Are cancelled dives common in Jan/February

[Johnsaffer]

I am going to do a fairly quick trip to the Bahamas (Nassau) in January or February. I am used to the Norte's in Cozumel that can take out 3-4 dive days of a 7 day trip. Are cancelled dives in Nassau a common or relatively uncommon event during that time of the year.

Thank you

John

 

[DandyDon]

I was in the Exumas a couple of years ago and we had to abort the last few days of a liveaboard so we could hide in safe harbor for the norther than blew down. Exumas are Bahaman islands further south than where you will be so yeah, it can happen. I've been blown out in lots of places, but overall pretty lucky.

[c][/c]

 

[DandyDon]

ooops

 

[osprey]

The only winds that blow out Nassau are westerly. At the Western end they can dive with winds from any other direction.

 

[divebunny13]

Here on Andros, we've had to call dives for the past two days because of the weather. I'm not sure how they run it in Nassau but the Bahamas does get bad weather sometimes too!

Hope you have good luck with the wind!

 

[DandyDon]

At the worst tho, you'll be on a nearly tropical island in winter. We just got 6" of snow last night - first time for us in 20 yrs. If Divebunny has a divorced mom there, maybe I should go to Andros.

 

[pitdvr]

There were a couple of canceled days from 12/16-12/24 due to high winds in Grand Bahamas

 

[langperf]

pitdvr- who did you dive with on GB