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PREACHER’S CAVE Visit the cave where early settlers sheltered and worshiped CAPE ELEUTHERA Home to Trip Advisor's #1 Rated resort - Set on a CAPE ELEUTHERA HARBOUR
after wrecking their ship. A placard says, “William Sayle shipwrecked at Devil private 9-mile peninsula 4300 acres large with 18 miles of shoreline and ISLAND
SAINT GEORGE’S ISLAND Now a tourism destination with a full- multiple beaches. The Cape is Eleuthera's center for Adventure and CAPE ELEUTHERA PRIVATE BEACH RESERVE ABOUT HARBOUR ISLAND The island's
service marina, groceries, restaurants, bar, beaches, bank, and all Backbone found refuge here. Sermons held 100 years.” Watersports activities, hosting The best in Out Island diving, snorkeling, 2,000 locals call their paradise "Briland"
other amenities, historically this was the last stop for Spanish Herring Gull fishing, rentals, land cruising and ocean excursions. The Marina boasts Bull Lobster Caught and they have a sign for when you arrive
sailors to fill up with fresh water for their sojourn back to Spain. THE TRAIN WRECK Here lies the corroded and encrusted wheels and parts of a steam Franko’s the largest mega yacht dock in the Out Islands at 530' long and 11' of off Cape Eleuthera that says, "Welcome to Harbour Island,
A maritime museum here gives you a look at the history of the life locomotive from the Civil War era at 20’ (6m) depth. It was lost when the barge carrying Common water at MLW. Jacob's Island Home of Friendly People". Harbour Island
on the high seas of the Atlantic and Caribbean. The settlement it went down in 1865 during a storm on the treacherous Devil's Backbone reef. Tern ELEUTHERA BAHAMAS ADVENTURE TOURS For all of The Narrows is 3.25 miles in length by 0.5 miles wide
itself is a delightfully modern Caribbean community. ISLAND your adventures in Eleuthera, make sure to at the widest point. The famous pink sand
CIENFUEGOS WRECK 292’ (89m)-long passenger boat, launched in Pennsylvania in 1883, Osprey check out www.bahamasadventuretours.com. beach stretches for 2.5 miles. Dumore Town
Commonwealth of You can learn about or book adventures in is one of the oldest settlements of The Bahamas,
ran aground in 1895 in heavy winter seas. All survived. Battered by the sea and corroding Long-tailed The Bahamas scuba diving, snorkeling, ATV rides, bikes, dating to the mid-1600's. It was named after
for over a century, her scattered remnants are in 30’-40’ (9-12m) of water. golf cards, charter boats, fishing expeditions, Lord Dumore, who was governor from 1786 to
STINGRAY HOLE A long fringe reef here has Tropicbird Adventure Guide sand bar excursions, kayaking, and island tours. You will also find 1797. Harbour Island has been Eleuthera's
dozens of shipwrecks over a 300 year history. Ridley Head Channel THE CARNARVON WRECK (1910) An old 186’ (57m)-long Welch freighter Belted Maginificant that all kinds of water sport rentals are available. tourism center since the advent of toursim
Three wrecks lie atop one another in a heap ran aground here in 1919. She sits on the sand in just 30’ (9m) of water. Kingfisher Frigatebird Printed on Info@capeeleuthera.com Tel. 242-334-8500 Direct 8a-4p here, and is only recently challenged for
in one spot. The reef is also excellent for deep- The site is littered the ship's anchors, boilers, engines, and propeller. Durable 242-470-8242 Evenings attracting tourism by Cape Eleuthera. This
sea fishing. CAPE ELEUTHERA DIVER'S fabulous getaway is only 200 miles from
East Egg Reef Bridge Pt. Channel BAT CAVE & BONE SINK HOLE Divers plunge into Bat Cave & Bone Sink Hole Waterproof Specializes in the Bahamas best dive, Miami and 60 miles from Nassau.
