As the other poster said, official hurricane season lasts until the end of November. Although I seem to recall that last year there may have even been a named storm after November 30? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Crazy.gif" alt="" /> Regardless, there is no such thing as technically 100% SAFE from hurricanes until maybe January? Regardless, you can look at the number of incidents of named storms for your destination and see what the odds are. We have travelled to the Caribbean MANY MANY times in September and October, which are the height of the hurricane season. We have only had two of our trips affected by hurricanes. One basically didn't count, as it was a cruise in September 1995. Long time Caribbean observers will remember Hurricane Luis, one of the most damaging hurricanes ever in the Caribbean. We were scheduled to visit St Maarten and ST Thomas on that cruise. Instead, the ship diverted to the Western Caribbean, and while St. Thomas and St. Maarten were getting torn to shreds, the water in the western Caribbean was deathly calm and we had a lovely vacation. The only time a land vacation we have taken has been disrupted by a hurricane was in late November 1999, when Hurricane Lenny came to call on ST. John, and we had to leave a day early, to get out ahead of the storm. Lenny was a very late storm and was very unusual, in that it's movement was backwards of what hurricanes normally do. In short, NO, October is NOT safe from hurricane season, and October is in fact still fairly high for hurricane season. However, your chances are statistically pretty small, regardless of when you go. Make sure you purchase insurance and keep an eye on the weather. Traditionally, the ABC islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are more out of the hurricane loop than the more northern islands, so you would have LESS chance of a hurricane there, but still SOME chance. Enjoy, regardless of where you decide to go!
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