CARIBE WAVE TSUNAMI EXERCISE 2026

The fifteenth annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 26, will be conducted on the 19th of March 2026 at 1500 UTC.

UNESCO-IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunamis and Other Coastal Hazards for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS) Member States and Territories will have two scenarios from which to choose: a tsunami generated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake located southwest of the Cayman Islands and a tsunami generated by a flank collapse of the Kick ‘em Jenny submarine volcano.

Tsunami exercises such as CARIBE WAVE are important to validate and advance end-to-end tsunami preparedness across the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions.

All 48 CARIBE EWS Member States and Territories, stakeholders, and communities at risk are encouraged to plan for and participate in the exercise.