Bridge off limestone platforms near Preacher’s Cave. This inland hole is seawater. Synthetic snorkel and excursion sites. Featuring
100m Devil’s Backbone Reef over 26 dive sites, the best in blue holes,
20m THE ARCH A giant coral HARBOUR ISLAND Famous for soft pink sand beaches along its eastern Paper wall dives, giant coral heads, shore dives, plane and ship wrecks.
10m CARIBBEAN SEA Visit Castaway's conch and starfish sand bar, Pick your family escape
to a Schooner Cay private Island day sail Or learn to conch or free dive
SaltRKiBdeeltnetlyeBHaByeaayd ELEUTHERA and spear fish with local Bahamian's
HCuturBrHeaaTynwtakyBsaBPyaoyint grotto with schools of shore, this island is accessed by a short water taxi ride from North Great Plover The Bahamas Sunset Beach Sunrise Beach
1005m0m Blue CAPE ELEUTHERA FISHING CHARTER & POWER BOAT ADVENTURES
breakers Point colorful Caribbean reef Eleuthera. Harbour Island is a pristine vacation spot for Americans and Heron From Deep sea sport fishing for mahi mahi, tuna, marlin or wahoo to
St. George's IslandWest Egg Reef Europeans. Known as “Briland” to the locals, Harbour Island is colorful reef fishing your captain can take you Bonefishing, shark fishing, hand
Pierre’s I fish entertaining divers. with New England-style buildings and flower-lined streets. Common Egret line or shore fishing, or Rent a boat for your own expedition.

50m Gun PINK SANDS BEACH One of the most beautiful beaches in the CAPE ELEUTHERA BIKE, GOLF CART OR ATV RENTALS With 4300 SUNSET Eleuthera has an numerous
Point Bahamas, the pink hue comes from a tiny animal called a acres of nature and beach preserve. You can be your own landrover to abundance of spectacular coral
shallow JAMES BAY 28m Current 5m foraminifera which has a red shell. Pick up a handful of sand explore our many Island trails, Beaches, lagoons and grottos. sunsets. This one was viewed Old Jean’s Bay heads
Men’s Point Man Island & you might find what looks like a tiny strawberry - that’s a red from Harbour Island. PINK SANDS BEACH One of the most
20m 10m Bottom North Bay foram mixed with the white sand, making the pink color. Atlantic beautiful beaches in the Bahamas,
5m Old PINK HOUSE REEF Ocean the pink hue comes from a simple
breakersshGaolulolwding Cay Russell Island Charles James Saunders Pigeon Jacobs Island CAPE ELEUTHERA RESORT & YACHT CLUB Bowers Point animal called a foraminifera. There
SPANISH WELLS Island Island Island Eleuthera’s only deep water, surge-proof, full- are 4,000 species of "forams", & a
Bay service Blue Flag marina provides ample berth few grow bright red shells. Pick up
shallow for all types of watercraft–from the smallest LONE TREE Sitting a handful of sand & you might find
fishing boats up to 200’ yachts, with world upright and alone on what looks like a tiny strawberry -
Royal Island THE class amenities and services. Yachting and the beach, this tree that’s a red foram. Beaches with
sport-fishing enthusiasts enjoy superb appeared as a large foraminifera offshore may catch
Royal Island Harbor Meek Patch Traco Cabbage CAVE Harbour Island customer service, which is why Cape Eleuthera piece of driftwood
Jacks Bluff Hill Cay Ministry Marina is considered a premier destination in perhaps during 19m just the perfect currents and wind &
of Tourism the Bahamas Out Islands. Hurricane Andrew in will turn pink when these tiny shells
Open DUNMORE 1992. This photogenic mix in with the naturally white sand.
30m Sound and moveable tree is
See Side 2 for HOT TUBS/QUEEN'S BATH Several temporarlily "planted"
Egg Island stroTnOg cWudrarNennHgtearorubsoerasMtHeorlAuy tRwhiBndDOs eUtRaiIlSsLAND small, natural tide pools fill with in the sand. How long
Little Egg Island Comfort Cay THE BLUFF Dorset Inner Sound 33m Whale Point Atlantic Water, which is warmed 25030’ N Powell Pointe Resort will it last? Take a
Ragged Cay Hill North South Bay by the sun. A challenging hike Cape Eleuthera Marina (55 slips) photo memory now!
