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
Advanced≤30 m
Tiger Beach
Dive site in Bahamas
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.
- Usual dive
- 10 m
- Deepest point
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Jun–Mar
- Entry
- By boat, Liveaboard
- Current
- Moderate
The dive
A pelagic dive from a liveaboard. Known for bull sharks, caribbean reef sharks and hammerhead sharks.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: liveaboard.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Pelagic
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Bull sharks
- Caribbean reef sharks
- Hammerhead sharks
- Nurse sharks
- Tiger sharks
- Groupers
- Snappers
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.
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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
Rock formations
down to 6 m
Bimini Road (Atlantis Road)
The 'road to Atlantis': a line of road-like beach-rock blocks at 6 m off Bimini, where Atlantic spotted dolphins often pass.
- Open Water
- Dolphins
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
- Dean's Blue Hole dive site, Long Island, Bahamas, Ton Engwirda, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons
