Diving

Our waters will take your breath away. The diving is excellent  throughout The Abacos, with several protected underwater areas such as Fowl Cay National Reserve and Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park, with massive reefs with swim-through caves that are seasonally filled wall to wall with silver baitfish. At dive spots on the edge of the reef, you’re almost guaranteed to see reef sharks.

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Reef Diving

Directly exposed to the Atlantic, the reefs of The Abacos take a different form from much of The Bahamas. Many sites are relatively shallow, 60 feet or less. Subjected to slightly cooler temperatures during the winter, they are just on the edge of what hard corals require to survive. The general form of the fringing reefs is an ornate, extinct coral base with a healthy top growth of star and elkhorn corals. The base reef has been etched out by tidal flow to form a maze of interconnecting tunnels and cathedral-like caverns.

Green Turtle Cay features shallow reefs as well as superb fish life, one of the earmarks of The Abacos. There is a huge selection of sites for snorkeling and diving at Marsh Harbour. Maxi-Caves is an historically great spot for comfortable cavern dives where you’ll find friendly groupers and barracuda. Treasure Divers has a full, PADI-certified dive operator located at Treasure Cay Marina.

Cave & Shark Diving

Walker’s Cay, the northernmost island, has been a diving tradition for decades. In addition to myriad mazes of shallow and complex caverns, an abundance of fish and some deeper sloping walls, Walker’s Cay features one of the most unique shark dives in The Bahamas. Groups of up to 150 sharks gather at the sound of the dive boat’s engines in a coral arena to feed on the bait, while divers mingle with them. Some refer to this as an underwater cocktail party.