17m Eleuthera over sharp limestone (don't go
5m Airport Bottom barefoot) is rewarded with a Snorkel Channel
Filcher Creek Carrie Sound (ELH) relaxing two-foot deep bath and Little Bay
Harbour interesting scnery. There is also a Boat Ramp
Corrie Sound Cay Bottom SEA GARDENS large cave behind the baths.
Harbour Cistern THE PINNACLE
Lobster Cay shallow Beach Bay Boat Entry
Bahama Coffee Company
THE ARIMOROA This 260’ (79m) Lebanese Cistern Bay Sunset Beach Sunrise THE CUT AT CAPE ELEUTHERA
freighter was run aground in on Egg Island Beach Beach Not a beach, but a 10' deep by 30'
in 1970 to save the crew after her load of 23m THE COW & THE BULL One of many land Outisland Outfitters wide cut that connects Rock Sound Girls Bank PINK SANDS BEACH
fertilizer caught fire at sea. This killed the Hatchet 11m LOWER BOGUE formations on Eleuthera Island, this one is with Exuma Sound. Kayakers, inner dry at low water Barton House HORSES Of all the
surrounding reef, but the rebound of life Creek a mile south of the Glass Window Bridge. Ocean Pool (30' Deep) tubers and snorkelers enjoy this Beach Access activities on Harbour
since then has amazed and even baffled UPPER BOGUE GLASS WINDOW BRIDGE There are two large boulders. On one side, Barracuda's Bar & Grill "lazy river" ride carried by the flow Lone Tree Island, one of the best
marine biologists. She sits upright in only THE PLATEAU the boulder looks like a bull with two cows of the tides. Adventuresome kids may be riding a horse
20’ (6m) of water, looking like an anchored Basil Rock BTaPhmoiebnotGo lasGsoWuGlodinuinlddgoinCwgayCPayt. and on the other side, a bull with one cow. (and adults) love to jump of the Split Point DUNMORE Blue Bar Restaurant on the beach. A local
ship. Salt Both sets of boulders overlook the sea. pedestrian bridge and float the cut. TOWN Pink Sands Resort stable owner brings his
When the weather is inclement the wind herd to the beach and
Pan zips through the rocks making a roar that Grottos Coral Sands Hotel rents them out for a
oddly sounds like bulls. stroll or a gallup up and
CURRENT Mutton Fish Point 51m Holiday Beach GIRL'S BANK This photo shows PORT OF Ministry down the beach. This
Oleander Reef SURFER’S BEACH For those who love to surf, Eleuthera has a little girl at Girl's Bank, near ENTRY of Tourism is also a great photo
Current Cut great surfing spots. Surfer’s Beach is an awesome beach just Lone Tree. It becomes a wide, opportunity.
Current Rock CURRENT ISLAND LONE TREE Sitting upright and alone on the beach, this Old Daughters Bight two miles south of Gregory Town. Here, the southwest winds C shallow beach at low tide.
dead tree appeared upright as a large piece of driftwood blow breakers in from the Atlantic. If you just want to watch, WATER TAXIS are used for getting back and forth between
during Hurricane Andrew in 1992. This photogenic and Currie Bight Water Taxi Route Dunmore Beach Hotel Eleuthera and Spanish Wells. They operate from Sunrise
The Cove Resort Beach Access to Sunset. If you need a ride after hours ask a local for a
water taxi number, then just call and tell them where to
Runaway Hill Inn meet you.
