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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001398344-24-023664
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241227

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000880406
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				650396889
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		119 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 504
		CITY:			MIAMI BEACH
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33139
		BUSINESS PHONE:		305-777-1660

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		119 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 504
		CITY:			MIAMI BEACH
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33139

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST CUBA FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">D 215.981.4659</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">john.falco@troutman.com</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">December 27, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-transform: uppercase">VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-transform: uppercase">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Investment Management<BR>
Disclosure Review and Accounting Office<BR>
100 F Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Attention: Mr. Jeff Long</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold">The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. &ndash; 1940 Act File No. 811-06445</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Dear Mr. Long:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On behalf of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. (the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;),
set forth below are the Fund&rsquo;s responses to the comments of the staff of the Division of Investment Management (the &ldquo;Staff&rdquo;)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) that we received on November 26, 2024, in connection with the SEC&rsquo;s
review of the Fund&rsquo;s Form N-CSR filed on September 6, 2024 via EDGAR, as required by Section 408 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
as amended. The Staff&rsquo;s comments are set forth below in bold italics and are followed by the Fund&rsquo;s responses thereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">*&#9;*&#9;*</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>1.</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>On a going forward basis, please update the required officer certifications under item 4(d) of Form N-CSR to reflect that the
certification is with respect to the period covered by the report.</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><B><U>Response</U>:</B> The Fund will update future certifications
to conform with item 4(d) of Form N-CSR.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>2.</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>On a going forward basis, include the statement required by instruction 4(f) of Item 24 of Form N-2 that the Statement of Additional
Information (&ldquo;SAI&rdquo;), includes additional information about directors of the Registrant and is available, without charge, upon
request, and a toll-free (or collect) telephone number and e-mail address, if any, for shareholders to use to request the SAI.</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><B><U>Response</U>: </B>The Fund will include the statement that
additional information regarding the Fund&rsquo;s directors is included in the Fund&rsquo;s prospectus rather than a statement of additional
information since the Fund does not prepare a SAI because all of the information required to be in the SAI is included in the Prospectus.</P>

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                         <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">December 27, 2024</P>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>3.</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>On a going forward basis, in the notes to the financial statements with respect to Level 3 fair valued securities including
information regarding range and weighted average of the significant unobservable inputs as required by Accounting Standards Update (&ldquo;ASU&rdquo;)
820-10-50-2.</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><B><U>Response</U>: </B>On a going forward basis, the Fund will
provide range and weighted average information as required by ASU 820-10-50-2 for its Level 3 fair valued securities.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>4.</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>The Staff notes that the Fund is A2 qualified and is required to provide an auditor&rsquo;s consent for each document incorporated
by reference including those documents that are forward incorporated. The Staff further notes that the N-CSR filed on September 6, 2024,
did not include the auditor&rsquo;s consent to incorporation by reference. To the extent the Fund conducts an offering off of the shelf
registration the auditor&rsquo;s consent must be filed with the SEC and may be included in a subsequent N-CSR/A to include the consent.
The Staff also note that if a N-CSR/A is filed to include the auditor&rsquo;s consent, the Fund should also update each of the required
certifications to a date current with the submission.</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><B><U>Response</U></B>: The Fund will obtain and submit the required
consent of the auditors prior to an offering of securities registered on the Fund&rsquo;s shelf registration, either by filing an amendment
to Form N-CSR or an exhibit to the shelf registration.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">If you have any questions or additional comments concerning the foregoing,
please contact the undersigned at (215) 981-4659.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Kind regards,</P>

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John P. Falco</TD>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">John P. Falco</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">cc:</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Mr. Erik Herzfeld, President of the Fund<BR>
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