Hazard spot
Florida and Bahamas: Tropical cyclones
Florida and Bahamas: Shallow banks, tight marinas and the hurricane track all meet here. Storm surge and swell inside the basin often do more harm than the wind itself.
- Cause
- Tropical cyclones
- Main season
- June to November
- Position
- 25° 30,0' N 078° 30,0' W
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Florida and Bahamas: how the place works
Shallow banks, tight marinas and the hurricane track all meet here. In the Bahamas the water lies at two to three metres over long stretches, and navigation goes by eye and sun angle, because coral heads are not charted individually.
Florida and Bahamas: what breaks there
In season, storm surge and swell inside the basin do more harm than the wind: boats are lifted over the pontoon and set down where no crane can reach. Out of season it is grounding on a coral head.
Florida and Bahamas: what this means for your policy
Two things: the blackout period or requirement for the hurricane season, and whether grounding on coral is covered without restriction. Some sets of conditions treat reef contact differently from sand.
Read this in full: Blackout period in the contractCruising range
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And what applies right now?
This page shows what always holds here; live official warnings are on the warning map.
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