moveable tree is temporarlily "planted" in the sand, but it GREGORY Surfer's Manor the two-mile beach has some of the best sugary-soft white 5muthera BoulevardCape Eleuthera Island SchoolFort PointHARBOUR ISLAND DIVING Snorkeling is easy almost
won't last. Take a photo memory now! Surfer's Beach sand in The Bahamas. ape Ele Cape Eleuthera Institute anywhere on Harbour Island, but if you want to go scuba
Straw Market diving, contact a local dive center for a charter, to
TOWN Harbour Lounge Restaurant schedule a dive, or for air and other needs:
Government Boat Dock Romora Bay Resort & Yacht Club
Current Island GLASS WINDOW BRIDGE Two miles east of Upper Bogue 50m Hatchet Chub Rock Snorkeling Ocean Fox Diving
Pimlico Rock House Hotel Valentine's Dive Center
Island and north of Gregory Town at the skinniest part of & Restaurant HARBOUR ISLAND FISHING Harbour Island is
Eleuthera Island, which is just 30 feet wide, is the Glass sometimes called the "Sportfishing Center of the
5m Window Bridge. Sturdy rock formations make up the Sweetings Bay James JAMES POINT Remote and difficult to reach, getting Valentines Resort/Marina Bahamas." Record tuna, wahoo and marlin have
Glass Window Bridge. The land here is high on either side Pond Plantation Point here demands four-wheel drive. You will likely have this been caught offshore here. There are fishing
and abruptly falls away to nearly sea level almost dividing Moray absolutely beautiful beach all to yourself. A good place No Name Harbour tournaments annually, such as the Bahama Billfish
the island in two. You can stand in one spot and see the Hatchet Hidden The Cliffs to snorkel, and can be good for surfing as well with a Osprey Nest Round Head Championship leg on Harbour Island. Two types of
gray Atlantic Ocean to the east and Exuma Sound to the Bay PondTAOLWICNE HRaBatacihynebtow Beach Pond south wind. A shipwreck can be seen from the road. Moorings fishing include deep sea, and bonefishing.
west. Note that hiking down to the lower levels here can 37m JAMES HARBOUR ISLAND SHOPPING There are enough
be very dangerous due to ocean waves and currents. 42m AIRPORT BEACH This beach is very long, taking Romora Bay visitors to Harbour Island to support a beautiful
Inn CISTERN well over one hour to walk it one-way. The array of shops selling local goods, fabrics, clothing,
north end waters are a bit treacherous with and artwork. Make sure to shop around.
Bay LavePnriLdictektrllyePoPBiloniutfnft THE ISLAND SCHOOL Cape Beach Access
Rainbow 25020’ N Eleuthera's famous school is 26m Pond Rock
Beach Future Golf Course a mind, body, and spirit
20m & Driving Range journey that takes students Sugar Apple B&B
50m strong currents, and waves that can pound you, away from traditional high
GREGORY TOWN Set above a steep cove in the Bight of so swim only the south end. Bring drink. Lagoon House school curriculum and
Eleuthera, at one time this town was the center of Eleuthera's invites them to confront
pineapple industry. Nowadays visitors stop in Gregory Town Alabaster Sponge Beach Hammerhead authentic challenges. Classes
Bay Black Point Circle are designed to allow first-
hand engagement with the Ocean Fox Diving
to shop for Bahamian-made candles, hot sauces, batik fabic Governor's25m SKY BEACH Enjoy Sky people and environment of Romora Bay Resort & Yacht Club Haunted House
clothing, and local art at Pam's Island Made Gift Shop. You Harbour Beach Club's pink-sand The Bahamas.
