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Few places provide it better than the sea; fewer still as spectacularly as The Bahamas. Beneath the waves amid the clear, the blue, all worries fade away.

Calm seas may not make great sailors, as the old saying goes, but they sure can make happy ones. At least they seem to in this image from Punta Cana...

If you've ever heard of St. Kitts, or were lucky enough to make a stop here, then you very likely know of the island's volcanic origins.

A Martinique beach lime. Simple, unhurried, and infinitely relaxing, somehow, it's also something I never seem to have time to enjoy.

A reward awaits this sailor, and anyone else who happens to take a southwesterly route around Scotts Head, a tombolo at the most southern point of Dominica.

Beach Day in Antigua. Location: Lignum Vitae Bay on the South Beach side of Jolly Harbour, one of more than 365 beaches in Antigua.

My head was spinning from all the options for fun in Guadeloupe, aided in no small part by the initial taste of Guadeloupe rhum I enjoyed the night before.

You don't go to Tugboat Beach, Curacao for common seaside lounging. It's the beach's namesake, a tugboat wreck sitting just offshore, that's the real draw.

Any week can be Shark Week when you're visiting the Exuma Islands where controlled encounters with docile nurse sharks are a top attraction.