Sams

I understand from this news group that the tourist season in Caribbean
starts from NOV1 and ends by Jun 30 or so.
Is there any particular place in Caribbean where the season in around the
year (atleast more than 8 mons)?, not severely affected by hurricanes or
rains?

Thank you

Sam

Robert \ " Doc \ " Adelman

SamS wrote:
    >
    > I understand from this news group that the tourist season in > Caribbean
    > starts from NOV1 and ends by Jun 30 or so.

The remainder is considered to be the hurricane or rainy season.
Aug>Nov

    > Is there any particular place in Caribbean where the season in > around the
    > year (atleast more than 8 mons)?, not severely affected by > hurricanes or
    > rains?

Could you try asking that again?

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Rhythmwize

In article , "SamS" says...
    >Is there any particular place in Caribbean where the season in around the
    >year (atleast more than 8 mons)?, not severely affected by hurricanes or
    >rains?

Trinidad and Tobago are pretty much out of the hurricane pathways.

john

Da Parrot-Chick

"rhythmwize" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > In article , "SamS"
says...
    > >Is there any particular place in Caribbean where the season in around the
    > >year (atleast more than 8 mons)?, not severely affected by hurricanes or
    > >rains?
    > Trinidad and Tobago are pretty much out of the hurricane pathways.

Except when they're not.

I think this person is trying to minimize the chance encounter with
hurricanes. That would be December 1- May 31.

Jere Lull

SamS wrote:

    >I understand from this news group that the tourist season in Caribbean
    >starts from NOV1 and ends by Jun 30 or so.
    >Is there any particular place in Caribbean where the season in around the
    >year (atleast more than 8 mons)?, not severely affected by hurricanes or
    >rains?
    >
The tourist season IS year-round in the Caribbean. Most people go down
when it's cold where they live -- November through March or so. Thus,
the summer is going to be low season in comparision. There's not much
reason to go to the islands when it's warm and sunny at home.

While there is a possibility of hurricanes from June through October,
the probability is low for any one location. Historically, Long Island,
NY gets hit by more storms than any Caribbean island. Still the
possibility scares people away.

Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao rarely get storms, but
there's no guarantee.

And rain is a good thing. Without it (as on the ABC's above) the
vegetation gets pretty dried out. Even during the rainy season, it tends
to be periodic five or ten minute showers. Half an hour later, it's
mostly dry.

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Ddupin

According to the U.S. State Department, Trinidad has never been hit by a
hurricane. Tobago has had some hurricane damage only twice in 40 years �
since 1963.
http://travel.state.gov/trinidad_tobago.html
I didn't look it up, but my impression is that hurricanes are at least as
unlikely to hit Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao.
Diana




Trinidad and Tobago are pretty much out of the hurricane pathways.

Except when they're not.

I think this person is trying to minimize the chance encounter with
hurricanes. That would be December 1- May 31.
>>

Rosalie B .

rhythmwize wrote:

    >In article , "SamS" says...
    >>Is there any particular place in Caribbean where the season in around the
    >>year (atleast more than 8 mons)?, not severely affected by hurricanes or
    >>rains?
    >Trinidad and Tobago are pretty much out of the hurricane pathways.
Generally for insurance purposes (boats) you have to be south of a line .
Insurance companies have drawn a line between Grenada and Trinidad defining
the safer waters. And, because of this country's perceived location outside
the hurricane belt, yacht owners come south to avoid the storms while still
enjoying the warm climate.

grandma Rosalie

Ken Tough

Jere Lull wrote:

[...]
    >While there is a possibility of hurricanes from June through October,
    >the probability is low for any one location. Historically, Long Island,
    >NY gets hit by more storms than any Caribbean island. Still the
    >possibility scares people away.
    >Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao rarely get storms, but
    >there's no guarantee.
    >And rain is a good thing. Without it (as on the ABC's above) the
    >vegetation gets pretty dried out. Even during the rainy season, it tends
    >to be periodic five or ten minute showers. Half an hour later, it's
    >mostly dry.

True enough, but it's also the case that in the Sept/Oct/Nov range
you will get many more tropical depressions and tropical waves
(esp in the leewards). Implication is that while it may be quite
unlikely you will pick the island on the week it gets a hurricane,
you only need to be within 200 miles of a hurricane to feel its
effects in terms of boarding up your hotel, closing of tourist
sites, unswimmable sea, and worse, the deluging rains that go round
the hurricanes. While I fully agree about the beauty of showers,
10 inches of rain in two days makes things very interesting. (And
you might spend much of your holiday at the airport).

If it was my once-in-a-lifetime trip, I might tend to stay away
from mid-Oct just to be sure of some "typical sun & sea". Since
I've actually seen plenty of that weather and like a bit of
excitement, in reality I wouldn't avoid Oct; in fact I like
the coolness & interesting sky.

I would say the best time for carib is early August; things are
cheaper, crowds are non-existent [Orient beach with 2 other people
on the whole thing], and sea is nice & warm.

