Boca Raton, FL, United States

Boca Raton, FL, United States is a submarine cable landing point in United States (coordinates 26.3503°, -80.0889°). It serves 8 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in United States's international connectivity infrastructure.

Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 97,422 in the 2020 census, and it ranked as the 23rd-largest city in Florida in 2022. Many people with a Boca Raton postal address live outside of municipal boundaries, such as in West Boca Raton. As a business center, the city also experiences significant daytime population increases. Boca Raton is 45 miles (72 km) north of Miami and is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Boca Raton, FL, United States

Cables landing at Boca Raton, FL, United States are operated by 13 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including APUA, Algar Telecom, América Móvil (Claro), Angola Cables, Antel Uruguay, Caribbean Crossings, Confluence Networks, Google, Liberty Networks, Orange, and 3 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Boca Raton, FL, United States, international traffic can reach 19 countries through 8 cable systems. Destinations include Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and 11 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Boca Raton, FL, United States in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• CELIA (2027) — CELIA is a regional submarine cable serving 6 countries: Aruba, United States, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, and 1 others. With landing points at Baby Beach, Boca Raton, Kralendijk, Le Lamentin, Morris Bay, and 2 more, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Confluence-1 (2026) — Confluence-1 is a domestic submarine cable network within United States, connecting 5 coastal and island locations including Boca Raton, Jacksonville, Myrtle Beach, Virginia Beach, Wall Township. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• TIKAL-AMX3 (2026) — TIKAL-AMX3 is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United States, Mexico, Guatemala. Its 3 landing points at Boca Raton, Cancún, Puerto Barrios bridge the networks of North America, Central America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Monet (2017) — Monet is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United States and Brazil. Landing at Boca Raton, Fortaleza, Santos, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Colombia-Florida Express (CFX-1) (2008) — Colombia-Florida Express (CFX-1) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United States, Colombia, Jamaica. Its 4 landing points at Boca Raton, Cartagena, Copa Club, Morant Point bridge the networks of North America, South America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Bahamas Internet Cable System (BICS) (2001) — Bahamas Internet Cable System (BICS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United States and Bahamas. Landing at Boca Raton, Caves Point, Crown Haven, Current, Hawksbill, and 2 more, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• South America-1 (SAm-1) (2001) — South America-1 (SAm-1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 9 countries across South America, North America. With 16 landing points — including Arica, Barranquilla, Boca Raton, Fortaleza, Las Toninas, and 11 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• GlobeNet (2000) — GlobeNet is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Colombia, United States, Brazil, Venezuela, Bermuda. Its 7 landing points at Barranquilla, Boca Raton, Fortaleza, Maiquetia, Rio de Janeiro, and 2 more bridge the networks of South America, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.