Seasickness medication recomendations (1 Viewer)

[ptickner]

I would stick to AlanTh's advice of staying up on deck where you can see the horizon. I was on a pelagic trip out of Seward, AK a couple of years ago and things got really rough. Nearly everyone who dove for cover out of the spray ended up getting sick. I stashed my camera away and stayed out on deck with a couple other guys and we were just fine, albeit a little wet.

 

[michaelboustead]

So zonked on Dramamine that I saw but my mind never processed Short-tailed Albatross off the Coast of Oregon. Still not forgiven myself on that one. Scopolomine Patch works ok for me, dizziness when patch removed lasted a few hours.

Mike

 

[Jim M.]

Scopolomine Patch works ok for me, dizziness when patch removed lasted a few hours.

Think that's unusual. I've never had any side affects from the patch.

 

[michaelboustead]

I had used it for a week in the Galapagos, small boat and pretty choppy sea.

 

[jmepler]

Thanks for all the replies. I think that I am going to take original formula Dramamine. I also have some Ginger Ale and candied ginger, partly because I just like ginger.

Hopefully I can report back that all went well.

Mike

 

[jmepler]

I am back from my pelagic trip and it was great fun. I only had a little dizziness when I needed to step into the cabin to get something and lost view of the horizon. I took one Dramamine about and hour before we departed on the boat and another five hours later. I had no problem with drowsiness. I also snacked on my ginger products and never had any stomach issues. We had three to four foot seas most of the day and about a quarter of our group had some significant nausea at some point, thankfully I wasn't one of them.

It was helpful to have some good birds to look at too.

Here is a list of my life-birds from the trip.

Herald Petrel (Trindade)
Black-capped Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Grant's)
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Long-tailed Jaeger

Mike

 

[Gastronaut]

My my, what a trip! You got the lot. Was that just a one day trip? How reliable is it that you see Black Capped/Trinidade/Grants Petrels and Audubon's Shears at that time of year?

 

[Jim M.]

Glad you had no problems and came away with a nice haul Mike! You were wise to take precautions. The one time I got seasick (which was on Hatteras trip) it really knocked me out of commission--I lost all my interest in seeing birds and just lay in the cabin the whole time.

Best,
Jim

 

[jmepler]

My my, what a trip! You got the lot. Was that just a one day trip? How reliable is it that you see Black Capped/Trinidade/Grants Petrels and Audubon's Shears at that time of year?

The Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO) booked a two day charter trip. I only signed up for the first day which ended up being the better day of the two. Both in the way of birds and rough seas. The only new bird that they had the second day was a Sooty Shearwater.

As far a reliability goes, it is like birding anywhere, the luck of the draw. Black-capped seems to be fairly regular. The Tinidades where the first seen there recently, but we had at least four individuals. It seemed like there was in influx of them at just the right time. The Band-rumped (Grants) were tapering off and we were lucky to get a good look at just one. Audubon's seem fairly regular as well.

Check out Brian Patteson's website here.

Some more information and pictures from our trip at the Seabirding Blog here.

Glad you had no problems and came away with a nice haul Mike! You were wise to take precautions. The one time I got seasick (which was on Hatteras trip) it really knocked me out of commission--I lost all my interest in seeing birds and just lay in the cabin the whole time.

Best,
Jim

Thanks Jim, It was a great trip. We had a couple people napping in the cabin, thankfully I was not one of them.

Mike

 

[submersiblesid]

Bonine.

My wife swears by it. It was the only thing that stopped 36 hours of suffering whilst crossing to the Cocos Islands!

She won't go on the ocean without it now.

 

[Trystan]

I used to get terrible motion sickness both in boats and reading on moving vehicles.

Since I started using public transport, I forced myself to read on the bus until I got used to it and since then, I haven't had sea sickness either.