Thanks!Safe travels.
Have fun
Hi All,
We are planning to cross the stream this Sunday 2.12 from Lake Worth to West End. We would welcome company. Thanks.
Jim and Meryl Felds
MV Kokomo
Hatteras 48 LRC
Feb. 13 1800UTC wave heights in meters
Yes. I'd be thinking of leaving early on the morning of the 13th. Give it another day to lay down after some pretty big winds on the 11th. Looks like you could still cross the banks on the 14th and 15th, though that is getting way out in the forecast and may not be that accurate.
I use a few sites for Bahamas trips, but I've found windfinder to be most useful: https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/settlement_point_westend
By the way, I'm sure you know this living in Florida, but February and March are, in my opinion, the two absolute worst months of the year for a Bahamas trip. Just too damn windy and the water is still cold.
Though there is never really a bad time to go...
Have a safe and fun trip.
Admittedly I'm about 1500 miles away at the moment, but I'm not seeing the bad forecasts others are at the moment. I'm seeing 3' at 7 seconds early Sunday and then as the day goes on and into Monday easing into 2' at 4 seconds. I'd just suggest checking conditions immediately before leaving and delay if they indicate that's advisable.
Interesting pattern right now. Within the Bahamas and following the islands all the way down the Caribbean to Venezuela, outside the islands (East) has been bad throughout, typically 8-10' and inside (West) has been protected and good.
When traveling inside and protected by the islands, smooth, when then passing between two, rough. We encountered 7' at 8 seconds this morning on a short trip.
Just wave height, or including swell?
Yes. I'd be thinking of leaving early on the morning of the 13th. Give it another day to lay down after some pretty big winds on the 11th. Looks like you could still cross the banks on the 14th and 15th, though that is getting way out in the forecast and may not be that accurate.
I use a few sites for Bahamas trips, but I've found windfinder to be most useful: https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/settlement_point_westend
By the way, I'm sure you know this living in Florida, but February and March are, in my opinion, the two absolute worst months of the year for a Bahamas trip. Just too damn windy and the water is still cold.
Though there is never really a bad time to go...
Have a safe and fun trip.
I'm sitting in Harbour Island now. It was very nice when we crossed on the 8th.
But it's windy and pretty cool now.
That windfinder site is killa will be using that again
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