By Admin. Updated 8:05 a.m., Tuesday February 10, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
Residents of Canouan in the southern Grenadines awoke to find boats displaced on the leeward side (Caribbean Sea side) of the island, as the usually calm waterfront experienced surging seas.
At the time of publication, community members were still working to free boats that had become stuck.
Tourism is expected to suffer, with current sea conditions deemed unsafe for swimmers.
The surging has also been reported on other Grenadine islands.
Such events occur from time to time, but local media figure Hansel Henry described this as the worst in years.
Minor damage has been reported in seafront areas.
The windward side of the island, however, remains calm.
In its weather reports issued at noon and 6:00 p.m. on February 9, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Service warned that “small-craft operators and sea bathers should be alert and exercise extreme caution for occasional northerly swells and rip currents”.
The same advice was repeated in its 6:00 a.m. report issued this morning (February 10).
We will continue to monitor developments in the Grenadines.
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