How is the weather on a western caribbean cruise in January?

[luv2sleep]

I am booked on the Jan 4th trip out of PC on the Fantasy. How is the weather? Will it be too cool to swim on the ship and at the beaches? I'm from CA and not from a snowy/cold area so cool will be cold to me.

Thx!

 

[OKW Lover]

It shouldn't be bad at all. We did it in mid-December and the weather was fine. You're only a few weeks later.

Got to www.weather.com and search on the port name. On the left side select "monthly" which will show you the typical temperatures for the dates of your cruise.

 

[lbgraves]

It honestly depends. We have done several December cruises that were beautiful and a 1/14/10 3-night that was also beautiful. However, our 1/8/11 cruise was completely different. The first 3 days were beautiful. Wednesday in Cozumel the storm hit and the harbor was closed to boats, so all excursions were cancelled. The captain steered the ship in a circle in order to be able to do the fireworks that night, though it was too windy for Mickey to zipline. Right after the characters were cleared of the stage, the ship made a hard u-turn to get back on course. We were at a tilt for so long that one CM smiled and started telling everyone to come to the portside to right the ship. Water was POURING out of the Mickey pool and the starboard side of that area was roped off because of all the standing water on deck. Deck 10 was closed off to guests that night, as well as the next day at sea. We cruised to CC with 50 knot headwinds and 20+ foot swells. The pools were closed all day. DD got seasick for the first time in 8 cruises that morning. We had Palo brunch that morning and saw several servers having problems getting to the tables. An ice bucket stand near our table fell over at one point. That was the storm that left snow in almost every state. When that cold air meets up with the warm air in the Carribean they don't mix well. Oh, and on CC we wore sweatshirts and covered up on the chairs with towels. It was very windy and low 60s/high 50s. I didn't see anyone in the water that day, though we rented the paddle boat.

 

[CanuckTraveller]

We did a Western itinerary on NCL two years ago. For the most part the weather was hot, but we had one stormy day in Roatan, Honduras where we were so cold our hands and feet were numb. However it was warm and sunny in Costa Maya and everyone was in the water...not just the crazy Canadians
ITA with the previous poster, check out websites that show average temperatures for the areas you will visit and plan accordingly.