New Providence, BS

One Cable Beach

Water Bodyocean
CountryBS
RegionNew Providence

Getting There

Nearest CityNassau6.4 km
Airport (NAS)Lynden Pindling International Airport7.5 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents141recorded

Sand & Geology

Bahamian Cable Beach is almost entirely oolitic aragonite — tiny concentric spheres of calcium carbonate that precipitate directly from the warm, supersaturated Bahama Banks seawater. Walking on oolite feels unusually smooth because each grain is nearly a perfect sphere.

Predicted regional compositionquartz-dominant
Q 89%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Cable Beach is Nassau's most developed and accessible beach destination, offering a full resort experience with calm Caribbean waters, abundant facilities, and direct access to the...

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One Cable Beach25.0763, -77.4036