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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / February 2006Diving around Nassau (Providence Island)
Hi We're facing a dilemma here as to whether it is worth tryng to get to Andros, Eleuthera, Bimini, or anywhere else as opposed to arranging day trips from New Providence. The thing is that both accomodation and diving seems a lot more expensive outside NP and you also have to pay for the boat/plane which again isn't cheap. We've never been and are getting frustrated with the guides. What's the experience on the forum? We'll be in Nassau for 5 days (so we could do a couple of trips while there) + we can do 3 more days elsewhere, ie we have a total of 10 days (8 days available). TIA! "Alex" <alex69uk@gmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :We're facing a dilemma here as to whether it is worth tryng to get to :Andros, Eleuthera, Bimini, or anywhere else as opposed to arranging day [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : :What's the experience on the forum? I've dove Bimini from the Nekton Pilot, but have not dove New Providence. Unless New Providence was really bad, I would not spend money for a day trip to Bimini. Dan Bracuk If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. Many thanks, very useful. We are still wondering whether to stay in NP for 8 days or break it into a 3 + 5 with 3 days somewhere else. If any spot is truly quite nice and reasonably priced we'd like to do that, otherwise looks like we'll be in NP the whole time... We're still considering Harbour Island (and the whole of Eleuthera) and Andros. > I've dove Bimini from the Nekton Pilot, but have not dove New > Providence. Unless New Providence was really bad, I would not spend > money for a day trip to Bimini. Apparently, I've been able to dive more desirable sites around Bimini than Dan. While it's not my favorite island in the Bahamas, there's still some very nice diving in the area. If we're talking about a day trip, however, I agree with Dan. There's nothing on or around Bimini that, for me, would justify a day trip from Nassau. If I didn't go there occasionally in my own boat, I probably would take a weekend trip from Miami or Fort Lauderdale. Lee > We're facing a dilemma here as to whether it is worth tryng to get to > Andros, Eleuthera, Bimini, or anywhere else as opposed to arranging day > trips from New Providence. I've never been diving around Eleuthera. In my opinion, the diving is much better off Andros and Bimini, in that order, than anything New Providence has to offer. > The thing is that both accomodation and diving seems a lot more > expensive outside NP and you also have to pay for the boat/plane which > again isn't cheap. We've never been and are getting frustrated with the > guides. I've always found New Providence to be the most expensive of the Bahamas. Then again, when I go there, I tend to stay in more upscale places. I'm not usually there for the diving. Transportation is alway an issue. My preference for diving the Bahamas is to do it from a liveaboard dive boat. I like the focus on diving and like the variety that traveling from area to area provides. If it were me, I'd probably spend all of this trip on New Providence and schedule a future, liveaboard trip for the out islands. Lee > Hi > > What's the experience on the forum? > > We'll be in Nassau for 5 days (so we could do a couple of trips while > there) Next to Cozumel (where I logged 1200 dives by 2002) Nassau is my 2nd most-favorite (partly because of my flights originate from ATL) dive location, having logged over 200 dives there. For 8-10 days, you will have plenty of opportunity to do various sites and different kinds of dives there without venturing anywhere else -- the water is not always greener on the other islands. I posted this in this group in Nov 2005 about the shark dives there: http://tinyurl.com/a3a9j DDD (Dive Dive Dive) and Stuart Cove's within a stone's throw of each other are my favorite shops there. For serious diving, there are private bungalos (villas) in DDD that are inexpensive and within 30 seconds of the dive boats. Those shops will pick up divers from downtown Nassau and Paradise island, but the free shuttle takes over an hour one-way. Where else in the world would you ever find a SOB (Same Ocean Buddy) buddy team on a regularly scheduled recreational dive (one of my 26 for the week) whose VERTICAL distance between two of the divers exceed 380 fsw, and the shallowest of the 4 SOBs was at 100 fsw. See: http://tinyurl.com/aqb22 http://tinyurl.com/ask9g On another week, in August of 1994, RF> On one of the dives, I was the SHALLOWEST of four divers in the RF> SOB team: Dan to 485 fsw; his SO to 300+ fsw; an instructor RF> who took a "deep air" course, to 250 fsw; I stayed my same max RF> depth, 170 fsw. Of course you DON'T have to be an SOB to enjoy diving some of the walls along the Tongue of the Ocean in Nassau where those dives were made. -- Bob. Many thanks Bob. Divedivedive's website seems down while Stuart Cove does seem to offer good packages. Is anyone else aware of good B&B and Diving packages either in NP or in other good spots? Thanks. > Many thanks Bob. > > Divedivedive's website seems down while Stuart Cove does seem to offer > good packages. > Is anyone else aware of good B&B and Diving packages either in NP or in > other good spots? Thanks. You may find the webpage below of interest, because it not only gives the island/address but also toll-free numbers to call from the USA: http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/bsdive01.htm There are SEVEN dive shops listed under New Providence, and I learned from Stuart Cove's that the only other shop NOT out of business there is the Bahama Divers, Ltd. -- Bob. > There are SEVEN dive shops listed under New Providence, and I learned > from Stuart Cove's that the only other shop NOT out of business there > is the Bahama Divers, Ltd. Try Custom Aquatics ... Monty is great. http://www.divecustomaquatics.com > > There are SEVEN dive shops listed under New Providence, and I learned > > from Stuart Cove's that the only other shop NOT out of business there > > is the Bahama Divers, Ltd. > > Try Custom Aquatics ... Monty is great. > http://www.divecustomaquatics.com I was referring to the SEVEN shops listed under New Providence in the webpage I cited. Custom Aquatics wasn't one of them. Is Custom Aquatics one of those shops on the South Side that went out of business and restarted business under a new name/management? -- Bob. More or less. Monty was working with SunSkiff Divers in the early 90s. THey closed shop and some time later he and his wife started Custom Aquatics. In follow-up to my comment: I was referring to the SEVEN shops listed under New Providence in the webpage I cited. Custom Aquatics wasn't one of them. Is Custom Aquatics one of those shops on the South Side that went out of business and restarted business under a new name/management? -- Bob. > More or less. Monty was working with SunSkiff Divers in the early 90s. > THey closed shop and some time later he and his wife started Custom > Aquatics. SunSkiff was the shop practically next door to Dive Dive Dive -- which was why I had never dived with them. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other shops that went out of business since my dive days in Nassau had re-surfaced under different names. -- Bob. |
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