Tiger Beach
Kneel on shallow sand about 20 miles off West End to watch tiger sharks, some females up to 4.5 m long, alongside lemon sharks.
- Advanced
- Pelagic
- Bull sharks
Open Water≤18 m
SS Sapona
Dive site in Bahamas
Ship that ran aground off Bimini in 1926 and stored rum-runners' liquor; colourful local fish have since moved in.
- Max depth
- 6 m
- Level
- Open Water
- Best months
- Jun–Mar
The story
The concrete-hulled steamer Sapona was towed to Bimini to store liquor for Florida rum-running. A hurricane drove her aground at Barnett Harbor in 1926, breaking her stern, and she was later used for bombing practice during World War II.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The dive
A wreck dive. Known for sharks and turtles.
Who it's for
Open Water≤18 mSource: en.wikipedia.org
Recommended minimum: Open Water (PADI Open Water, CMAS/FFESSM N1).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Sharks
- Turtles
- Reef fish
Season in Bahamas
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jun–Mar.
Source: liveaboard.comWhere is the Bahamas?
The point shows the Bahamas area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Bahamas
Dean's Blue Hole
The world's third-deepest blue hole at 202 m, in a bay west of Clarence Town, Long Island, and the venue of freediving world records.
- Advanced
- Blue hole
- Sharks
Wall
down to 37 m
Victory Reef
A Bimini wall dive from about 18 to 30 m with overhangs, caverns and swim-throughs covered in coral and sponge growth.
- Advanced
Reef
down to 10 m
Barracuda Shoals
Shallow (10 m), low-current Exuma patch reef with schooling barracuda, goliath grouper, turtles, nurse sharks and southern stingrays.
- Open Water
- Nurse sharks
Reef
down to 8 m
Periwinkle Reef
Shallow coral garden (max 8 m) off New Providence with sea fans, sponges, stingrays and passing reef sharks, ideal for beginners.
- Open Water
- Reef sharks
Wreck
down to 15 m
Bahama Mama Wreck
Former 29 m Nassau party boat sunk in 1995 on sand at 15 m, now home to juvenile fish, morays and passing reef sharks.
- Open Water
- Reef sharks
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Caribbean reef sharks at Tiger Beach, Bahamas, Dennis Hipp (Zepto), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dean's Blue Hole dive site, Long Island, Bahamas, Ton Engwirda, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons
