This article focuses on the importance of the coastal dimension of the living area, 9 assuming that even if individuals have a risk culture, flooding by the sea is not always considered as 10 a risk. Starting from the premise that, even if they have a risk culture, not everyone on the coastline 11 considers his/her living area as a coastal one, we expect that those who do will more easily talk 12 about flood risk perception on it. Indeed, through interviews analysis made in Guadeloupe Island in 13 the Caribbean Sea, we highlighted the fact that having a risk culture is not enough for perceiving 14 flood risk. If respondents have actually a risk culture, most of them don't consider flooding 15 phenomenon as a real risk. It is not a priority for them. We demonstrate here that flood risk 16 perception requires to perceive the coastal dimension of the living area, which is not the case of the 17 most part of respondents. Those who perceive it are those with activities directly linked with the 18 sea. They consider the sea as a part of their living area and not only its delimitation. Therefore, in 19 areas where the sea is too current for being visible, risk culture is not focused on the sea except for 20 people with activities linked with it. 21 22