Why is the caribbean so blue
Why Water Is So Blue In the Caribbean Sea | Travel Tips & Tricks | How 2 Travelers
hey guys it's me Andrea right now I'm on
my balcony here and Grand Turk it's the
capital island of Turks and Caicos but
still very very small this is one of my
favourite islands to visit because the
water I mean just look at it is so
gorgeous it's unbelievable and I don't
know if you guys have ever thought like
what makes the water so blue especially
here in the Caribbean well it's a few
things one when the sun's rays light
waves come from the sky and they hit the
water the blue light is scattered while
the other colors are absorbed so that's
why it's blue but then specifically for
the Caribbean when the reasons why it is
such as brilliant blue colors because
the Caribbean Sea the water is
relatively still so the water is more
clear because there's not as much sand
and stuff being kicked up with all the
waves and everything and therefore the
colors are more vibrant and then you add
on other things like the color of the
sand usually it's a bright white so it
reflects color and that's reflecting the
blue to your eye and in Grand Turk you
can really see how much the sand and sea
floor affects the color here the water
isn't as colourful because of the dark
seaweed and then you can tell where
there's only the white sand and you have
that gorgeous blue green again and then
you also have the coral reefs here the
coral is often mixed in the sand here in
the Caribbean Sea and that also reflects
light differently
another factor giving at this unique
Caribbean blue and finally one of the
more obvious reasons for changes in sea
color is water depth all near the cruise
ship it's much darker and much deeper
obviously because the cruise would be
able to get in otherwise and then you
can see as we go towards the reefs and
the shallow water the color is so
vibrant all those factors contribute to
make it really really really blue and at
all all islands are like this but there
are specific islands that really have
just incredible colors of water and
Grand Turk is one of them so yes check
it out absolutely beautiful I hope you
enjoyed that and I'll be posting a lot
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