What's on in The Bottom (Mount Scenery), Saba through the year

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Nature

  Humpback whale season

  1 Jan – 30 Apr · usually

  Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them. Sightings are not guaranteed on any one trip, but this is the window local operators watch for. Source ↗

Still on: Dive season (1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Humpback whale season (1 Jan – 30 Apr (usually)), Dive season (1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually))

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Humpback whale season (1 Jan – 30 Apr (usually)), Dive season (1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Humpback whale season (1 Jan – 30 Apr (usually)), Dive season (1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The island's only runway, at 400 metres the shortest used by scheduled airliners anywhere, is the first thing grounded when the wind is up, leaving the Fort Bay ferry as the way on or off. Hurricane Georges destroyed the airport terminal in 1998. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Quiet season

  1 Jul – 30 Nov · usuallyOff-season shutdown

  Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly. Rooms are at their cheapest, and the steep trail up Mount Scenery is close to empty. Source ↗

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Quiet season (1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Quiet season (1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Quiet season (1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Quiet season (1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Busy — Saba Day, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Saba Day

  4 DecNational holidayClosures

  The first Friday in December marks the 1985 adoption of Saba's flag and anthem, and the whole island stops: offices, schools and shops close for a day of parades and community events across all four villages, The Bottom included. Source ↗

• Season

  Dive season

  1 Dec – 30 Apr · usually

  The clearest water of the year in the Saba National Marine Park, with visibility past a hundred feet at sites like the Pinnacles, and the fewest afternoon squalls. It is also the busiest stretch, so the park's mooring buoys fill early in the day. Source ↗