Things to Do in Marshall Islands in March
March weather, activities, events & insider tips
March Weather in Marshall Islands
Temperature, rainfall and humidity at a glance
Is March Right for You?
Weigh the advantages and considerations before booking
- + Trade-wind breezes keep the lagoon edge comfortable - you'll feel the difference the moment you step onto Laura Beach after 2 PM when the coconut palms start swaying.
- + March sits in the shoulder between peak dive season (Dec-Feb) and the April regatta, so live-aboard boats still run but you can book a bungalow at the Robert Reimers Hotel without the December scramble.
- + The outer-atoll supply ship MV Captain Vincent sails on its northern loop this month. Locals call it the 'slow ferry' and it's the only way to reach Likiep or Ailuk without chartering a flight.
- + Night-time low tides expose the reef flat on the ocean side of Majuro - kids from Delap walk out with head-torches to spear octopus, and you're welcome to tag along if you bring reef shoes.
- − Eight inches of rain means the runway-side road on Majuro floods ankle-deep for an hour after every downpour. Sandals get sucked off and taxis won't stop.
- − UV index 8 will fry unprotected skin in 15 minutes. The equatorial sun here is stronger than Hawaii or Guam, and cloud cover doesn't help much.
- − Inter-island flights operate on a 'maybe' schedule - one storm sitting over the airstrip at Wotje can cancel the whole day's triangle route, so build a two-day buffer before your international departure.
Best Activities in March
Top things to do during your visit
March's 28°C (82°F) lagoon water is bathtub-warm, and the Japanese Zero fighter 200 m off Laura sits in 4 m (13 ft) of clear water - you can free-dive the cockpit without tanks. Afternoon showers stir up less silt than in January, so visibility hovers around 20 m (66 ft).
The MV Captain Vincent loads copra and passengers at Uliga wharf every second Tuesday. You buy a deck space mattress for the price of a restaurant meal and wake up anchored inside Ailuk's reef, where the lagoon glows an almost fake shade of turquoise and the only sound is coconut fronds scraping the deck.
Extreme low tides in March expose the reef between the two causeway bridges. You can stroll 1 km (0.6 mi) on hard coral pavement, collecting cowrie shells and watching juvenile black-tip reef sharks dart through ankle-deep pools. Start from the Rita end at 07:30, finish with a breakfast plate at the DAR store.
March is pandanus harvest month. Women in Laura cut the thorny leaves at dawn and spend afternoons dyeing them with mangrove bark over open fires. The community house hosts drop-in sessions where you learn to twist the first four rows of a sleeping mat - the smell of smoke and coconut oil sticks to your fingers for hours.
March Events & Festivals
What's happening during your visit
School marching bands drum through Majuro from the stadium to the parliament at 08:00, uniforms starched despite the heat. Families set up tarpaulins along the airport road, selling rice balls and canned soda. The atmosphere feels like a county fair dropped onto a coral atoll.
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