Sargassum at Cabbage Beach (Paradise Island): today's conditions
Clear
Pristine, go
Cabbage Beach covers the northern face of Paradise Island, the islet linked to Nassau by two bridges and crowned by the Atlantis resort. Its broad ribbon of sand draws resort guests, day visitors from the capital and passengers off the cruise ships in roughly equal measure.
Here you will find a 0 to 5 score, recalculated each morning, describing the sargassum situation at Cabbage Beach, together with the map placing the beach in the Nassau sector. Enough to know, before paying for a lounger or crossing the bridge, whether the sand is open or the weed has invited itself.
Cabbage Beach on the sargassum map
What to know about this beach
Paradise Island lies in front of Nassau harbour like a natural breakwater, and Cabbage Beach holds its ocean-facing side, looking north. Like the rest of the sector's northern front, it sees the weed stream pass at a slant: rafts riding up toward the Florida Strait have already skirted the archipelago's eastern and southern coasts before reaching these waters.
It is the easternmost of the shores tracked around Nassau, separated from Junkanoo Beach by the harbour entrance: the two can wake up in different states on the same morning, depending on how the currents split around the islet. Cabbage Beach's wide sand absorbs small deposits well, and the neighbouring hotels' crews are quick to tend their own stretch of shoreline.
Frequently asked questions
Does Cabbage Beach get overrun by sargassum often?
No. Paradise Island's northern face enjoys moderate exposure, with the main flow passing offshore after touching the east of the archipelago. Deposits here are occasional and rarely last long.
Should I check the beach before crossing from Nassau?
It is the smart reflex: the 0 to 5 score published each morning at the top of this page spares you a wasted trip, whether you come over the bridge or by water taxi.
Does it behave like Junkanoo Beach, just across the water?
Not always. The harbour entrance separates them and the currents do not wrap around the islet symmetrically. On a given morning one can be spotless while the other is fringed with weed, so compare their scores.
Which period calls for extra attention on Paradise Island?
As everywhere in the region, the window stretches from spring to late summer. For the rest of the year landings are rare, and the morning score stays low most of the time.
Is the whole length of Cabbage Beach affected at once?
Rarely. A deposit usually settles on one stretch while the rest of the sand stays clean, and in front of the big hotels the clean-up teams speed the return to normal even further.