TransPacific (Honolulu - Sydney) in October: Questions re weather & sea conditions?

[spocruiser]

Looking at a TransPacific cruise from Honolulu to Sydney in October. Would be interested in comments from anyone who has done the same or a similar route in the Fall as to sea conditions (calm vs rough days) and weather. We love lots of sea days when we can be comfortably poolside. Just not familiar with what to expect on such a route.

 

Thanks for any input you can provide.

[Heidi13]

13 hours ago, spocruiser said:

Looking at a TransPacific cruise from Honolulu to Sydney in October. Would be interested in comments from anyone who has done the same or a similar route in the Fall as to sea conditions (calm vs rough days) and weather. We love lots of sea days when we can be comfortably poolside. Just not familiar with what to expect on such a route.

 

Thanks for any input you can provide.

 

Sailed these waters many times and with all ocean passages, there are no guarantees on the weather. We sailed into the South Pacific every 2-weeks and the weather was rarely the same.

[CGTNORMANDIE]

4 hours ago, Heidi13 said:

 

Sailed these waters many times and with all ocean passages, there are no guarantees on the weather. We sailed into the South Pacific every 2-weeks and the weather was rarely the same.

Hi Heidi,  what percentage of the time would you encounter rough weather?  How long, on average, would a storm last?  

[Heidi13]

10 minutes ago, CGTNORMANDIE said:

Hi Heidi,  what percentage of the time would you encounter rough weather?  How long, on average, would a storm last?  

 

The percentage varies with the year. Most really intense storms are over in a day.

 

On our last Trans-Pacific we encountered 3 significant storms between L/A and Sydney, with 2 of them in the 60 kts+ category. 

[CGTNORMANDIE]

On 6/24/2022 at 4:44 PM, Heidi13 said:

 

The percentage varies with the year. Most really intense storms are over in a day.

 

On our last Trans-Pacific we encountered 3 significant storms between L/A and Sydney, with 2 of them in the 60 kts+ category. 

Thank you…does not sound like anything to be concerned about.

[mauimary]

We did this cruise in Oct 2018 from Vancouver BC- Honolulu then continued down visiting Polynesia to Sydney.  It was one of our favorites. Storms all day in Vancouver so the first night was a little rough  but after that it was like a lake most of the way to Auckland.   We absolutely loved this cruise on Celebrity Solstice.  Would love to do it again in the near future. We loved all those sea days. So relaxing.  

[lara h]

Hoping your experience is replicated in our cruise this October.

 

[YoPhilly]

What can we expect in the Pacific in January?  L.A. to Auckland.

[Heidi13]

17 hours ago, YoPhilly said:

What can we expect in the Pacific in January?  L.A. to Auckland.

 

See my response in post #2.

 

Last time we sailed these waters in January was 2020 and we experienced the outer edges of 2 TRS, with winds of 70 kts+