Off Grid Caribbean is an independent field guide to the quieter Caribbean: the cays you reach by dinghy, the islands with one road, and the practical systems that make a stay work once the pavement ends.
What we cover
Every island guide starts with the same two questions: how do you get there, and what do you need to know once you do? So we lead with airport codes and the last hop, then work outward to beaches, boat days, food, where to stay and how daily life runs.
- Islands. Destination guides organised from country to island to the place you will actually stand.
- On the water. Anchorages, marinas, fuel and water, clearing in, and where the water taxis leave.
- Field Manual. Packing, power, water, weather and the kit that fails first on an island.
- Getting there. Airports, small-plane connections and ferries.
- Field notes. Dated notes when an airstrip closes, an operator pauses for the season, or a guide is finished.
We are also building toward the longer stay: island living, building and infrastructure, and the local people and businesses that make a place work for someone who stays a month or more.
How we work
- Every fact carries its source and the date we checked it. We label the kind of source, too: a government site, the business itself, or a news report.
- Business details come from the business. Hours, services and policies come from each operator’s own published information, and we tell you to confirm before you book.
- Tips are leads, not facts. A note in a sailing forum or a Facebook group can send us looking. It does not go on the page until a source of record backs it up.
- Guides say how finished they are. Each one is marked Guide in progress, Curated, Developed or Comprehensive, along with the month it was last updated. Empty sections stay hidden rather than padded.
- Sponsored means marked. If a placement is paid, it says so. Affiliate links never decide what we recommend.
Where we start
We are starting with the Exumas in the Bahamas: Great Exuma, George Town and Stocking Island, then the cays up the chain. The aim is the whole Caribbean basin, one properly sourced island at a time.
Corrections
Things change fast on small islands. If something here is out of date, tell us what changed and where you saw it, and we will check it and update the page with a new date.