Weather in September Long Beach to Catalina & Ensenada

We will be cruising on the Inspiration from Long Beach to Catalina and Ensenada in mid September and are wondering what the weather will be like at sea. Any thoughts? Also, any suggestions on land tours?

In September, there can be Santa Anna winds which are hot and can really increase the temperature. If they don't occur, it will probably be in the 80's to 90's. We did that crusie, we rented golf carts and drove around the island at Catalina and it was great. What ever you do, don't do the blow hole tour on Ensenada. They park the bus on top of a hill, and you have to make your way down a gauntlet of aggressive vendors to get to the hold. You see the hold blow for about 2 minutes, and then you realize you have to walk back up through the vendors. You are better off walking into downtown, shopping, and catching a good restaurant.

If you like wine, the winery tours from the ship in Ensenada are reasonably priced, and used to include a bottle of wine. The Guadalupe Valley is gorgeous.

The West Coast departure and Mexican Riviera boards have lots of info.

Second the winery tour. La Cetto winery also sells their wine in the local Ensenada market b

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Our Septembers are traditionally hot. A light sweater or windbreaker should do it. We have found the inside of the ships are often very cold so plan for that.

Thanks for the suggestions, we had decided on the wine tour in Ensenada, and it sounds like that was a good choice! I think we will rent the golf cart in Catalina also. Do you know if we are able to have Puerto Nuevo lobster in any Ensenada restaurants? We would really like to try it!