This is going to be a nightmare for people trying to get to the island for Easter break, as the island is almost fully booked.
The trips of the ship Lobo Marinho, which provides maritime connections between the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, were canceled today due to weather conditions, the concessionaire informed today.
Porto Santo Line, on its official page, states that trips departing from Funchal at 7:00 pm and returning from Porto Santo at 10:30 pm “will be canceled due to the bad weather conditions expected, following the Nelson depression that is taking place. feel in the Autonomous Region of Madeira”.
The concessionaire recalls that several warnings were issued by the authorities, a “situation that would jeopardise the safety” of passengers and the ship.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) placed the north coast of Madeira and Porto Santo with an orange warning (the second most serious on a scale of four) between 2:31 pm today and 3:00 am on Saturday due to strong sea agitation, with waves that can reach 12 meters.
Movement at Madeira Airport, which has been limited over the last two days, was proceeding normally at 4:30 pm.