Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in The Bahamas

Mermaid Reef is a 5.0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Caribbean which is accessible from shore based on 2 ratings.

The Willaurie was built in Denmark in 1907. She sank originally in Potters cay, Nassau; moved; and finally sunk during a storm near Clifton Pier. Great wreck dive with a nice propeller (photographers will enjoy!) South of Goulding Cay; west of Clifton point.

Great black coral trees and barrel sponges. Goulding Cay Wall alos offers great schools of pelagics. West of Goulding Cay

This dive site offers two main wrecks: - The former tugboat known as the Tears of Allah starred in Never Say Never Again (James Bond movie) - The Vulcan Bomber South of Clifton Point

David Tucker Wreck is a 4.0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, New Providence - Nassau which is accessible from shore based on 1 ratings.

Concrete balls placed underwater by Royal Caribbean to foster the growth of coral, algae, etc. Berry Island

Boat. Drift dive (up to 9 knots!) with the eastwards tide - crisp clear waters. Shore dive can be done on north side of Cut. Pod of stingrays live here. By boat or car. Current cut lies in the narrow channel between the western tip and the main island.

Several big tunnels and crevices; gorgonians; black corals; sharks... Southwest tip of San Salvador island.

Approx 1 mile out of Cockburn Town

usually as a second dive off the island power plant

Back Side of the Blue Hole is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Andros Island which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Little Frenchman Inland Blue Hole is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Andros Island which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Blue Hole 3rd Level is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Andros Island which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Blue Hole 2nd Level is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Andros Island which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Access is via a 1/4 mile Brush Walk along a rough trail.

This wreck is a replica of the Queen Anne's Revenge. A very colorfull wreck, with impressive canons! Original wreck information: "The Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of Blackbeard's famous pirate ship. Originally named Concord, the vessel was built by England in 1710, but captured by the French a year later. The ship was modified to hold more cargo and renamed La Concorde. The slave-ship was captured again by pirate Captain Benjamin Hornigold on November 28, 1717 near the island of Martinique. Hornigold turned the ship over to one of his pirates - Edward Teach, who was later known as Blackbeard, and made him Captain. Blackbeard converted La Concorde into his flagship, adding 20 more cannons and renaming it the Queen Anne's Revenge. With it he ranged the west coast of Africa and the Caribbean, taking English, Dutch and Portuguese ships. Queen Anne's Revenge was described as a 300-ton frigate armed with 40 cannon. Her name may have come from the War of the Spanish Succession, which was known in the Americas as Queen Anne's War, and in which Blackbeard was thought to have fought. Blackbeard's flotilla was chased into Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina by Lieutenant Robert Maynard, Captain of the HMS Pearl. Maynard had been sent to capture Blackbeard by the governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood. Queen Anne's Revenge ran aground while attempting to enter the inlet, and another of Blackbeard's ships, Adventure, was lost trying to free her. Blackbeard disbanded the flotilla, and escaped by transferring supplies onto a smaller ship. Queen Annes Revenge and Adventure were left stranded, and Captain Stede Bonnet ("The Gentleman Pirate"), took command of the ten-gun pirate sloop Revenge and parted ways with Blackbeard. In 2005, researchers are thought to have found the famous flagship two miles from the North Carolina shore and are raising cannon and other artifacts hoping to prove it to be the Queen Anne's Revenge. Twenty cannons and more than 16,000 artifacts have been recovered from the wreckage. The research and recovery team include Bradley Rodgers from East Carolina University, and project director Mark Wilde-Ramsing." Source: Wikipedia.org This wreck is located 1.25 miles South of Ft. Macon, just outside Beaufort Inlet, NC and can only be accessed with permission of the state of North Carolina. Queen Anne's Revenge Wreck is also known as Blackbeard's flaghship.

Very white sands. Nice, shallow, no-limit dive. I believe it would be a good candidate site for a first-time night diver (training). Not much marine life on our visit, but was told the site is usually more active. This was the 7th mooring and dive site on the Southern Bahamas itinerary for the Nekton Pilot (a live aboard dive boat), for a trip taken in late March 1998.

North side of Man-O-War Cay. Approx 5-6 miles from Marsh Harbour. Fowl Cay Preserve is also known as Fowl Cay Government Preserve.

Telephone Pole is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, San Salvador which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

The Lighthouse is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, New Providence - Nassau which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

By shore or by boat, the wall runs almost paralell to the coast southeast bound for the cape.

The place is a wall going down till 200 feet and more... The spot is located directly offshore of the airport runway (runaway 10).

