Hello!
My family and I have recently returned from a liveaboard in the northern Red Sea and we now feel that we've done plenty of diving at Tiran and Ras Mohamed after multiple dive holidays there in the last few years.
We're now contemplating a liveaboard in the south for next year (2021) but, unlike the north, my research seems to suggest that there are many hours of open sea navigation at night to get to the best off-shore reefs: Daedalus, St. John, Brothers, etc. This is clearly different from what we have grown accustomed to in the north, where rough seas can often be avoided or circumvented more easily (or alternative dive sites found).
Can someone here advise when the best time of year would be to avoid rough seas in the south? I realise this is a difficult question to answer and there are no guarantees and sea/weather is hard to predict. I'd just like an answer based on experience of typical weather/sea conditions. We don't have great sea legs and we'd rather avoid taking medication for sea-sickness, unless it is necessary.
Many thanks in advance.
PS: I recently posted the same question on TripAdvisor & got good advice ("summer is better") but someone suggested I ask here, too.
My family and I have recently returned from a liveaboard in the northern Red Sea and we now feel that we've done plenty of diving at Tiran and Ras Mohamed after multiple dive holidays there in the last few years.
We're now contemplating a liveaboard in the south for next year (2021) but, unlike the north, my research seems to suggest that there are many hours of open sea navigation at night to get to the best off-shore reefs: Daedalus, St. John, Brothers, etc. This is clearly different from what we have grown accustomed to in the north, where rough seas can often be avoided or circumvented more easily (or alternative dive sites found).
Can someone here advise when the best time of year would be to avoid rough seas in the south? I realise this is a difficult question to answer and there are no guarantees and sea/weather is hard to predict. I'd just like an answer based on experience of typical weather/sea conditions. We don't have great sea legs and we'd rather avoid taking medication for sea-sickness, unless it is necessary.
Many thanks in advance.
PS: I recently posted the same question on TripAdvisor & got good advice ("summer is better") but someone suggested I ask here, too.