Coastal locations

The Bahamas forecasts and tides

2 coastal locations in The Bahamas, each with its own forecast, nearest tide station, and storm history.

The Bahamas tropical history

Every Atlantic storm since 1853 that tracked within 150 miles of a The Bahamas coastal location, from the NOAA best-track archive.

Storms on record
259
Arrived at hurricane strength
93
Major hurricanes, last 50 years
6 of 35 all time
Direct hits
36 centre within 25 mi
Last major hurricane
Dorian (2019)

Most recent storms

Storm Year Closest approach Strength at closest Peak strength
Imelda Direct hit 2025 24 mi Tropical Storm Category 1
Nicole Direct hit 2022 22 mi Category 1 Category 1
Alex 2022 102 mi Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Sally 2020 78 mi Depression Category 2
Isaias 2020 50 mi Category 1 Category 1
Arthur 2020 101 mi Depression Tropical Storm
Humberto 2019 109 mi Tropical Storm Category 3
Dorian 2019 26 mi Category 5 Category 5
Three 2019 31 mi Depression Depression
Gordon 2018 132 mi Depression Tropical Storm

Hardest-hit stretches of the coast

Storms within 150 miles of each location across the full archive.

  1. Freeport 226 storms · 81 hurricanes · 20 direct hits, last in 2022
  2. Nassau 185 storms · 69 hurricanes · 18 direct hits, last in 2025