What islands in the Caribbean are NOT affect by the hurricane season?

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Farai

All are affected one way or another even if they dont get a direct hit they may experience gusty winds,surges, rain ,cloudiness etc.The thing is some countries get more fequently hit beacause of their location.Hurricanes normally form just off the coast of Africa and tends to move in a general westerly or north westerly motion therefore the eastern and northern caribbean countries are the ones most likely to get hit and more frequently-if not hit directly most times they experience the effects as listed in first sentence.

Timothy B

No island in the Caribbean is outside the hurricane belt. However the more southerlly islands are the least likelly to get hit by hurricanes. Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao have not had a direct hit by a hurricane in over 100 years. There have been a few close calls, but nothing direct. However, keep in mind that of the three islands, Aruba is the flattest, so even if it's not hit, just a little rise in the waves, and there can be some light damage to places close to shore. Bonaire and Curacao ain't got this problem as big.

Last I heard, Trinidad & Tobago have been pretty much spared aswell for a long time.

RACQUEL

I know that Curacao and Aruba are outside of the hurricane belt, therefore they rarely get rain and never get hurricanes.

TriniSalt

None.

But the more southerly ones like Trinidad and Tobago, Margarita island, Aruba are LESS likely to be affected because of their low latitude.

I live in Trinidad and we've never had a direct hit, the last major incident was Flora hitting Tobago in '63. There've been a couple near misses. The eye of Bret in '93 passed between the two islands, and Ivan passed pretty close in '04 before destroying Grenada.

This doesn't mean that the islands don't get torrential rains when feeder bands from the hurricanes pass by, mind you.

beachgirl5628

Aruba is out of the hurricane belt. I have been there and went there specifically for that reason. Didn't want to be bothered with rainy weather. WE had beautiful weather the entire week, they get very little rain. It is really HOT and windy but so worth the trip. I can't wait to go back.

Barbados Chick

we are all affected by the "H" season, so some more than others and this year none us really had any affect at all.
Barbados was last hit by Janet in 1954, so that is a long time.
However, we can still get heavy rains and winds and unfortunately Bajans are relaxed in their "H" preparedness and I hate to think what would happen if we were hot.
This year has been a very dry wet season and we are all happy to be coming out of it with little to no flooding.

JahJah

No island in the Caribbean is out of the Hurricane Zone...they all get hit by something. the lower islands may just get he waves or the depressions but we all feel it.

yankee_sailor

Trini Salt has it right........the more southerly islands ( Trinidad, Aruba Bonaire Curacao) etc have less CHANCE of being hit.......Grenada had a very low chance of being hit, and was recommended by many yacht insurers and "local knowledge" as being "safe".and then got wiped out by Ivan two yeas ago.....so just because an island hasn't had a hurricane recently.....its a matter of when, not if

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