can rent surfboards from Surfer Peter right next door. Airport Airport Beach beach and infinity-edge KAYAK LAGOON Not yet ready Kayak Lagoon Mastic Point
Coffin pool with poolside for the open ocean? Kayak & Fitness Path Public Beach
HATCHET BAY CAVE Just south of Surfer’s Beach is a mile-long (GHB) Hills restaurant service. The Lagoon is the perfect place for THE CAPE ELEUTHERA South Bay
cave filled with stalagmites and stalactites, which will take on the Pelican Cay spectacular view of Sky novices to learn to kayak. This INSTITUTE "CEI" Beach Access
appearance of underground cathedrals in the light of your torch. Beach and the Atlantic spot also features a fitness path promotes a connection Moorings 15m
Centuries-old graffiti of charcoal signatures line the walls. It is Receivers Beach Ocean is from 135' (41m) and a safe beach to relax. between people and
recommended to tour with a cave guide. Cocodimama Resort elevation. the environment for
resource management
FRENCH LEAVE BEACH/CLUB MED 4TH Hole Beach Snorkeling Reef and sustainable
BEACH French Leave is a wonderful development. This is
10m 1.90” (4.83cm) 1.60” (4.06cm) 1.60” (4.06cm) 2.10” (5.33cm) 8.50” (21.59cm) 6.80” (17.27cm) 6.90” (17.53cm) 2.20” (5.59cm) 2.00” (5.08cm) Total Rainfall: 53.6” (140.21cm) RAINBOW BEACH This is a favorite Caribbean-side beach, with Holmes 39m Sky Beach Club new resort replacing Club Med, done with a holistic
4.60” (11.68cm) calm, warm swimming, and good snorkeling at the rocky end. Bay Hut Point although most people still approach bonding
9.20” (23.37cm) If the Atlantic side is rough, you will find calm water here. remember the beach by its old research and education to island ecosystems. CEI is HARBOUR ISLAND RESTAURANTS & BARS
6.20” (15.75cm) Sawyer Bluff Hut Point Bay name. The beach is known for the hub of exploration, primary research, and Unlike most of Eleuthera, Harbour Island boasts
Hut Pointe decent body surfing and body 4TH HOLE BEACH The best information exchange. restaurants and night life. Although restaurants
snorkeling in Eleuthera may are excellent, and they have bars, they typically
Monthly Rainfall: JAMES CISTERN BEACH The waves here sometimes Twin Cove Beaches boarding, with snorkeling on the be right here at the Southern 5m shallow close early. There are yet a handful of stand-
32.20C 900F south end. tip of Kayak lagoon Beach, sandbar alone bars to hang out, enjoy music and a
reach 10 feet due to a brisk southerly wind, making making it easy to kayak from favorite sip.
26.70C 800F AveArvaegreagHeigLhowTeTmempepreartautruere this another great surfing site at Eleuthera. There is Levi 32m Tear Coat Cay one end to the other, and you ½
also a shipwreck just off shore, great for snorkeling Island can land at a secluded beach ½
21.10C 700F when the water is calm. Squires Estates White Casaurina Beach Leave Resort PINEAPPLE DOCK – Wreckage of a to sun and snorkel away from
Bluff French ship that is now home to a myriad the crowd. Because it is so
private, this beach areal is
GOVERNOR'S HARBOUR Club Med Beach of juvenile tropical fish. popular with the sun-loving 0 HARBOUR ISLAND GOLF CART TRANSPORTATION
Europeans visitors.
GOVERNOR'S HARBOUR One of Eleuthera's larger communities, Cupid's Cay Ministry S Nautical Miles The favored mode of transportation here is the
this town is the islands’s geographic center. Cruising boaters Laughing Bird Apartments of Tourism High C 0
and drop anchor here, and the dock allows you to tie up and Long Point Culmers Rock Pineapple Fields Rock A 22m 10m rental golf cart. Locals also use golf carts to get
walk into town for things you need, and there are plenty of Cliffs around. There are probably at least 1,000 golf
15.60C 600F 0 5 places to eat, drink, and shop. Visitors enjoy seeing the carts on the island!
