November is here already, that means officially the hurricane season is over, and we didn’t get much of it this year. The Pacific side was hit much much harder then our Atlantic side. So as I always say, the weather is unpredictable, and we don’t know what will come, no matter what anybody says. The statistics are only a guide, showing the weather in the past.

We liked this hurricane season on the south coast of Dominican Republic, especially after really wet one last year, when we got hit by storms and hurricanes few times. Dominicus, where most of the resorts are located, and some parts of Bayahibe were flooded for couple days at the end of last September.  Meaning not only that we had water up to our waste in some parts of town. That the bottom floors in some resorts were under water and the tourists had to be moved to upper floors or to some other resorts in the country. That the meals had to be delivered in some resorts on canoes directly to the rooms as people couldn’t reach the restaurants. I belive only Dreams La Romana that is located in Bayahibe didn’t have any problems.

Storm in Bayahibe Dominican Republic September 2008

Bayahibe Dominican Republic flood September 2008

We, the locals, didn’t have power or water for few days. We used the rain to shower and candles for light like in some villages in the mountains where they don’t have electricity or plumbing isntalled. We use bottled water for cooking and drinking and always have at least two big 18 gallon jars full, so we didn’t have shortage of water. Also we have propane stove, not an electrical one, so we could cook without any problems.

But that was last year. This season was much nicer. There were few tropical storms coming during the past couple months, but either they stopped and disappeared or changed the path and missed us. Of course we were not complaining much, even though we pulled our boat Sharky out of the water for no reason. Like they say it’s better to be safe then sorry.

Heavy clouds above Bayahibe September 2009

September 2009 weather in Bayahibe Dominican Republic

We had few heavy rain storms, with lots of water falling down, but they stopped in couple hours and we were back to nice weather. We didn’t miss much of diving due to bad weather like the previous year, when we couldn’t go diving for about half of the month of September last year. This year was different. Not the weather, but the troubled world economy caused that only very few tourists came after summer. But we hope everything will get back to normal and lots of divers will enjoy scuba diving in Dominican Republic, like all the years before. Contact us to book you next scuba diving vacation or private trips with us and share the paradise life with us for a while.