Boston, Portland, Halifax, and Saint John. How will the weather, ocean be then? I got sea sick on our first cruise. It was going from Baltimore to the Bahama's, in April. We hit a storm on the first day. So should plan on this trip? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted January 10, 2021 #2 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I've cruised out of NYC a number of times. And it's not so much the time of year, as the weather going on just before or during the cruise. Any time of year you could have beautiful calm seas... or any range up to a raging storm. I would say half of the 13 transits (in or out of NYC) were rough seas. A couple were seriously rough. the rest were pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted January 10, 2021 #3 Share Posted January 10, 2021 14 hours ago, fred549 said: It goes to Boston, Portland, Halifax, and Saint John. How will the weather, ocean be then? Important thing to consider too is that on this routing you will not necessarily be out in the middle of the ocean as you would on a transatlantic crossing. For the most part you'll be hugging the coast. It's out past Newfoundland that the fun really tends to begin. Nothing is guaranteed but for the most part you should be in a fairly sheltered part of the Atlantic given the itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred549 Posted January 10, 2021 Author #4 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Thank you for the replies. They were helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted January 10, 2021 #5 Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 hours ago, princeton123211 said: Important thing to consider too is that on this routing you will not necessarily be out in the middle of the ocean as you would on a transatlantic crossing. For the most part you'll be hugging the coast. It's out past Newfoundland that the fun really tends to begin. Nothing is guaranteed but for the most part you should be in a fairly sheltered part of the Atlantic given the itinerary. Once you are in the open Atlantic, any area can be as rough as the middle -- in fact shoaling bottom, which generally occurs near the shore usually gives the roughest ride -- see Bay of Biscay - between Spain and France and Diamond Shoals off North Carolina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitemare Posted January 11, 2021 #6 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Have to agree with nbt, September is the middle of hurricane season. You are not likely to be sailing during a storm, but if there is one you will absolutely be aware of it and there is a real chance your ship will have to divert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB_NJ Posted February 17, 2021 #7 Share Posted February 17, 2021 There is probably a 50-50 chance of a major storm off the northeast coast of the US during September. A quote from Wikipedia about New Jersey hurricanes (one of the state you pass on your way). "Tropical cyclones affect New Jersey the most during the month of September, though the state has experienced tropical cyclones throughout the hurricane season, excluding November. Storms affect the state most in September due to peak warmth in water temperatures. No recorded storm has affected the state between November and May except for Hurricane Gordon on November 1994. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 18, 2021 #8 Share Posted February 18, 2021 9 hours ago, LB_NJ said: There is probably a 50-50 chance of a major storm off the northeast coast of the US during September. A quote from Wikipedia about New Jersey hurricanes (one of the state you pass on your way). "Tropical cyclones affect New Jersey the most during the month of September, though the state has experienced tropical cyclones throughout the hurricane season, excluding November. Storms affect the state most in September due to peak warmth in water temperatures. No recorded storm has affected the state between November and May except for Hurricane Gordon on November 1994. " Of course that 50-50 chance means in the whole month -- and a hurricane, if it does hit, really impacts any particular area for one or two days, meaning even if there is one it will be there for 1/15 of the month, and the northeast coast extends about 1000 miles, while the path impacted is no more than 500 miles, so divide that 1/15 month by two --- meaning 1/30 ... It works out to perhaps one chance in 30 of any particular area being impacted while you are there -- not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted February 18, 2021 #9 Share Posted February 18, 2021 We've done that route in September several times. I can't remember any particularly rough seas. The main difference from day to day was the temperature; from short sleeve to sweater and jacket weather. When you sailed from Baltimore to Bahamas, how long ago was that, and what month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitemare Posted February 19, 2021 #10 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Not sure about that "2 day" thing. Hurricanes can easily churn from the Bahamas to Atlantic Canada for 7-10 days, and the waves will be felt over a good 50% of the coast or more, depending on strength of the storm. Heck, we were in Cancun during the storm that sunk the Andrea Gail ("The Perfect Storm"). That was in New England and the beaches in Cancun were red-flagged due to the high surf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB_NJ Posted February 19, 2021 #11 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Whether or not you should do a cruise in the North Atlantic in September comes down to a few questions: 1) are you very susceptible to sea sickness, you are much more likely to get rough seas in the North Atlantic in September then a cruise out of Tampa to the Caribbean in January (personally I would try a TA on the QM in December, but that is me); 2) there is a good chance that the route will change that time of year, how important is that to you (personally I have been to St. John and if you don't make that stop I do not think it an issue) or are you just doing this trip to be on a ship and don't really care about itinerary; 3) the weather is highly variable that time of year, could be hot, could be cold, do you care; 4) these cruises are sometimes billed as fall foliage cruises however when peak foliage hits is a crap-shoot so can't be counted on, does that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted February 19, 2021 #12 Share Posted February 19, 2021 7 hours ago, LB_NJ said: personally I would try a TA on the QM in December, but that is me The QM2 also hardly moves even in some pretty rough weather. I've never experienced that on a ship before. We left Boston early on a July 4th cruise because of a hurricane coming up and it would be safer for the ship to be at sea instead of caught in port. The ship was only sailing to New York and there were quite a few folks that got off in Boston and just took the train home. The windows that night, even on the upper decks, looked like a washing machine with the wind and rain. The ship hardly moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted February 22, 2021 #13 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 7:59 AM, Nitemare said: ... Heck, we were in Cancun during the storm that sunk the Andrea Gail ("The Perfect Storm"). That was in New England and the beaches in Cancun were red-flagged due to the high surf. You may have had high surf at Cancun at that time - but it sure as hell would have had nothing to do with the “perfect storm” which impacted the east coast of North America from North Carolina to Nova Scotia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitemare Posted February 22, 2021 #14 Share Posted February 22, 2021 9 hours ago, navybankerteacher said: You may have had high surf at Cancun at that time - but it sure as hell would have had nothing to do with the “perfect storm” which impacted the east coast of North America from North Carolina to Nova Scotia. I thought it was odd, but that's what they told us at the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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