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https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/bahamas-exuma-cays-land-and-sea/#:~:text=The%20waters%20of%20Exuma%20Cays,reefs%20teeming%20with%20marine%20life.

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http://exuma.online/community/the-history-of-exuma/#:~:text=American%20loyalists%20who%20were%20fleeing,honor%20of%20King%20George%20III.

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https://www.worlddata.info/america/bahamas/hurricanes.php#:~:text=Hurricanes%20occurfrequently%20in%20the%20Bahamas,wind%20and%20rain%20on%20land.

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https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/v3n3p96-100.pdf

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https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-precipitation-Rainfall-inches,georgetown-bs,Bahamas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exuma

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https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ports/15648?name=EXUMA&country=Bahamas#WindForecast

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https://phys.org/news/2016-04-phytoplankton-growth-gulf-maine.html

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardisoma_guanhumi#:~:text=Cardisoma%20guanhumi%2C%20also%20known%20as,north%20to%20Ponce%20Inlet%2C%20Florida

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https://marine-conservation.org/blueparks/awardees/exuma-cays/

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https://www.windfinder.com/windstatistics/guana_cay_great_exuma

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On average the Exumas get hit with some tropical storm 7 times a year. Most of the time the hurricanes do not make landfall but turn away beforehand. Whats left still produces high wind and some costal flooding however.

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Part of the reason for the collapse of the cotton plantations was due to soil exhaustion. to frequent planting and improper maintenance ruined the soil and sucked all the nutrients out of it.

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The spiny lobster season runs from August to March. Conches are also very popular and can be eaten. Both animals have been around the Exumas for hundreds of years.

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Jack, Blue Runner, Snapper, Grouper to Barracuda and Grouper are just some of the most popular fishes caught off the Exumas. Bonefishing (Pictured above) is also very popular however these fish are very strictly catch and release. You need a licence to fish in the Exumas and most of the Cays are no take zones, but when regulations allow, the Exumas have some of the best fishing in the world.

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A Taste of History (S3E12): Nothing Grows on Exuma. Shows a detailed way of cooking on the exumas

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Some of the modern classic meals on Exuma include: Conch Salad, Conch Fritters, Fish Fry and Crab Rice. All things found in this video are found off the Exumas.

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A Taste of History (S3E12): Nothing Grows on Exuma

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American loyalists who were fleeing the Revolutionary War settled in Exuma as well in the late 1700s. The loyalist established cotton plantation to boost the economy of the islands. Almost the entire island was dedicated to growing cotton at one point.

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In the 1700s Little Exuma was used for salt raking, and this continued into the 1800s where at one point Exuma was considered to be the main salt producing island, with over 100,000 bushels of salt produced and sent off to the colonies.

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According to many different travel websites, the climate in The Exuma islands is beautiful, with warm temperature year round. The climate is sub-tropical however so some rain is expected.

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Water temperature in Exuma follows almost the same pattern as air temp, with July-September having the warmest water tempatures

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Hottests months are May- September, warm climate year round however

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Most rainfall is usually in September and October.

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Most windy correlates with the summer months; Wind is always blowing to the east in some regard

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Coconut palms are spread out through the islands with small groves in some places. The palms have been there for in some cases over 100 years. The coconuts are harder to come by then the trees however.

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The Exuma islands are just south of the Exuma Sound

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The shallower water is on the southwest side of the islands, where as the northeast section of the islands has the deeper waters of the atlantic

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The cloudiest months are actually late may into june and september, this lines up with the rainfall chart and makes sense that as the air is more hot and humid, and clouds develop easier

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The higher the levels of silt and sediment, the murkier the water will be. The water in the Bahamas has larger sediment particles than the water up here in Massachusetts for example; So the particles settle to the bottom, and don’t float on the surface. This along with the reefs (which prevent upwelling by keeping the sediment future away from the coast) makes the water clearer.

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Final salinity values exceed 36.8 practical salinity units. Final density ranges from sigma-t-23.75 to-24.5

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A very interesting study done in 1994, states that plumes of dense, salty water generated over shallow banks stick together and can move as one across tens of kilometers from their source. It is said that in Exuma the plumes are caused by cooling and or evaporation on the small banks. This phenomenon has been linked as a partial cause of the coral killoff. The salinity of the water off exuma is also dictated by hurricanes and tropical systems that stir up the ocean.

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The main nutrient input comes from the reefs off of the exuma islands. The reefs are breeding grounds for all different types of organisms and provide a healthy living environment for many animals. Having the reefs so close provides a very active sealife, even though the reefs are dying due to disease pollution and climate change.