South Atlantic Bight

[3] The bight is fairly shallow with the continental shelf extending far offshore except off south Florida and North Carolina.

Due to storms and unpredictable shoaling, the area off the North Carolina Outer Banks is known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.

The southern part of the bight borders the Bermuda Triangle where many aircraft and sea vessels have been lost off Florida from various causes.

[4] Hurricanes frequently make landfall along the bight except in Northern Florida and Georgia where seasonal steering patterns usually cause storms to recurve before encountering land in these areas.

In the winter, Nor'easters begin their formation in the South Atlantic Bight as northeast moving low pressure systems carrying cold air from Canada encounter the warm waters of the Gulf Stream.