Best Beaches in Barbados
The opening guided swim of the Barbados Open Water Festival, in the flat water of Carlisle Bay. Guided means escorted and paced rather than raced: it is the session to do if you have never swum open water and want somebody alongside you.
Best Beaches in Barbados
The vetted guide to every beach in Barbados, with a satellite sargassum reading for each coast and a place to report what you see on the sand.
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Conditions come from a satellite reading for each coast and from reports people send in, and are for information only, with no promise of safety. Always check locally before entering the water.