The
best time of each year in the Caribbean is Spring!
May,
June, July and even August.
It
"costs less" during Spring, but it is
the quality of these months that many folk miss,
these months are ELECTRIC under the water and
ELECTRIC above the water! The explosion
of little silver bullets, called minnows, has
occurred. These little silver bullets are
the low end of the food chain and bigger fish
eat them. There are thousands of individual
shoals all over the place scattering from here
to there, swimming frantically making sure that
they are not eaten. All are fighting for
survival, looking for that hideaway coral
cove, this creates so much more Spring Action
underwater.
Above
the water the same thing is happening, all the
gulls from Argentina have flown up to the Caribbean
to nest and have their young, they return to
Argentina in September. April 7, each
year marks the arrival of all the hooded gulls.
Imagine the white long tailed tropical tern,
many pelicans, countless sea-gulls all fighting
for their piece of the food chain. Flocks
of pelicans flying in order slowly prepare to
dive bomb these terrified shoals in order, rat-tat-tat-rat-tat.
I have personally counted 53 pelicans flying
in formation and then diving in formation, into
the shoals of silver bullets. Their mission
complete within 4 seconds, they repeat it again.
It is eerie during the winter when there are
no birds in the Caribbean, there seems to be
no fun happening. However the whales arrive
in December. Memories of our Caribbean
sailing vacation are of Spring and during the
full moon. This is not a resort, this
is adventure in paradise! You do not have to
die, to go to heaven!
August
has another phenomenon and that is the
coral spawning on August 14/15 which happens
only at night just after dark. This is
more for scuba divers, but it is information
of interest about how the coral spreads its
life form across the world. Now you have
the choice to make smarter decisions.
"Couples
who have fun together, stay together.
Quality
details make all the difference!"
Memories
of our Caribbean sailing vacation are Gorgeous
blue lagoons, buccaneer's pirates, star gazing,
captain and crews, coconut palms, trade winds,
islands in the sun, barefeet, love, swimming,
power boats during Spring and the full moon.
Success
is earned the good old fashioned way , by smart
unrivaled attention to your budget and the value
you get!