Feb Mar Apr Aug Sep Nov Dec 10m S 5 churches, an old public library, and other historic buildings. 48m Poponi Beach Historic Deal's Point Beach
May 5m C
Jan Jun Oct A Nautical Miles LEON LEVY NATIVE PLANT PRESERVE Enjoy this 25-acre sanctuary, Kings Bluff Turtle Lower Burns Pt. Unique Village 25010’ N L Miles ThsteroNngarcruorwresnt Whale Point
Jul 0 the first National Park on Eleuthera. A mile-long trail goes to a waterfall, Pigeon Cay Pond E0
through a mangrove, and past groves of medicinal plants. a climb to a
Annual Eleuthera Air Temperature & Precipitation lookout tower offering breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean. You will Bakers Bluff NORTH PALMETTO Upper Burns Pt. HIGH ROCK Many guests like 0 ½ ½
find 71 species of indigenous plants and more than 34 species of birds. POINTE Tongue Point to jump off this 3-meter cliff ½
Miles Little Oyster Pond and snorkel the boulders in S
L 0 POPONI BEACH (TIPPY'S BEACH) hunt of lobster and grouper C
Finley Cay E 5 Good snorkeling and on powder Great Oyster Pond SOUTH PALMETTO Little Cay and many shells pushed to the A Nautical Miles Kilometers
sugar sand walks are available wall to 4th hole beach just to 0
32.20C 900F Water Temperature Kilometers in a relatively calm and Sheep Cay POINTE Diamond Cay the South.
26.70C 800F Water Color deserted beach. It is also called Bird Cay Great Fish Pond 31m Double Bay
21.10C 700F Singing Sands Beach, for the Round Cay breakers Key: L Miles East Harbour
sound of the hard sand beneath
your feet when you walk. Bird Cay – Watch for fish feeding Great DOUBLE BAY Main Road to Cape Eleuthera E0 ½
Located by Tippy's Beach, Bar & and conchs crawling along the Pond Existing Roads (with Bikeways)
Restaruant. Parking located bottom. Girt Bay Planned Roads
across from Botanical Preserve. Ten Bay Beach

Long Point Creek Savannah Sound Kilometers
Bay
15.60C 600F Savannah
Apr Kemp's Bay Hill
Jan Feb Mar May Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Jun TEN BAY BEACH Located on the Caribbean side, Little Bay 26m Plum Pt.
Jul this beach has nice snorkeling at either end. The
beach greatly grows and shrinks with the tides,
Annual Eleuthera Water Temperature and Color but it is very shallow for a long way out. If you Sands Cay
want a better sea breeze, go over to Double Bay.
Porgey Pt. Lobster Pt.
SAVANNAH Tent Pt.
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200’ (61m) SOUND
150’ (45.8m)
100’ (30.5m) ELEUTHERA ADVENTURE WINDING BAY BEACH This Windermere 272000’ N Little Franko’s 272000’ N
50’ (15.3m) TOURS To become a real wonderful crescent beach is Island Abaco
Eleutheran Adventurer dead calm and beautiful. Little Bahama Bank COMMONWEALTH
Annual Eleuthera Water Visibility (Clarity) be sure to enjoy a tour. Bring a picnic and some cold Savannah Sound
Locals guides will give drinks up from Rock Sound, 7 Grand OF THE
you with the inside story miles away, and enjoy an WINDERMERE Bahama
and history of the afternoon walking on a ISLAND BAHAMAS
"Island of Freedom". See photogenic beach. In the
www.eleutheraadventur summer the shallows are full Hut Little Bay Straights of Florida CARIBBEAN SEA
etours.com or call 334- of huge starfish. SugarPoint Gaulding The Bahamas
2356. Located in Rock TARPUM BAY This early settlement is a fishing village, Loaf Bay Cay
Jan Feb Mar Apr Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Sound. featuring plentiful seafood and turquoise water scenery. Hill 16mSalt MARSH THE BAHAMAS 2,000 cays and 700
May It has a grocery store and a hardware store. Marion’s islands form an ancient archipelago
Jun Bluff Florida, HARBOUR THE ABACO ISLANDS Locals call these islands as "The Boating Capital described by Columbus as "The best
Jul islands in the world." San Salvador is
USA where Columbus made first landfall in The
breakers FREEPORT HOPE TOWN of the World" as it is an amazing sailing destination due to calm seas New World, and made contact with the
MIAMI and charming islands. There are also colonial towns, golf courses and Lucayans, whom he called “Indians”. 15
SCHOONER CAYS Cape Eleuthera offers excursions to these Cays. A 30m endless beautiful beahes. Tourists enjoy superb fishing, pristine diving, Bahamian islands are populated, with
vast, shallow, sandy sea extends from Schooner Keys far to the North- 10m and a selection of hotels, resorts, restaurants and bars. It is said that the New Providence accounting for two-thirds
west. Adventure some kayakers paddle out to enjoy seclution on a 25000’ N Mores Island Abacos are the most complete vacation destination in the Bahamas Out of the country’s 330,000 residents, mostly
beach that might only be there at low tide. 26000’ N in Nassau, the capitol and tourist center.

