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Elbow Cay Guide

Tahiti
Beach

Hope Town Life

At the southern tip of Elbow Cay, a tidal sandbar fringed with sea grape trees curves into water so shallow and clear you can wade out a quarter-mile. Accessible only by dinghy from Hope Town — and all the better for it.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Tides & surf — plan for low tide

Getting Here

Dinghy from Hope Town Harbour

Sandbar Sunset

Last light on the Abaco flats

Dining

Hope Town's best restaurants

Things to Do

Cay hops, snorkel & sailing

Events

What's on this week

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Tahiti Beach Sandbar

Tidal sandbar · best at low tide · knee-deep for acres

Main spot

Hope Town Harbour

Picturesque lighthouse town · restaurants · dinghy dock

10 min north

Garbanzo Beach

Protected cove just north — calm swimming

North end

Atlantic Side Beach

Wave-exposed · good for shelling

East side

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Hope Town Lighthouse

10 min by dinghy

Historic candy-stripe lighthouse — climb for the best Abaco view

Treasure Cay Beach

30 min by boat

One of the world's best beaches, 30 minutes north

Man-O-War Cay

20 min by boat

Traditional Bahamian boat-building island — no alcohol, all character

Marsh Harbour

20 min by ferry

Abaco's main town — grocery runs, restaurants and flights out

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Tahiti Beach. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

Right now at Tahiti Beach, the water is 87°F, surf is running 1–2 ft and the air is 85°F but feels like 90°F. Wind is 14 mph from the NE and the UV index peaks at 8 (very high) today. Unprotected fair skin burns in about 240 minutes right now, and the strongest stretch runs 12 PM to 4 PM.