Atlantic Ocean Recently

[maureencruiser]

2 hours ago, tytanbri said:

I cruised out of Charleston on the 13th. We had rough waters with lots of whitecaps going down to the Bahamas and coming back. We had lots of sea sick people looking for Dramamine. I do not have a problem with sea sickness but I did have to take a Dramamine on both days. 

 

 Yes, this.  It will likely  be rougher out of Charleston than the Florida ports.

 

48 minutes ago, rmajor said:

we are leaving out of port Canaveral next Sunday the 5th.. praying for calm seas

 

Florida ports are generally fine. 

[Host Carolyn]

Especially this time of year with winter storms off the southeast/Carolina coast forming and headed up toward New England it can be quite rough in that area -- they are predicting a storm to form this weekend and anytime you are sailing through these it will be quite bouncy and rough.... if you're at all prone to sea sickness be sure to take something with you

[Petersonfcu]

20 hours ago, TravelBluebird said:

 

 

We also hit one of those odd “rogue” waves on that trip when I was playing in the casino. Boat tilted...and kept tilting. Stuff fell down. And then we tilted crazy in the other direction! Good thing I couldn’t look out a window where I was (I just held on to the slot machine for dear life).

If I was in the casino and a rogue wave hit I would run over to that wierd quarter machine.  You know, the mchine where there are these huge piles of quarters inside and you try to push them forward so that they fall off the front edge and you collect the quarters that fall.   I bet someone in the casino hit a jackpot from that rogue wave.

[evandbob]

A small boat traveling from the Bahamas to Florida capsized 2or 3 days ago in heavy Atlantic ocean seas.  This weekend waves in the Gulf waters off Florida are forecast for 4 to 7 ft as a cold front moves through the entire State, slashing southern FL temps into the low 40's and even 30's. Small craft warnings are posted.

 

Who knows what the next few winter weeks will bring?

[elcuchio24]

5 hours ago, rmajor said:

we are leaving out of port Canaveral next Sunday the 5th.. praying for calm seas

 

I'm sure you will be fine! The heavy stuff usually contained more often than not to the well north of that this time of year. Enjoy!

[elcuchio24]

3 hours ago, evandbob said:

A small boat traveling from the Bahamas to Florida capsized 2or 3 days ago in heavy Atlantic ocean seas.  This weekend waves in the Gulf waters off Florida are forecast for 4 to 7 ft as a cold front moves through the entire State, slashing southern FL temps into the low 40's and even 30's. Small craft warnings are posted.

 

Who knows what the next few winter weeks will bring?

 

MLK weekend I was up at my parents near Bar Harbor. 35-45kt winds gusting to 60kt, 18-25ft seas. -8 below with a windchill of -37f, heavy freezing spray. Lovely!

[cocomango]

On 1/26/2022 at 1:27 PM, pogoism9 said:

 

Oh, stuff was falling off tables. They ended up closing all outdoor areas, and moved the deck 9 and 10 smoking area into the rear part of lido under the roof. The entire front half was shut down. A glass roof panel got broken too, it was a mess.

We were on that same sailing. 

Our waitstaff said they had so many broken dishes in the kitchen. 

The sea was so rough from the time we got up to the time we went to bed- so at least 14 hours. My teenager skipped dinner and went to bed extra early. 

 

What helped... green apples, peppermint oil (I will bring this next time- a staff member gave us some), ginger ale.  I would have asked for fresh ginger next! 

 

 

[nlktx49]

Worst seas we had was Panama Canal cruise about 3 years ago, January. Heading to Colombia - crew members said the winds coming over the mountains there caused the heavy seas. Said seas are calmer in summer, but who wants to cruise down there in summer!

 

We always take ginger capsules with us, and some meclazen which I take for rare spells of vertigo. Cruise earlier this month we had free drinks in casino, every night before we went to our cabin we would each order a can of ginger ale to take back and put in the fridge, just in case. I regularly drink ginger ale anyway for indigestion. So far we've never been seasick, but that may be tested next year in October when we will be on the Jubilee for her transatlantic voyage! 

