Montevideo Travel Forum

Can anyone tell me what the crossing is like. Is it a rough crossing over open water or is it a sheltered bay? I just need to know so I can take my pills accordingly.
Thanks.

It's easy, fast, and smooth. Like riding in a car.

Ellie, sorry to jump on this one but I have had a couple rough crossings. Under normal weather conditions it can be a nice smooth crossing, but when a storm is brewing or high winds then hold on. ::))
Suerte
SAM

Jump away! ;-) Maybe I was lucky with a smooth as silk crossing!

Thank you

The Río de la Plata at the crossing from Buenos Aires to Montevideo is an extremely broad estuary, with nothing standing between it and the open ocean. I have now crossed 17 times over 5 years. Fast boats, slow boats, bus to boat, boat to bus. The longest water segment is three hours. This is the time for slow boat Colonia or fast ferry Montevideo. All other trips are shorter. All but a handful were duller than rowboating on a calm pond. Two were unpleasant due to pitching and yawing movement of the boat because of an odd wave pattern in the water. Two were really violent affairs, so bad that some passengers were heaving. On one of these something broke loose and produced the sound of breaking glass. There was one crossing that got considerable local press notice a couple of years back on which the Eladia Isabel, the biggest ferry of the fleet, sustained enough storm damage that she went dead on the water, floated for several hours without power and afterwards was out of service for a few days. You can always watch the weather pattern and change your ticket at the last minute for another date if there is considerable wind or in case thunderstorm conditions dominate. Pills to take? So far as I know all the anti-motion sickness pills also dull sense generally or produce drowsiness. Is this really a state in which you wish to find yourself should you come face to face with a genuine emergency on the water?