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Spain in 2026 might work cloud wise but I am non committal at this stage. I need to do more research to make a reliable determination.
Our next eclipse will be 2027 in Luxor. It's going to be the longest one now for the rest of the century. We saw the longest this century in China. It was an epic day with rain 1 minute before second contact.
We won't be going to the US next year. The best place for cloud prospects on that day is in Mexico and there has recently been a lot of kidnappings going on there. So that's out. The rest of the path is about 50/50 cloud prospects at best. Probability says that it will be around 72% along the path.
Next one after that is 2028. We'll hitch up the camper and free camp and trailer park our way up and then onto Kakadu and Darwin.
Since we live in SA, we'll be going to the 2030 eclipse. This time I am going to go inland for a 100km or so. We saw the eclipse at Ceduna but it was very tense with cloud being around near totality. We'll never forget that eclipse as it was our first. And; watching a low eclipse over water is beautiful. Cairns was like that; we got lucky again to see totality over water.
After that it boils down to how healthy we are in 2037. If I am up for it I'll be going.
Now with 4 totals (all seen) under our belts now, I can advise that looking at the weather at the selected site for years at a time is a good way to go and understand your chances, afterall I am there just to see totality, I don't care about seeing it in some iconic setting. I definitely will not be going to Sydney for the 28 eclipse. It is almost guaranteed to be cloudy on the day, plus once your there is it going to be tough to find a place for week up to the event. Rental places will jack up their rate a week/s before and tell people who have paid reservations to pay more. So best bet is go to places that are a bit remote and good cloud prospected for that day of the year.
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