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Chacachacare

4.0 km² of land in the Caribbean Sea.

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Chacachacare seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 0.5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

4.0km²

Area

19km

Coastline

239m

Highest point

0

People

29°C

Warmest sea

September

10km

To the mainland

When to go to Chacachacare

Best for the beach from February to April.

The sea is warmest in September (29 °C) and coolest in February (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Chacachacare is an island in Trinidad and Tobago. It covers 4.0 km², with 19 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 239 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 10 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Chacachacare.

  • 2beaches
  • 2viewpointsSpanish Beach Viewpoint
  • 1lighthousesChacachacare Lighthouse
  • 1ruins and archaeological sites

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Chacachacare, each with its own numbers.

  • 2beaches and covesCoastya

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    29.1°C

    Trou Grande-écaille

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

2 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Trou Grande-écaillecove29.1°C
  2. Embarcadère Corbeaucove29.1°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 88 m above the sea. 98 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 30 %0–50 m
  • 68 %50–200 m
  • 2 %200–500 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Chacachacare4 km²
Capri10 km²

2 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282828292929292930292928
Night low (°C)252526262727272727272726
Sea (°C)272627272828282929292827
Rain (mm)7643394495186180186130156161136
Wet days1410791725262723242521
Sun h/day7.27.67.57.47.06.46.97.27.36.66.36.3
Wind (km/h)252726262625221919202124

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.6+0.3+0.5+0.6+0.5+0.8+0.9+0.7+1.1+0.5+0.2+0.7
2021+0.5+0.2±0.0+0.4+0.3+0.3+0.3+0.4+0.6+0.3+0.2+0.3
2022+0.3+0.7+0.4+0.4+0.3+0.2+0.4+0.6+0.5+0.1±0.0−0.2
2023+0.2+0.1+0.1+0.3+0.5+1.1+1.4+1.1+0.8+1.2+0.9+1.2
2024+1.4+1.3+1.4+1.5+1.4+1.4+1.5+1.4+1.4+1.3+1.4+1.2
2025+1.2+0.9+0.8+0.7+0.8+0.1+0.8+0.7+0.6+0.8+0.4+0.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

TnT Chaguaramas Chacachacare
Grueslayer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Leper colony, Chacachacare, Trinidad. 1967
John Hill · CC BY-SA 4.0
Anchors in Spring Chacachacare
Wilfredor · CC0
Boats in Chacachacare 2
Wilfredor · CC0

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q77021) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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