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| Cruises and Hurricanes | In case you plan to visit the Caribbean during this summer or fall but are leery of hurricane season, you might consider a cruise. The modern sophisticated hurricane information systems, ships can navigate around severe tropical storms or hurricanes. Even if you might miss out on a favorite island or destination if a hurricane or tropical storm is heading its way, your Caribbean cruise vacation might be saved because the cruise ship captain changed the ports of call.
The hurricane season starts in June and lasts all through to November. The NOAA has a Web page that provides immediate access to current weather warnings worldwide. Warnings include hurricanes and other special marine warnings such as severe thunderstorms.
One of the preeminent hurricane forecasting units in the United States is located at Colorado State University.
How to Avoid a Hurricane When Planning a Cruise
While Caribbean hurricane season runs from June through November, the most active months are usually August and September when the waters of the Caribbean are at their warmest. A number of islands in the southern Caribbean such as Aruba and Barbados are less hurricane-prone than further north. In case you are really hurricane-averse, you might want to plan a cruise elsewhere in the summer (Alaska, Hawaii, the Mexican Riviera, or Europe), or take a cruise that mostly sails in the southern Caribbean. But cruise bargains will certainly be available in the summer months for those who know that the odds of getting caught in a hurricane on a cruise ship are very low.
All of this news should not keep you from planning a cruise vacation to the Caribbean during the summer or fall months. On a cruise your ship can use all of the available satellite technology and aircraft reconnaissance and steer you away from impending weather disasters. Definitely, you can't do that at a resort. Cruise lines have great investments in their ships and big investments in their reputations for safety. They want to guarantee you a great cruise vacation so that you will book another cruise. Perhaps the biggest risk is that you might end up with a different itinerary.
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