Rough waters on Western?

[CatLady]

We took the 4-night Wonder last year and went through the first-night rough seas that is evidently pretty routine while crossing the Gulf Stream. I know that the Magic probably goes out into the Gulf Stream for its trip south from Port Canaveral to Key West. Does that mean for comparable rough seas during that leg of the voyage?

 

[Tigfanjeff]

Actually the boat stays very close to shore. You'd want to avoid the gulfstream southbound since it would slow you down. You can very easily see the lights of miami only a few miles away.

The roughest day is the last since the trip from castaway cay to pc is always by the most direct room and only avoids a few storms. On the 10/9 western we picked our way around a lot of storms in the florida straights going to castaway cay but the seas were very smooth.

 

[funnelcake88]

Last year we were on the Halloween western cruise and the last 2 nights we had 25 + waves. They said it was from crossing the Gulfstream. Both nights it started right at second seating dinner. We also had Gale force winds.

 

[CatLady]

Thanks for the responses. I'm not afraid of rough seas (heck, I went scuba diving in a hurricane in my slightly stupider days), but was curious about what was "normal". I don't recall it being rough on the way back from CC on our trip at all. Very interesting!

 

[MrsG]

We took the western 2 yrs ago and were on the Wonder last year. The seas both times were as smooth as glass. On the captain's channel the wave height was the lowest 1-3 feet. Both times we sailed in July which I'm sure has a lot to do with it.