Find a Crew™ | World Routes & Seasons
When and where are the best seasons to travel?
This is a brief overview of world routes and travel seasons around the world and kindly reviewed for Find a Crew™ by accomplished sailor and successful author Jimmy Cornell. For a more comprehensive guide please refer to Jimmy Cornell's best-selling books 'World Cruising Routes', 'World Cruising Handbook', 'World Cruising Survey'.
| H = | Hemisphere (N=Northern, S=Southern, E=Equator crossing) | ||
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| December to March - Northern Winter / Southern Summer |
| Season | H | Departing from | Going to |
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| January to March | S | AFRICA, Cape Town | » Indian Ocean |
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E | BRAZIL, All areas | » Caribbean |
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N | SRI LANKA, Galle | » Suez, Med / S. Indian Ocean, Chagos |
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N | USA, San Diego | » Mexico |
| January to April | N | CARIBBEAN, Beguia, Grenada | » South Pacific |
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N | PANAMA | » USA, West Coast / South Pacific |
| January to May | N | CARIBBEAN, St Lucia | » South Pacific |
| January to June | N | PANAMA | » Caribbean |
| February to April | N | COSTA RICA, Golfito | » South Pacific / Western Caribbean |
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N | WESTERN MEXICO | » South Pacific |
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N | SUEZ | » Mediterranean |
| February to June | N | SOUTH PACIFIC, Hawaii | » USA, West Coast |
| March to June | N | HAWAII | » South Pacific |
| March to June - Northern Spring / Southern Autumn |
| Season | H | Departing from | Going to |
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| April to May | S | AUSTRALIA, Sydney, Brisbane | » Fiji & Tonga |
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N | CARIBBEAN, Antigua, Virgin Isles | » USA East Coast / Europe |
| April to June | S | NEW ZEALAND, All areas | » Fiji & Tonga / Australia |
| April to August | S | AFRICA, Durban | » Indian Ocean |
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S | AUSTRALIA, Cairns | » Indian Ocean |
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E | SOUTH PACIFIC, Tahiti | » Hawaii |
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S | SOUTH PACIFIC, Tahiti | » New Zealand |
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N | USA, Newport | » Europe |
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S | INDONESIA, Bali | » Indian Ocean / SE Asia |
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S | AUSTRALIA, Darwin | » Indian Ocean / SE Asia |
| June - December | N | SINGAPORE | » Thailand |
| June to September - Northern Summer / Southern Winter |
| Season | H | Departing from | Going to |
|---|---|---|---|
| June - December | N | SINGAPORE | » Thailand |
| August - September | N | ENGLAND | » Mediterranean |
| September - October | S | SOUTH PACIFIC, Tonga | » Indian Ocean / New Zealand |
| September - November | N | ENGLAND & Channel area | » Caribbean |
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E | SOUTH PACIFIC, Fiji | » North Pacific |
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S | SOUTH PACIFIC, Fiji | » Indian Ocean / New Zealand |
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N | SUEZ | » Indian Ocean |
| September to December - Northern Autumn / Southern Spring |
| Season | H | Departing from | Going to |
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| October - January | N | CANARY ISLANDS, All | » Caribbean |
| October - November | N | USA, Ft. Lauderdale / Newport | » Caribbean |
| October - December | N | MEDITERRANEAN, Gibraltar | » Caribbean |
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N | SINGAPORRE | » Indian Ocean |
| November - March | S | AFRICA, Durban | » Cape Town |
| December | N | USA, San Diego | » Mexico |
| December - January | N | SPAIN, Canaries | » Caribbean |
| December - March | E | AFRICA, Cape Town | » Caribbean, Brazil |
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N | THAILAND, Phuket | » Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean |
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N | USA, San Diego | » South Pacific |
