Bahamas - Diving

Diving In The Bahamas

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Total immersion is the best way to appreciate the remarkable sea life and reef formations of The Bahamas; the drop-offs close to shore and currents that wash the water gin-clear make these islands a diver's dream.

Like sailing, scuba diving requires a little bit of skill but is well worth the effort. Learning to dive is an experience unto itself, but after you know how, you'll see (and, if you're brave, touch) creatures you could never meet any other way. Local dive operators offer guided dives, classes, and supply equipment for unguided dives all over The Bahamas. Swim with the sharks in guided and safe shark dives. Explore sunken wrecks from the pirate days, or dive at night, when the nocturnal fauna emerge. Dolphin dives offer a unique way to encounter these friendly and intelligent mammals without penning them up in the process. Marine biologists in the Exumas guide eco-dives for small groups who want to learn more about the coral reef habitat and its surrounding waters. When you leave you'll know and appreciate these waters as much more than a mere backdrop to The Bahamas' fine beaches.

The Bahamas are known for their blue holes, extraordinarily deep inland sea pools fed by the ocean via natural underground passages. These breathtaking pools, caves, and tunnels offer endless discovery and challenge for even the most experienced diver. Caution should be exercised when exploring the blue holes, as they can become dangerous vortices when the tides are strong. The safest way for most to enjoy the blue holes is from the surface--they can be up to 200 feet across, and appear like apparitions in the landscape.

The waters of The Bahamas yield incredible 100-foot visibility, coral that grows a bit larger and marine life that is slightly more abundant than elsewhere in the already-teeming Caribbean Sea. Coral formations reveal their hypnotic shapes and colors, from fantastic coral canyons to delicate scarlet fans and latticework. The diving tends to improve the farther one goes into the Out Islands, and Andros is a particularly fine dive destination. Off the coast of the Abacos and Eleuthera, there are not only shipwrecks but also the rarest of undersea ruins--train wrecks.

Dive Operators/Live-Aboards

The Abacos

Brendal's Dive Shop Ltd.
Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Phone: 242-365-4411, 242-365-4271

Dive Abaco Ltd.
P.O. Box 20555
Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas
Phone: 800-247-5338, 242-367-2787
Fax: 242-367-4779

Hope Town Dive Shop & Boat Rentals
Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas
Phone: 242-366-0029

Ocean Exploration Society
Man-O-War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Phone: 242-366-2222/3

Walker's Cay Undersea Adventures
Walker's Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Phone: 242-352-5252
Fax: 242-352-3301
U.S. Office:
P.O. Box 21766
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33335-1766
Phone: 800-432-2092
Fax: 305-359-1400/1405

Andros

Small Hope Bay Lodge
P.O. Box 21667
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
Phone: 242-368-2013/4
800-223-6961, 305-359-8240 (U.S.)
Fax: 242-368-2015

Bimini

Bill & Nowdla Keefe's Bimini Undersea
(formerly Bimini Undersea Adventures)
Alicetown, Bimini, Bahamas
Phone: 242-347-3089
Fax: 242-347-3079
email: biminiua@web2000.net
U.S. Reservations:
P.O. Box 693515
Miami, FL 33269
Phone: 1-800-348-4644, 305-653-5572
Fax: 305-652-9148

Cat Island

Fernandez Bay Village
Fernandez Bay, Cat Island, Bahamas
Phone: 242-342-5043
Fax: 242-342-3051
U.S. Reservations:
5260 S.W. 6th Street
Plantation, FL 33317
Phone: 800-940-1905
Fax: 305-474-4864

Eleuthera

Cove Eleuthera
P.O. Box 548
Gregory Town, Eleuthera, Bahmas
Phone/Fax: 242-335-5142, 800-552-5960 (U.S.)

Romora Bay Club
P.O. Box 146
Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Phone: 242-333-2325
Fax: 242-333-2324

Valentine's Dive Center
P.O. Box 1
Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Phone: 242-333-2080, 242-333-2142, 800-323-5655 (U.S.)
Fax: 242-333-2135

Exuma

Exuma Fantasea
P.O. Box 29261
George Town, Exuma, Bahamas
Phone/Fax: 242-336-3483, 800-760-0700 (U.S.)

Grand Bahama Island

Caribbean Divers
Bell Channel Inn
P.O. Box F-43817
Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Phone: 242-373-9111/2
Fax: 242-373-9112
email: caribdiv@batelnet.bs

Deep Water Cay Club
P.O. Box F-39
East End, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Phone: 242-348-2112
Fax: 242-352-4831

Sun Odyssey Divers
77 Silver Palm Court
P.O. Box F-4166
Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Phone: 242-373-4014

Underwater Explorers Society(UNEXSO)
P.O. Box F-2433
Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Phone: 242-373-1234, 242-373-8958
U.S. Office:
P.O. Box 5608
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310
Phone: 800-992-DIVE, 305-359-2730
Fax: 305-359-0007

Xanadu Undersea Adventures
P.O. Box F-40118
Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Phone: 242-352-3811; 800-327-8150 (U.S.)
Fax: 242-352-4731

Long Island

Stella Maris Inn
P.O. Box SM 105
Stella Maris, Long Island, Bahamas
Phone: 242-336-2106
U.S. Office:
1100 Lee Wagener Blvd., Suite 319
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
Phone: 800-426-0466, 305-359-8236

New Providence

Bahama Divers Ltd.
P.O. Box SS-5004
Nassau, Bahamas
Phone: 242-393-6054/242-393-5644, 800-398-DIVE (U.S.)
Fax: 242-393-6078

Dive, Dive, Dive Ltd.
P.O. Box N-8050
Nassau, Bahamas
Phone: 242-362-1143, 242-362-1401, 800-368-3483 (U.S.)
Fax: 242-362-1994

Divers Haven
P.O. Box N-1658
Nassau, Bahamas
Phone: 242-393-0869, 800-780-7640 (U.S.)
Fax: 242-393-3695

Nassau Scuba Center
1047 S.E. 17th Street
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
Phone/Fax: 242-362-1964
800-327-8150, 305-462-3400 (U.S.)
Fax: 305-462-4100 (U.S.)

Stuart Cove's Dive South Ocean
P.O. Box CB-11697
Nassau, Bahamas
Phone: 242-362-4171, 800-879-9832(U.S.)
Fax: 242-362-5227

Sun Divers Ltd.
British Colonial Beach Resort
P.O. Box N-10728
Nassau, Bahamas
Phone: 242-325-8927

Sunskiff Divers Ltd.
P.O. Box N-142
Nassau, Bahamas
Phone: 242-362-1979, 800-331-5884 (U.S.)

San Salvador

Club Med Columbus Isle
Cockburn Town, San Salvador, Bahamas
Phone: 242-331-2000
Fax: 242-331-2222

Riding Rock Inn
c/o Out Island Service Co., Inc.
1170 Lee Wagener Blvd., Suite 103
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
Phone: 800-272-1492, 305-359-8353, 242-332-2631

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