Weather...predictably unpredictable?
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:17 pm
Hi all,
My third trip to Tobago from 1st Jan - 15th Jan '04 was a bit of a disappointment in as far as the weather combined with the sea swell was different to what I remembered and imagined for the time of year.
The previous times I've been end of Feb and beginning of April the weather has been fine/hot with the very occasional shower and the seas have been mostly calm with the water visability being fantastic.
This time the weather was very changeable with the evenings being sometimes chilly (yep believe it or not my partner and I had to change one evening for the fact it was quite cold). The seas were great for Surfers or the most dearing of swimmers (even on the carribean coast) whipped up by a strong Northerly. This meant that although Tobago has some wonderful snorkeling it really didn't compare to my previous trips due to the sediment and the strong currents.
It didn't spoil our enjoyment of Tobago, far from it, but for me at least having been a couple of times before, unlike Clare my partner, I was slightly disappointed.
My question is, we're thinking of going back for 2 weeks, last week of July, first week of August, what should the weather and sea conditions be like then, any ideas?
Regards
Tim
My third trip to Tobago from 1st Jan - 15th Jan '04 was a bit of a disappointment in as far as the weather combined with the sea swell was different to what I remembered and imagined for the time of year.
The previous times I've been end of Feb and beginning of April the weather has been fine/hot with the very occasional shower and the seas have been mostly calm with the water visability being fantastic.
This time the weather was very changeable with the evenings being sometimes chilly (yep believe it or not my partner and I had to change one evening for the fact it was quite cold). The seas were great for Surfers or the most dearing of swimmers (even on the carribean coast) whipped up by a strong Northerly. This meant that although Tobago has some wonderful snorkeling it really didn't compare to my previous trips due to the sediment and the strong currents.
It didn't spoil our enjoyment of Tobago, far from it, but for me at least having been a couple of times before, unlike Clare my partner, I was slightly disappointed.
My question is, we're thinking of going back for 2 weeks, last week of July, first week of August, what should the weather and sea conditions be like then, any ideas?
Regards
Tim