Diving in the Bahamas
Tiger Beach, Bimini — tiger sharks, hammerheads, crystal-clear water
3 yachts for liveaboard diving, 1 resort
Bahamas — tiger sharks at Tiger Beach, hammerheads at Bimini, oceanic whitetips at Cat Island. Liveaboard schedules and prices.
Why divers come here
- Tiger Beach — the world capital of tiger shark diving
- Bimini — schools of great hammerhead sharks at dawn
- Exuma Cays — national park, nurse sharks, swimming pigs
- Cat Island — oceanic whitetip sharks in the open ocean
- Crystal-clear visibility up to 40 m and warm water year-round
- Shark dives from 10 m depth — accessible to beginners
What you'll meet underwater
Tiger sharks (guaranteed encounters at Tiger Beach)
Great hammerhead sharks (Bimini, January–March)
Oceanic whitetip sharks (Cat Island)
Nurse sharks (Exuma Cays)
Dolphins (Bimini — resident population)
Rays (southern stingrays in shallow water)
Photos: credits and licences
- Tiger sharks (guaranteed encounters at Tiger Beach) — Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Great hammerhead sharks (Bimini, January–March) — Albert kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oceanic whitetip sharks (Cat Island) — Johan Lantz, Malmö SWEDEN, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nurse sharks (Exuma Cays) — Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dolphins (Bimini — resident population) — NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rays (southern stingrays in shallow water) — James St. John, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Practical information
- Best season
October–May (tiger sharks), January–March (hammerheads)
- Water temperature
- 24–29 °C
- Visibility
- 20–40 m
- Wetsuit
- 3 mm or lycra
- Experience level
- From Open Water (shallow shark dives)
- Getting there
- Flights via Miami or direct flights to Nassau.
- Airports
- Nassau (NAS), Freeport (FPO)
- Visa
No visa required for Russian citizens for up to 90 days
- Climate
- Tropical, 24–32°C
- Currency
- Bahamian dollar (BSD), USD accepted 1:1
- Language
- English
- Time zone
- UTC-5
Yachts & liveaboards — Bahamas
All Star Aqua Cat
Liveaboard · Bahamas
31 m · 30 guests · 11 cabins
from 2050 EUR
All Star Blackbeards Morning Star
Liveaboard · Bahamas
20 m · 24 guests · 9 cabins
from 1023 EUR
Bahamas Aggressor II
Liveaboard · Bahamas
33.5 m · 20 guests · 10 cabins
from 2243 EUR
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