--
Ken Tough

Rhythmwize

In article , Ken says...
    >I would say the best time for carib is early August; things are
    >cheaper, crowds are non-existent [Orient beach with 2 other people
    >on the whole thing], and sea is nice & warm.

Yes, the sea is nice and warm...and of course the sun in very hot, the air is
very warm and very moist and many times there is very little breeze.
I was in Barbados and Grenada the first two weeks in August and I don't mind the
heat too much...but I must say it was pretty uncomfortable at times, alot sweat
coming off meh brow.

john

island girl

I have to say that tourist season is certainly not year round here in the Virgin Islands. Any tourists who are persuaded to come to the islands from September 1 - October 15 have a nightmare. Most of our restaurants shut, a lot of shops shut....there really is very little to do. Businesses just don't find it economical to stay open during those months, and instead do maintenance, go on holiday themselves etc. I have just spent my first september in 6 years in BVI and there was no one here, it was really dead.

Roger Chung-Wee

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:49:20 GMT, "SamS"
wrote:

    >I understand from this news group that the tourist season in Caribbean
    >starts from NOV1 and ends by Jun 30 or so.
    >Is there any particular place in Caribbean where the season in around the
    >year (atleast more than 8 mons)?, not severely affected by hurricanes or
    >rains?
The traditional high season is from 15 December to 15 April. Most air
fares rise sharply for departures to the Caribbean from 15 Dec, and
hotel rates rise sharply from that date.

For a month or two after mid-April, prices are generally low. This is
also before the hurricane season starts. It's a good time to go, but
bear in mind that it will be a little hotter compared to winter and
that things start to get busier from June due to factors like the
wedding & honeymoon market picking up.

Another good time to visit the Caribbean is round about now, ie still
in the low season and after the hurricane season.

BTW, to avoid hurricanes, go east, eg Barbados, or south, eg, ABC
islands, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago.
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Gamesetmatch503

    >Any tourists who are persuaded to come to the
    >islands from September 1 - October 15 have a nightmare.

Actually I quite enjoy the quiet and solitude that I find whenever I travele to
the VI in early October. No crowds and I've been lucky enough to dodge any
signifigant storms. I think that the BVI does tend to shut down more than the
USVI now and you'll find more and more staying open there during the
traditional downtime. It's great being able to sail into White Bay and be one
of a few boats and the only boat in Great Harbour, no rushing for moorings,
less crowds and the prices for resorts and hotels are more managable for
someone on a tight budget. Of course, you have to figure that this year and
last were particularly hard hit with tourism being so slow. I love being in
Charlotte Amalie, where many of the stores had limited hours tho, and not
having to jossle with the cruise ships hoards and you might find some of the
restaurants closed for their annual vacations but there is always somewhere
else to try! The beaches are still there and are fantastically deserted and
the weather is wonderful as long as you realize you may be dodging some
unpleasant days and that's all one needs to do! :-)

Island Gal

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:31:52 +0000, Roger Chung-Wee
wrote:

    >BTW, to avoid hurricanes, go east, eg Barbados, or south, eg, ABC
    >islands, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago.

and Turks and Caicos - no activity since 1960's.

Robert \ " Doc \ " Adelman

Didn't the Turks get "whomped" by a near miss in the last five years or
so? No, The only reasonably hurricane proof islands are the ones that
hug the coast of South America (as previously mentioned).

Don't forget San Andres and Los Roques (Margaritte). The Bay Islands of
Honduras are also considered to be immune, but then there was Mitch, the
Hurricane that went "the wrong way".

Most Hurricanes enter the Caribbean after spawning as storms off of
Africa at the Equator. They cross the Atlantic and usually veer away in
a clockwise motion, but some do cross the Caribbean islands with
intensity. Most continue North West (towards Cozumel, Texas,
Louisiana... or then veer clockwise North East towards Cuba and Florida.
This clockwise tracking continues as they are spit back towards the
North Atlantic, sometimes at the expense of the SE coast of the US.

Nothing is a certainty. In November 1998, Mitch was headed NW for
Cozuel/Belize when it suddenly turned South and slowly became a monster
as it came grinding down upon Guanaja. 30 miles West in Roatan there was
little damage. It then drenched the mainland of Honduras 30 miles South,
snaked it's way West on the mainland to Guatemala, then North up towards
Belize and the Yucatan. It then went clockwise and cut across Cuba and
Florida, much weaker at that point.

I was with a group of five recovery personnel/divers that were asked to
look for the SV Fantome. Read the book, "The Ship and the Storm".

Nothin' is guaranteed.

Island Gal wrote:
    >
    > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:31:52 +0000, Roger Chung-Wee
    > wrote:
    >
    > >BTW, to avoid hurricanes, go east, eg Barbados, or south, eg, ABC
    > >islands, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago.
    >
    > and Turks and Caicos - no activity since 1960's.

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