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Fabulous Barbados Weather and Beaches make the Barbados Island a fabulous
cruise destination!
Barbados weather and beaches make this island paradise a
very popular vacation spot and cruise port. Barbados is one of the more
developed - and British - of the Caribbean islands.
Being the most easterly of the Windward Islands, the island of Barbados is
really sitting in the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 100 miles east of the
string of island called the Lesser Antilles. On the east coast of Barbados
one can feel the full strength of the mighty Atlantic. The west coast would
find the more tranquil waters of the southern Caribbean where one can find
luxurious homes and resorts.
Cruisers and shore vacationers alike find that Barbados is easily accessible
from both land and sea. The fabulous Barbados weather and endless beaches
seem to be designed to cater to southern Caribbean cruise ship passengers
and shore vacationers alike. For this reason, Barbados is a great spot to
extend a cruise either before or after your cruise.
Barbados Island is loaded with lots to see and do for both shore vacationers
and cruise ship passengers with only limited shore excursion time. In fact,
for cruisers, this may itself create a problem - so much to see… so little
time!
A cruise vacation shore trip to Barbados on your fabulous southern
Caribbean Cruise can include
everything from a "pub-crawl" to an afternoon of tea and cricket.
Vacationers in Barbados can experience an Atlantic beach, a Caribbean beach
or an undersea scuba adventure.
Barbados Weather
Barbados has warm year round temperatures between 75 and
85 degrees Fahrenheit. Nights are expectedly only slightly cooler. The
prevailing northeast tradewinds blow fairly steadily across Barbados so that
one is never unbearably hot. And relief from the humidity is only a plunge
away in the nearby southern Caribbean.
Barbados rain usually comes in short bursts. The rainy season runs from June
to November. However, a consecutive spell of overcast days on Barbados is
quite rare according to the locals. Tropical rainstorms sometimes occur
during the hurricane season of June to October. January to June is the dry
season on Barbados.
There is sunshine for 8 to 10 hours every day on Barbados. That's a far cry
from the reduced winter sun times in the more northern areas of the northern
hemisphere.
Barbados Beaches
Barbados is a coral island with beaches made from the
finely ground coral, making them a great cruise vacation shore experience. There are few beaches that are not fine grained white
sand. In the wonderful Barbados weather, this makes for a warm soft beach
experience, just perfect for your
romantic cruise getaway!
All beaches in Barbados are open to the public. Properties fronting on the
water own the land only to the high water mark, and some landowners must
provide a public right-of-way across their land to the water.
There are no nude beaches in Barbados. Nudism is illegal on Barbados. The
conservative British nature of the native Bajans (as they are called) finds
undressing or seeing undressing happening quite uncomfortable.
Selling to tourists on the beach is regulated in Barbados. The beaches are
regularly patrolled by police as vendors are not allowed to "set up shop out
of a suitcase".
Generally speaking, the beaches on the west coast are the calmest. The calm
waters and soft sandy bottom makes these beaches the best for vacationers
who are looking for these traits.
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