sea conditions between NZ and Australia

[Cellen]

We are on Celebrity Dec 9th 2007 cruise. Does anyone know what the sea conditions will be like along the NZ coast and when sailing between NZ and Australia. We have a forward cabin and wonder if we will suffer a lot of motion from rough sea conditions.

[Globaliser]

You might want to have a look at this thread.

[Aussie Gal]

The Tasman Sea can be extremely rough or it can be quite calm. If doesn't matter when you sail it, whether it be winter or summer, it is just luck. Just pray for no cyclones etc. further out in the Pacific when you are on board.

 

If you have read the link that Globiliser has posted above, the posters are talking about two different seas. The sea between New Zealand and Tasmania is the Tasman and the sea between Hobart/Launceston and Melbourne is Bass Strait. Both can be very rough.

 

Bass Strait in particular has a history of losing so many ships back in the 1800's due to the shocking conditions and the rocky coast along Victoria. We sailed between Melbourne and Devenport last October, which is our spring and we had a very rough passage. We returned 10 days later and it was just so calm, hard to believe it was the same passage of water.

 

Jennie

[Have a Good Trip]

As Jennie has just said, its luck. We had beautiful seas from Hobart to Melbourne across the Bass Strait in January this year, and one day of moderate swell coming across from Milford Sound before that (ship was Diamond Princess)

 

Tim

[MVPinBoynton]

We were blessed with wonderful seas for our entire cruise. I will say that if you are worried about ship movement, the last place I would want to be is in the front of the ship. It does get the most action.

[CAPinBoynton]

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