Pick up a buoy and go down to the wall, then a part of the wall will became a section of it running parallel of the main wall. Holes and tunnel also in the area.

This is one of the many dive sites that Blackbeard's boat Morning Star vist. Nice site with lots of fish. Also a couple of engine blocks from a wreck.

This is one of the many dive sites That the Blackbeard's boat Morning Star stops at.

Connected dott is also known as Dott.

Seabass is also known as Sea bass.

Gorgeous open reef adjacent to Golden Key that has been used for several motion picture productions. There is a wide open crescent shaped white sand patch in front of the reef that is great for anchoring the dive boat. Gorgeous reef life but there are lion fish about. Access by dive boat only. Adjacent Golden Key is off limits to human traffic

Palace Wall is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, New Providence - Nassau which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Sand Chute is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, New Providence - Nassau which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Deep South Reef is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Cat Island which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Anthony Bell wreck is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, New Providence - Nassau which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

BBC Wreck is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, New Providence - Nassau which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Stargate is also known as in land blue hole star gate.

Manjack Cay Patch is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Abaco which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

White Tip Sharks

This is the world's deepest blue hole at 663' and is situated in a scenic location on an attractive and reef-protected cove with a white sand beach. The blue hole is immediately off the beach and half surrounded by overgrown beachrock cliffs. It is the location of the establishment of a new world's freediving record in April, 2007. At the surface the blue hole is about 200' in diameter. It funnels down into a narrower throat about 100' in diameter, opening again with increasing depth (~100) to resemble a bottle of Lancers in profile. Exotic non-native lionfish have been observed frequently in the blue hole environs. Nearby coves also provide Atlantic Ocean side reef/cove diving opportunities. Attached Blue Hole Cove has a scenic arcuate beach and is about half a mile long with a shallow fronting reef. Adjacent Turtle Cove provides a fronting forereef and backreef experience, a deeper channel through the reef and an interesting coral garden, starting just off the beach on the north half of the more than mile long cove. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%27s_Blue_Hole One mile long, partially paved road over beachrock ridge leaves Queen's Highway to the east (Atlantic side) across from phone booth along highway. About 4 miles north of Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas. See Google Earth imagery for access details (not that difficult) through sparsely settled subdivision within a half mile of the blue hole.

Very popular dive site, mainly for snorkelers. This is a shallow protected area. North of Goulding Cay

The interesting part of this dive is the wall; not the small plane :) Southeast of Clifton Point, approx 400 yards SSW of Clifton Pier. Cessna Wreck is also known as Cessna Wall, Nari Nari.

This dive site is one of the many sites that Blackbeard boat Morning Star stop at. Gun Caye

White bout marks site about a mile south of these coordinates. Also a yacht on the bottom 200m 230T from wreck.

Ben's Cavern is a sinkhole part of a very wide underwater cave system. Ben's is the easiest cavern dive. At about 9-10m deep is the thermocline: 24°C for the fresh water, approx 29°C for the salted water. Normally Ben's is closed in the summer because migratory bats nest there. An additional $10 entrance fee is charged by the Lucayan National Park. Lucayan National Park

Large boulders creating cracks, tunels and caves; with large groupers and a great marine life. Just east of the glass window bridge that connect the thin spit of Eleuthera and central Eleuthera.

Located an hour’s boat ride from the West End of Grand Bahama, this small, shallow sand flat is arguably one of the best places in the world to dive with tiger sharks. Sightings are reliable and conditions consistent, providing excellent photography opportunities year-round. Shark-fishing is prohibited in the Bahamas, meaning that these awesome predators are fully protected and currently thriving in the waters around the island chain. While shark diving Tiger Beach is undoubtedly the highlight of a dive trip to the Bahamas, this shouldn’t detract from healthy reef systems packed with life, and the warm, clear waters that make diving Tiger Beach and the rest of the Bahamas a true pleasure.

Lofty Fig is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Bahamas, Caribbean which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

The Sapona was a 270-foot vessel built in 1904. It was used by rum-runner between the Bahamas and Florida during Prohibition. She sunk during an hurricane in 1926. Over half of the ship is visible above water, so it is a very popular wreck for snorkellers. It was also used for target and bombing practice during World War II Between Bimini and Cat cay

Tuna Alley is one of the best dive site of Bahamas. Tuna Alley is a reef system off of North Cat Cay.

A small airplane wreck sunk here for snorkellers. Off the main beach of CocoCay

Great night dive. This is a must for underwater photographers: marine life is impressive, maybe this is due of its location? Take care of the boat traffic in this area. North of the channel between south and north Bimini, not far from Alice town harbour. The Strip is also known as The Line.