I left a few days before this. We had one week of bad conditions from Oct 14-21 where the port was closed two days and then open two days but prob should have been closed - the result being two small boats flipped while coming around the cruise ships dumping a bunch of snorkelers into the sea. We even had a hairy ride home on a smaller dive boat after a night dive that same week. The following week Oct 22-29 conditions were excellent but we heard that another big front was coming and I watched your holiday get destroyed day by day.My group suffered through the mess from 31 Oct 2023 to 6 Nov 2023. Only got two dives on 5 November. Every morning I looked at the water and ironically, the water was often better on days before they opened the port for a short while on the 5th. If they would let the boats go out early and return by about noon, they would have been better off. I would have taken my 23 ft center console out in water like I saw on most days. On the second dive getting back in the boat was dicey.
What is really sad is that when the port is closed, the whole island is closed to ALL water sports. Check out this picture on 2 November and tell me why I should not be in the water? There were a lot of unhappy folks and many threatening to never return.
Chipb
I really felt for you guys as I watched wind Guru every day. For the last several years in Nov, Feb, and March I've been loosing days every trip. It was one big reason I wanted to go for two weeks and try October which is almost after hurricane but before Norte season.