Summer diving and Port Closures

[Kimela]

We’ve lost days to nortes but not to hurricanes/tropical storms - and we’ve been throughout the years, about every two months. But all it takes is the right timing and our lucky streak will be over. As @ggunn said ‘ you pays yer money and you takes yer chances’. I won’t be one of those folks who says ‘you’re in paradise, who cares’ because I very much care about getting my dive days in. I get it.

 

[AdivingBel]

To the best of my knowlage 'your' dive shop has never charged a customer for a dive trip canceled due to a port closure. I personaly have never seen a charge for any canceled trips.

Lol...I don't pay 'cause I've never been asked to pay not because I refused to pay.

 

[ron_dodge]

We’ve lost days to nortes but not to hurricanes/tropical storms - and we’ve been throughout the years, about every two months. But all it takes is the right timing and our lucky streak will be over. As @ggunn said ‘ you pays yer money and you takes yer chances’. I won’t be one of those folks who says ‘you’re in paradise, who cares’ because I very much care about getting my dive days in. I get it.

My wife and I have been making trips to Coz for over 10 years now and go during all seasons. When we visit are driven more by when we have the time to get a way vs what time of year it is. Over that time we've lost more dives due to Norte events than we have for hurricanes. Anecdotally speaking, the Nortes seem to have become more frequent over the years as compared to the hurricanes.

 

[Shawn C]

All a Norte is, is a cold front so, yes, they would be 20x (50x ?) more common than a 'cane. Back in the day, SB member Cristi would track the port closures over the years by month but she sold her dive op so that tracking 'service' stopped.