Caribbean Nations with Both Atlantic & Caribbean Sea Coastlines

Sixteen sovereign states and territories have coastlines on both the Atlantic Ocean (proper) and the Caribbean Sea. The boundary runs roughly along the Greater Antilles arc and the Lesser Antilles chain.

The List

Country / TerritoryAtlantic CoastCaribbean Coast
Antigua & BarbudaEast (Barbuda)West (Antigua)
BahamasEntire archipelagoSouthwest banks
BarbadosEast coastWest coast (calmer)
Bermuda (UK)Entire platformN/A (Sargasso Sea)
CubaNorth coastSouth coast
DominicaEastWest
Dominican RepublicNorth (Atlantic)South (Caribbean)
GrenadaEastWest
HaitiNorthSouth
JamaicaNorthSouth
Puerto Rico (US)NorthSouth
St. Kitts & NevisEast (Atlantic)West (Caribbean)
St. LuciaEastWest
St. Vincent & GrenadinesEastWest
Trinidad & TobagoEast (Atlantic)West (Gulf of Paria/Caribbean)
United States (Florida)East (Atlantic)South/West (Gulf/Straits)

Notes

  • Bermuda sits in the Sargasso Sea (Atlantic), not the Caribbean.
  • Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana are South American Atlantic coast—not Caribbean Sea.
  • Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico have Caribbean coasts but no Atlantic coast (blocked by Central America).
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