This occurs when there's a rapid fall of pressure inside the centre of the low pressure and can lead to violent winds developing Yes, I realised you were going with an on line system, which often does not change straight away. From what people were told on the ship, it seems there have been a number of different plans, which had been informed to passengers, as I had mentioned. The Captain certainly seems to be good at giving them information at least, it is always extremely annoying to be kept in the dark in rough seas. Some cruisers who were onboard seem to have questioned why the ship sailed right into a severe storm which was forecast which was before the ship left the last port of call. Others have praised how well the Captain and crew handled the Balmoral in such a challenging situation. The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean, circles round Antarctica and comprises the southern-most parts of the world’s oceans. It is where cold, northward flowing waters from the Antarctic mix with warmer subantarctic waters. It is subject to frequent huge swells, many rough seas and the frequently occurring threat of icebergs at any time of year. Some may have drafts of several hundred meters, but even smaller ones, together with iceberg fragments and sea ice, also pose problems for ships. The fact that it is less well travelled and documented than any other ocean makes it even more hazardous and its remoteness makes sources of search and rescue scarce. This is one of a pair of seascapes, originally commissioned on behalf of the King of Poland, that the British officer and East India Company official Lord Clive (known as Clive of India) bought from Vernet in 1773.

However there seems to have been a change of mind about 9.00 pm on the 1 November the Balmoral turned eastwards in parallel to the northern Spanish coast.. The Balmoral is currently doing about 12 knots but is being pushed along through mountainous 9m high seas by a 18.2 m/s gale. This is one of the world’s most renowned stormy seas, also known as the “Sea of Hoces”. The 800 km wide passage is the shortest crossing from Antartica to the rest of the world, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans between Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands. With no large landmass anywhere at the latitudes of the Drake Passage there is an unimpeded flow of current carrying a huge volume of water through it. This, together with the region’s naturally high wind speeds, frequently rough waters and risk of icebergs, ensures its stormy reputation.We've actually sailed those seas in the Balmoral about 10 years ago in similar conditions of a Storm Force 10. The ship did move around quite a bit, a great many people chose to remain in their cabins and the dining room was poorly attended. HMS Endymion rounding the Horn – Drawing by Herbert Roxby, Wikimedia Commons) Irminger Sea, between southern Greenland & Iceland

Today the Balmoral had planned to be in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria but currently the ship is still on the quay at Getxo and is reporting 6.5 m/s winds from the West and rough seas. Do you have a favourite of the stormy sea quotes? Do any strike a chord, with the metaphor of rough seas meaning something specific to you? Related posts: He added: "In addition to the winds, there's going to be some large waves as well, so some big stormy seas, and therefore there might well be some coastal flooding where the waves break on to promenades and on to coastal roads." Oil spill from Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea – DLR, Wikimedia Commons) South China Sea The Balmoral had windows/porthole(s) blown in late last year.That's now been repeated within the last day.. That's two instances of Balmoral windows/portholes being blow--in within a year.

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I have not looked at forecasts, but from what has been mentioned there is another storm is on the way to western France and sounds like the whole ocean is going to be somewhat rough for a while to come. Mein Schiff 3 was just ahead of Balmoral (when she turned last night) and continued in the same direction, now off the Portuguese cost, just north of Lisbon. Bollette was there on (I think Monday), so missed the worst, though seas were rough in the bay then. A number of ships seem to have hit heavy weather returning to the UK late last week and seems ports are currently being skipped/changed in the Med as well. I have heard the planes from Jersey airport are currently parked up in Liverpool Airport. Whilst the tips of some tree branches (not all) are waving around gently, it is pretty calm up here.