Nassau diving - enjoy distinctive feeling
Warm, crystal-clear waters and drop-offs close to shore make our islands a diver's dream. Mysterious blue holes and caves, historical wrecks and vibrant living reefs, soaring wall dives and thrilling shark watches, all await learning and experienced divers. From packages that include instruction, lodging, and meals to solo launches for expert divers, Nassau/Paradise Island has dives for any certified bottom-dweller. Perhaps the most unusual dive site in The Islands Of The Bahamas. This natural hole in the open ocean floor is about 100 feet across and 200 feet deep. Here you will find large schools of reef fish, such as sergeant majors, chromis, and angelfish. The Trinity Caves are a collection of shallow caves with three major openings. In 45 feet of water, the caves go in about 30 feet with the largest opening being eight feet across and four feet high. Look for large lobsters and reclusive groupers. The Piece Of Cake site is located at a depth of 25 feet, and you will find many caverns that you can swim through. Nurse sharks and lobsters are found at this location. Divers have a very enjoyable time looking under the ledges and in the cracks and crevices at this site. Reef diving locations include: Southwest Reef (15 to 30 feet of water; has beautiful fields of Blade Fire Coral, punctuated by pristine elkhorn and brain corals) Elkhorn Gardens (Great snorkeling, located just offshore of Goulding Cay), Fancy Purple (Located on the Southwest Reef; features lots of lobster and conch) Goulding Cay (small island one mile offshore; surrounding this cay are shallow, pristine coral reefs dominated by elkhorn coral; also an incredible snorkeling site); Hollywood Hole; Little Elvis (a large-area, shallow reef that is densely populated with elkhorn and star corals); Fish School (isolated coral head that attracts literally thousands of margates, French grunts and lane snappers, and numerous eels) Pumpkin Patch Reef (horse-eye jacks, angelfish, barracuda, parrot fish and a variety of groupers); Porpoise Pens; The Fish Hotel (juvenile blue-striped and French grunts, yellow goatfish, and Bermuda chub; 10 feet to 35 feet deep) The Barracuda Shoals (finest shallow reef in the area, with depths that never exceed 30 feet); The Thunderball Reef (one of the most-filmed reefs in the world, used during several of the James Bond movies; feature magnificent stands of elkhorn and staghorn corals, dazzling reef fish; excellent for snorkelers as well as divers); The Cannonball Reef; The Angelfish Reef; The White Hole; The LTC Barge. Wreck diving sites include: The Mahoney Wreck (a must-see for divers, this site dates back to the 1800s), The Miranda Wreck, The Grennen Wreck, The B.J. Wreck, S.S. PLP, The Shipyard, The De La Salle Wreck (70 feet of crystal-clear water, offering great photographic opportunities), Bahama Mama (sunken "party boat" in January of 1995), Tears Of Allah (you'll love this dive because it features a wreck used as a movie set for James Bond’s thriller "Never Say Never Again.") Vulcan Bomber, Wilaurie Wreck, Wreck On The Wall, Sea Viking. Shark diving locations include: Runway (male Caribbean reef shark), Runway Wall (when diving here before feeding activities, the sharks will follow you along the wall for a beautiful natural encounter), Shark Arena (primary feeding site for Stuart Cove. and typically attracts more sharks than any of their other locations); Shark Buoy (population of transient silky sharks), Shark Wall.
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