milley Posted February 3 #1 Share Posted February 3 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted February 3 #2 Share Posted February 3 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’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milley Posted February 3 Author #3 Share Posted February 3 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCruise Posted February 3 #4 Share Posted February 3 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr H Posted February 3 #5 Share Posted February 3 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraMafuta Posted Thursday at 05:46 AM #6 Share Posted Thursday at 05:46 AM We have booked on this repositioning voyage and would also be very keen to hear comments on the sort of weather that we can expect. It does seem as though temperatures can be expected to be mild but with a wind chill factor. Climate change is kicking up unpredictable weather events…let’s be cautiously optimistic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted 13 hours ago #7 Share Posted 13 hours ago On 9/19/2024 at 6:46 AM, BarbaraMafuta said: We have booked on this repositioning voyage and would also be very keen to hear comments on the sort of weather that we can expect. It does seem as though temperatures can be expected to be mild but with a wind chill factor. Climate change is kicking up unpredictable weather events…let’s be cautiously optimistic! The southern part of the Atlantic in the northern hemisphere tends to be relatively mild and calm, disregarding the occasional tropical storm or hurricane. The northern route, which as mentioned above required special design for the Queen Mary 2 hull and superstructure, is unpredictable. Generally, more tame conditions in summer, more turbulent in winter. Both generalizations have proven incorrect on some of our crossings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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