Originally posted by SmallFlailnArms:

Ive been out on the ocean a few times and really ive had a combination of sunny and stormy days. I did find that when the wind was against me that if I tied up my said and THEN turned it worked much better. I was surprised that I didn't come up against a sea monster. I just wish it didn't take so long to travel. I guess that adds to the anticipation though. Did get my first raft stuck on a rock and then the ocean swells pushed it under that rock. That was the moment I realized how poorly the characters swim lol. I did not last lock after my raft broke. Currently working to make a portal from my home base to a different island.

Well there's your problem. The raft absolutely SUCKS. :P It has terrible durability and is incredibly slow. I generally skip over the raft entirely and just wait until I can make a Karve instead.

Also, as said before, different biomes can have different weather. When you leave the shore you're in the meadows still. Then as soon as you hit the ocean biome the weather changes. And when you hit a shore again it changes once again.