Why is Bahamas water so turquoise?

One reason for this is attributed to the shallow waters surrounding the islands. In fact, the word Bahamas comes from the Spanish phrase “Baja Mar,” which means shallow ocean. The blue color of the ocean comes from the absorption of red and green light wavelengths by the water.



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By far one of our most alluring features, the sparkling turquoise waters of The Bahamas have been enticing visitors for centuries, both on land and in the sky.

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The Weddell Sea has been claimed by scientists to have the clearest waters of any ocean in the world. Described by a historian as “the most wretched and dismal region on earth”, due to the flash freezes that caught Shackleton's ship, its clarity is only belied by the sheer depth of the ocean below.

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Ocean water is clear due to the shallow sandy plateau of the Bahamas. Ocean depths are only 10 — 30m with white sand bottom for miles around the islands. Crystal clear.

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The water is clear due to the absence of plankton and suspended particles. Plankton is the base of the food web in all oceans and, because there is little plankton in the tropics, tropical ocean water is nearly sterile in comparison with the fertile waters of the temperate oceans.

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The Bahamas is known for its stellar beaches. With over 2,000 breathtaking islands and cays, and the clearest water on Earth, it's no wonder visitors come here from all around to sink their toes into miles of pure white, and in some places pink, sand-the very definition of paradise.

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The higher cost of living in the Bahamas are due to the fact that most goods need to be imported, and all of these items are taxed, when they arrive and clear customs. Unlike the US, there is no income tax in the Bahamas.

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Which country has the turquoise sea? Maldives. A roundup of the world's bluest waters would be incomplete without the Maldives, home of turquoise-blue waters so vibrant they seem surreal.

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Our shores have shallow waters often resulting in sandbars, so the sun can reflect off the white sea floors and the surrounding microscopic plankton, which creates the gradient effect of clear-to-emerald-to azure-to-navy waters as you progress further out into the Gulf.

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