Caribbean Feb / March - anyone been?

[wakelover]

Can anyone tell me what the weather is like Feb/Mar in the Caribbean please?????????

Possibly sailing out of New York (where I know it may be a tad cold!!! eeksmi)

This is Southern Caribbean

Thanks all xxx

[timespliters]

Four of my cruises have been in Feb/March to the Caribbean and we had great weather on all of them

[wakelover]

Hi TS....we are looking at a Feb 22nd cruise (sailing out of NY so we may have snow at the beginning eeksmi) - what were the average temps...I was worried about rain. I believe its still hot! smilesmi

[Cruise Fairy]

Wakie the weather down in the Caribbean never varies much in terms of temperature- well from 70's to 90's but from a UK weather point of view it's always summer there. They only have two seasons, the wet and the dry. The last winter trip we made down there was at New Year's and it was in the high 80's all the time.
Winter is their High season.
You'll probably have a cool day or two on the way down the Eastern Seaboard,but once you get down by the Florida coast it should start warming up.

[timespliters]

I would say Temp for Mid Feb will be about 45f or 7c and can rain but snow is most Dec and Jan

so take a coat hahahahah

[wakelover]

This is the itinery.......


Cape Liberty Cruise Port,
New Jersey
http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifhttp://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifSan Juan, Puerto Rico http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifhttp://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gif
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Philipsburg, St. Maarten http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gif
http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifRoseau, Dominica http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifhttp://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gif
Bridgetown, Barbados
St. John's, Antigua
http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifTortola, British Virgin Islands
Cape Liberty Cruise Port, New Jersey

What do you think?????? Are these places nice??

[timespliters]

I was talking about the weather in N Y, rest of cruise it will get warmer ever day as you go down to the Caribbean .

Foundyou a room to stay while in NY

http://ultratravel.telegraph.co.uk/site//pages/overnight/15000_a_night..._page1.php














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[wakelover]

Thanks TS - are you paying???? 24smi

[Cruise Fairy]

Wakie I just looked at your dates again- end of February it will be nice and HOT.
By then everyone in North America is wishing they were down in the islands.
Cruising into old San Juan is fabulous! Quaint old town with cobbled streets and nice people. Good shopping. Take a tour of El Morro.
I haven't been to Barbados or Antigua,but the other resorts are all great,so much to do and see- where to start.... you can spend many happy hours researching what you're going to do,throughout the long winter.
Tortola- (the one time I have been there) it was stunning scenery to pull into port there,but we arrived on a day that it was a National Holiday and practically the whole place was closed down.... we did a little straw market shopping, went back onboard then decided to taxi to a beach, went to get off the ship and were told there was a massive traffic accident/jam and not to try to get there and back as it was chaos...... so, that was the sum total of our Tortola day. It's a very small place.
Makes for good photographs pulling into port though...
Virgin Gorda is the main attraction. madsmi

[wakelover]

What's Virgin Gorda ....eeksmi

(...and I like your idea of all the research to get through the winter! foxes_279)

[Cruise Fairy]

The Baths at Virgin Gorda is the hottest excursion in the British Virgin Islands- if you're into Grottoes and snorkeling into caves (eeek) :eek: They are grottoes that open to the sea. Supposed to be fantastic scenery, but scary to me.
If you do a Google search you'll see numerous photos

[Derek Kane]

As you are having to fly-out, I don't see the point of flying to another cold-climate port (NY).

P&O are good in this respect with their Caribbean programme based from Barbados.