[Calnev1]

34 minutes ago, nlktx49 said:

So far we've never been seasick, but that may be tested next year in October when we will be on the Jubilee for her transatlantic voyage! 

Been on four transatlantics, three of them in October.  Never had a problem with rough seas.  I have a theory that the multi day TAs  give the ship's captain some flexibility to change direction to avoid storms and rough seas.  At least, we have  noticed that these transatlantic cruises do not go in a straight line when they cross the Atlantic.  They tend to zig zag a bit.

[pogoism9]

On 1/27/2022 at 12:20 PM, Petersonfcu said:

If I was in the casino and a rogue wave hit I would run over to that wierd quarter machine.  You know, the mchine where there are these huge piles of quarters inside and you try to push them forward so that they fall off the front edge and you collect the quarters that fall.   I bet someone in the casino hit a jackpot from that rogue wave.

 

Except that every machine in the casing has a "No payout on malfunction" tag on it, and Carnival has zero sense of humor on the matter

[Pellaz]

On 1/27/2022 at 11:34 AM, Host Carolyn said:

Especially this time of year with winter storms off the southeast/Carolina coast forming and headed up toward New England it can be quite rough in that area -- they are predicting a storm to form this weekend and anytime you are sailing through these it will be quite bouncy and rough.... if you're at all prone to sea sickness be sure to take something with you

 

It can be quite rough even down near Florida, with big "bomb cyclones" like this latest one.  

 

We were returning to Ft. Lauderdale on a music charter cruise and had already been experiencing combined 60-knot gusts on the deck; the pool-deck stage had to be hastily dismantled on that last day because of high winds.   (And that  messed up the performance schedule, but oh well.)  The ship was bucking a lot, and this was a pretty big ship, an RCCL Freedom-class.  

 

This was the same storm system that heeled Anthem of the Seas on her side, listing at 15 degrees, for several hours while they struggled to bring her into the wind.   😮  

 

Even when we got close to the port, we were seeing amazingly high seas, and the pilot-boat was skipping along like a ski boat when it came alongside.  We had nothing but awe and respect for the pilot, as he jumped over from the pilot to the lower gangway.  Incredibly dangerous; he really earned his pay THAT morning!  

Edited January 30, 2022 by Pellaz

[Bostwick girl]

I live in northeast Florida and I can promise you with the 30 mph gusts we’re having right now, there are some very rough seas out there right now!  Read yesterday several ships were unable to dock in the Bahamas yesterday because if the winds. Forecast for the coming week is for nor’easter like winds. Had to cancel our Monday 4 day from port canaveral because I tested positive twice yesterday, so in the end, glad I’m not going in this weather!

 

[fair-winds39]

When I went on my first cruise many years ago, actually it was a transatlantic crossing, a special crossing from Southampton to Philadelphia, Pa. I was never on a ship, let alone in April, for 5 days on the ocean. We had rough seas and I was seasick almost the whole time. Long story short and 25+ cruises later, I have my sea legs and no longer suffer. In fact, I don’t mind the rolling or the nasty rough seas. But, I still take along chewable Bonine “just in case.” I never want to feel that way again.
 

If I start seeing white caps out in that big wide ocean though I still think about my first episode, and In those years on up to now, Bonine was my go to remedy.

[Guest BasicSailor]

3 minutes ago, fair-winds39 said:

When I went on my first cruise many years ago, actually it was a transatlantic crossing, a special crossing from Southampton to Philadelphia, Pa. I was never on a ship, let alone in April, for 5 days on the ocean. We had rough seas and I was seasick almost the whole time. Long story short and 25+ cruises later, I have my sea legs and no longer suffer. In fact, I don’t mind the rolling or the nasty rough seas. But, I still take along chewable Bonine “just in case.” I never want to feel that way again.
 

If I start seeing white caps out in that big wide ocean though I still think about my first episode, and In those years on up to now, Bonine was my go to remedy.

My Bonine lies over the ocean, sorry humor kicking in 😆

[fair-winds39]

30 minutes ago, BasicSailor said:

My Bonine lies over the ocean, sorry humor kicking in 😆

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