Caribbean in 2011: Kittiwake sunk

Wow factor is high among places, a step below Raja Ampat and Palau in this atlas. Accessibility is the highest of the destination set: short flights from North America and many shore entries. Seasonality is moderate (hurricane window, not a monsoon close-out). Risk is moderate: boats, current on walls, and the usual reef manners.

This chapter is a place atlas, not a cruise itinerary, not a certifying agency, and not a live briefing. Park tags, hurricane centres and the day's wind override any sentence here. Destination pages are season and access notes — not a booking engine. Visa, park fees and live weather beat brochure months.

Pick the matching craft page (snorkel/scuba/surf) before the flight. Caribbean mapped for mechanisms, locale notes and limits. Caribbean sits in the places atlas — mechanisms, locale notes and limits, not slogans. Adoption and meaning follow coastal and inland water sites as much as peak specs.