ROCK SOUND Eleuthera’s largest community has 5m NW Providence Great Islands. North Atlantic Ocean
located just Abaco
banks restaurants, a petrol station, and grocery BIMINI ISLANDS These tiny islands are Channel
stores that stock fresh fruits and vegetables from
Rock Sound Farms. Boats find a large, protected shallow 50 miles off Miami Beach, right in theGulf Stream, 26000’ N
bay to drop anchor and come ashore for supplies. Tarpum Bay feeding its beautiful coral reefs, and brining in

Here, an 1830's Mission has recently been restored Grindstone every kind of Caribbean reef creature and pelagic
to become a cultural centre, library, internet café, TARPUM BAY Point fish to its waters. Bimini is thus a favorite diving
Barnett and fishing spots of visitors who love those activities.
reading room and museum. Hill Swamp breakers

Hill Crossing Bluff North Bimini Bimini Channel
Winding Islands SPANISH WELLS
Green Sea Turtle OCEAN HOLE People ALICE TOWN BULLOCKS Providence
seek the healing powers South Bimini HARBOUR
shallow of this inland blue hole, Tarpum 23m Bay Beach E
Hawksbill Turtle dry sand bars at low tide which the locals say is Head Josephs Cay WHITE BEACH A dirt road Berry N

bottomeless. It is filled Ocean Crown Point referred to as "White Beach BERRY ISLANDS There are 30 cays here, including Islands DUNMORE TOWN
with tropical fish and Hill Road" takes visitors from Chub Cay, which is known to sportsfishermen as

THE SANDBAR At low tide a mile-long sandbar breaks the turtles who greet Thatch Half Coconut the airport right to this the "Billfish Capital of The Bahamas". Most of the
surface. Explorers snorkel the surroundings, find conch, sea visitors. The salty water Tree Sound Forest classic Eleuthera beach. cays are uninhabited and have secluded beaches.
stars, sea biscuits, and sand dollars,or sit in the shallow ebbs and flows with the Hill Eleuthera
moving waters for an ocean massage. Cape Eleuthera Resort tide. 31m
Schooner Blowing Hole Bluff New
Providence
Fabulous Guides offers excursions to The Sandbar. Cays Rock Sound Rock Sound Club GOVERNOR’S HARBOUR
of Favorite Places Powell Point NASSAU ROCK SOUND
Copyright 2011 CORAL CITY Coral rise toward the surface from 35’ (11m) ROCK SOUND HEALING Farms White Beach Road White Beach 25000’ N 25000’ N
Franko Maps, Ltd. depth. Tidal currents limit the timing of this dive. HOLE Locally known as Rock Sound
www.frankosmaps.com "boiling", early Arawak International
Exuma Cays and Caribe Indians made Airport Blowing Bluff NICHOLLS’
a sanctuary out of caves (RSD) TOWN
WONDER WALL Divers peak over the here. The water seems to Kemps Red Pond
CAPE ELEUTHERA The end of The Cape has been wall at 70’ (21m) into the deep blue boil as it churns. For an Point Rock ROCK
developed into beautiful new neighborhoods, a marina, Exuma Sound abyss. Corals outcrop Sound
harbor and public beaches. It has become the center of from the wall’s edge. expert tour here, contact SOUND Northside Beach
fun and nature for Eleuthera. The area has great Lyle Brathwaite at Creek Ocean Hole ANDROS ISLAND The Bahamas' most extraordinary
snorkeling and dive operators to take you to at least 26 See Side 2 for Bahamas Adventure Tours. Point natural wonder is sparsely developed and not even FRESH
dive sites. The Cape offers fantastic scenery, sunrises CAPE ELEUTHERA 5m fully explored. Ecotravelers love to kayak, birdwatch, CREEK
and sunsets, and is also good for conch diving. 5m hike, snorkel, dive and fish Andros, but it is also a ARTHUR’S TOWN
Details fine laid-back island with nice beaches where couples
20m 10m have honeymoons and weddings.
