Cruising Resources: Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones

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Caribbean Marine Weather Resources – Shortwave Weather Nets & Websites for Winter 2024/2025 – Caribbean Compass

Here is just a selection of particularly useful articles for cruisers:

Understanding Tropical Waves: The Building Blocks of Atlantic Hurricanes (Caribbean Compass May 2025)

Sahara Dust Muddies Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Formation (Caribbean Compass April 2025)

Surviving the Storm:  A Sailor's Tale of Hurricane Lee (Cruising World September 2024)

Shelter from the Storm – Caribbean Hurricane Preparedness (Caribbean Compass 2024)

Wicked Weather: High Latitude Sailing Strategies (Cruising World 2023)

5 Tips for Sailing in Strong Winds (PBO 2023)

Sailing in Heavy Weather (Ocean Navigators 2021)

Hurricane Season is Here (Noonsite - June 2021)

Caribbean: When to Leave and Which Way to Go? (Noonsite - May 2021)

See Discover More below for more great articles and Links.

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Haiti: Maritime Health Advisory

The situation in Haiti is unstable, with gang violence paralysing the country. Cruising yachts should consider all security and health advice before venturing there. In particular, Haiti continues to harbor...

Published 6 months ago
Updated 4 months ago

Australia: Early Season Tropical Cyclone to Make Landfall over Northern Territory

Australia's first tropical cyclone of the season is moving slowly towards parts of the Northern Territory, with residents of Darwin and surrounding areas including the Tiwi Islands told to prepare...

Published 7 months ago
Updated 4 months ago

South East Asia: Philippines Braces for Typhoon Fung Wong

The Philippines is bracing for Typhoon Fung Wong, the 14th typhoon of the year, less than a week after Typhoon Kalmaegi left a swathe of destruction across the country before...

Published 7 months ago
Updated 4 months ago

South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season: Higher Risk for Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Forecasters in the South Pacific are expecting normal to below normal activity in most areas for the 2025/2026 tropical cyclone season but say the risk of Tropical Cyclone impact could...

Published 7 months ago
Updated 4 months ago

Caribbean, Hurricane Melissa: Devastation and Destruction for Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

Hurricane Melissa has left a path of destruction across island nations in the northern Caribbean with many parts of Jamaica destroyed and communities in Haiti and parts of south eastern...

Published 7 months ago
Updated 4 months ago

Climate: Why a Hotter Mediterranean is a Problem for Sailors

Increasingly volatile weather in the Mediterranean and an increase in the intensity of storms at sea is making weather in that region more unpredictable than ever according to a recent...

Published 8 months ago
Updated 4 months ago
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