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Awesome!” and “Brilliant!” are typical comments from vacationers returning from an undersea adventure in New Providence waters.
After a shark-feeding dive, a visitor from Miami said “It was the most amazing experience of my life. The sharks were incredible, and the water was so clear. It was perfect!”
That exciting dive is the one most requested by certified scuba divers at Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, located on the island’s southwest coast. During that adventure, divers gather around a bait box while a pro feeds a school of Caribbean reef sharks.
“Sitting on the ocean floor, 40 ft down in clear waters, watching sharks feed right before your eyes, there is no time to be scared,” said one young man. “It was unbelievable!” a woman from Dallas exclaimed.
For non-divers the most popular excursions at Stuart Cove’s are the snorkelling and the Scenic Underwater Bubble (SUB) tours. They take guests to three locations for snorkelling twice a day. One site is a shallow-water reef, and another is a shallow airplane or shipwreck.
The last stop on the three-hour outing is the same place where Stuart Cove’s takes scuba divers for shark-feeding thrills. Snorkellers can easily see sharks swarming a bait box through 40 ft of crystal-clear water.
You can also explore the depths without getting your head wet by piloting your own SUB. Aquanauts ride sea scooters, viewing the scenery through a clear plastic helmet filled with air. “What a blast we had!” said one young woman. “It’s so easy a cave man could do it.”
On the other side of the island, divers most often request a visit to the Lost Blue Hole and to Barracuda Shoals, says Matt Whiteland at Bahama Divers, located at Nassau Yacht Haven & Marina on East Bay St. The blue hole, located off the southeast coast, offers the largest variety of marine life, he says.
A blue hole is a deep, circular sinkhole with dark-blue water that contrasts dramatically with the lighter blue of the shallow waters around it.
“It was like diving into a black hole,” said one diver. “You couldn’t wait to see what would appear.” Another diver called the dive “an awesome adventure.”
Barracuda Shoals is three shallow reefs with an amazing diversity of corals and fish. Whiteland says you can see hundreds of baby sharks here from about the end of May until early July.
Bahama Divers calls this site “the finest shallow reef in the area. It typifies the look and life of a healthy Bahamian reef.”
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Great dives
Visitors pick their favorites
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