Carnival cruise ships collide in Cozumel

The best part is how the captain put out a letter to passengers blaming “spontaneous wind gust and current” on the accident! I had heard about spontaneous combustion but never about spontaneous wind gust. Carnival Cattle Line must have some very creative and highly educated PR millennials on board.

The various videos show breezy conditions but clear weather, no squalls or storm... sea state doesn’t look bad either

just for kicks I looked up the conditions at a weather station just a couple of miles up the coast at the time of the brain fade. It shows mild conditions... see below.

not familiar with Cozumel but it doesn’t seem like the port is in a spot prone to currents, like nassau for instance where cattle ships routinely dock with a couple kts current

Currents around Cozumel, although not sure if the harbor is affected:
https://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/caribbean/yucatan.html

Did a few scuba dives down there and it was like flying: All dives were drift-dives and quite fast..

Looks like the current is in the East side. In any case currents are predictable. Don’t come out of nowhere

Not making excuses for the Captain or Port Pilot, just saying I have witnessed currents while being immersed in them

Why would two behemoth cattle ships be docking at the same time in the same location, was surprised to see them so close together. Common sense says one should standby until the first is secured. No secret of current heading North there….operator error for sure.

The first one was already docked.

Oops, video looked as though both were free of dock. Got really close to the ship ahead at the dock too.