The watering hole goes out on the water.

First there was thebeachbar.

Then there was the swim-up pool bar.

LimeOut floating bar and restaurant in the US Virgin Islands

Lime Out, in St. John’s Coral Bay.Sarah Swan/Courtesy of Lime Out

And now, in theCaribbean, it’s all about the floating bar.

Read on for some of our favorite island oases.

Tropical Tiki Tours U.S. Virgin Islands

Bring your own liquor and snacks for cruises aroundSt.

Tiki Pon Da Sea floating bar, in Jamaica

Visitors to Negril, Jamaica, can sail with a Red Stripe in hand on the pontoon-boat bar Tiki Pon Da Sea.Rodcliffe Hume/Courtesy of Tiki Pon Da Sea

Croix’s Christiansted Harbor.