Diving and Snorkeling in Eleuthera

Diving/Snorkeling in Eleuthera

Eleuthera and Harbour Island, which make up the Out Islands, are recognized as one of the world’s best places for snorkeling and scuba vacations thanks to it’s great visibility, warm waters, copious sea life and great shore diving. With literally thousands of small islands, there is a diverse range of deep sea sites worth exploring. Depending on which snorkeling and scuba diving vacation packages you may choose, you’ll have access to historical wrecks, caves, coral reefs, blue holes and drop-offs unlike anything you’ve seen before. Whether you go on a dive charter with a dive shop or are content with snorkeling off the beach, there are a multitude of different dive destinations throughout The Bahamas, and every one of them live up to their reputations for thrill-seeking divers.

If you’re an amateur or experienced diver and are seeking chartered dive trips, check out Valentines Dive Shop, Ocean Fox Harbour Island or Ocean Fox Cotton Bay, and Clearwater Dive Shop in Governors Harbour. There are also many locals with boats who will be glad to take you out snorkeling in the many reefs, caves and coves around Eleuthera.

The Out Islands are home to some absolutely amazing diving destinations. With more than 100,000 square miles of open water, you will hard-pressed to find another place that offers so many opportunities for the dive and snorkel enthusiast. Some of the top diving locations in the Out Islands of The Bahamas include Angelfish Blue Hole in The Exumas, which is considered the premiere destination for pure impact diving. In Long Island, explore Barracuda Heads for a face-to-face meeting with a large variety of marine life. If wreck diving is your bag, San Jacinto in The Abacos offers an underwater tour of a large steamship that sunk in 1865. You can also experience the Western Hemisphere’s second largest barrier reef just offshore from Andros Island.

If you’re exploring Harbour Island, there is a concentration of excellent dive sites to visit. Near the small island of Spanish Wells is an area known as the “Devil’s Backbone”, which contains many old and modern wrecks. Also nearby is the “Eleuthera Train Wreck”, where the wreckage of railroad cars lays, from the era of the Civil War. It also features a 1919 freighter, 200 feet long nearby, in about 35 feet of water. There is also a 265-foot freighter that sank in 1971 to explore in the same general area.

What makes diving in The Bahamas so great is that visitors can partake in these incredible diving experiences with or without their own vessel. For the nautical enthusiast who comes to Eleuthera with their own boat, there are endless places to dock during their visit. Marinas, resorts and other harbors enable boaters to comfortably park their crafts. For the diver who doesn’t come with their own boat, there are top-notch resorts, hotels and inns for lodging and plenty of enthusiastic guides to lead you on the day or night dives of your choice. With so many enticing destinations to choose from, it’s impossible to go wrong when making plans for a diving excursion to the Bahamas.

Simply put, what makes the Out islands of The Bahamas one of the best places for fishing, snorkeling or diving is the tropical climate which makes fishing and underwater activities possible year-round. Whether its winter, spring, summer, fall, no matter what you activity you choose to explore, the experience is sure to be a memorable one.