50m
Gunners Point 100mBlowing
ROCK SOUND BLUE HOLES Starved Creek Hole
MAGGIES REEF Bluff Healing Hole Little San Salvadore

Fish Cage ISLAND SCHOOL FISH CAGE Anchored at 84’ (25m) depth, this open A trio of blue holes begin at 20’ Sound Point Cat Island
water aquaculture cage is used for marine biology research. Fish Cage (6m) and descend to over 100’
has the greatest fish aggregation in all of Eleuthera, including pelagics 24050’ N
Nassau Grouper like African pompanos, amberjacks, bull sharks, hammerheads, and Cow Rock Point (30m). It is not known if they Wells Bay Blue Window The Exumas
giant groupers. This is a great dive! are somehow interconnected Tongue of the
Cow Point via subterranean caves. Poison Andros NEW BIGHT
TIDE REEF DRIFT Tide changes zip around Cape Eleuthera making CAPE ELEUTHERA Point
this a swift drift dive, which is timed for exhiliarating speed. Cape Eleuthera Rock SoundCATHEDRAL REEF Santaren Channel
PRIVATE BEACH Pear Bay San Salvador
TWIN PEAKS Two huge coral heads rise from just 30’ (9m) depth RESERVE COCKBURN TOWN
Green White-Spotted to form a natural fish nursery, also full of colorful invertebrates. Kemps Point
Razorfish Eagle Ray RedsFBrRaeeyedtoPwoinntBeach Whale Head
Spanish Clown Coney Lower Chub Point Broad 24000’ N 24000’ N
Hogfish Wrasse
Bluehead CHUB ROCK This site is only 15’ (5m) deep, but it is so filled with Upper Chub Point Creek
Wrasse Bermuda chub, French grunts, angelfish and parrotfish, that it is PREDATOR COVE
a highly rated snorkeling spot, and a great first dive experience. Cay Sal Hurricane Ocean Rum
Yellowhead THE CLIFFS Bank Flats Cay
Wrasse TUNNEL ROCK The tunnel here is a cavern, which begins at 13m The Blue Window WHITELAND BEACH Romantic
55’ (17m) depth, and goes through a big coral head, letting Deale Point DEEP CREEK Jacks Bluff pink sand beach just 5 miles Nicholas Channel
out at 70’ (21m). Look for maroon algae and colorful sponges. PREMO WALL from Rock Sound. Secluded
Robins Gully Hole GREENCASTLE Jacks Bay and lovely. North of the beach Great
SMUGGLERS PLANE WRECK A 4-seater drug smugglers plane CAVERN WALL there is a spectacular arch in Exuma
Puddingwife Hogfish sits at broken in two at 70’ (21m) adorned with marine life. Creek DELANCEY Cotton Bay Resort Little Bluff the eroded sand-stone called PORT
Bonefishing Deep TOWN “The Blue Window”. GEORGE TOWN NELSON
CAVE ROCK A massive coral mound at 50' (15m) is surrounded Area Creek
smaller coral heads, and there are caves where you can swim from Church Bay Tropic of Cancer Long Island
Trumpetfish Black Grouper one side to the other. The colorful variety of corals and fish is amazing. Plum Creek Group
Freedom Beach
Bar Jack JACK'S BAY Lovely arching pink sand beach. DEADMAN’S CAY
Almost as pretty as Lighthouse Beach, but CLARENCE TOWN
Graysby HOLE IN THE WALL A large swim through that takes you in at 70’ Cotton Bay smaller and mor easily reached. Long Island
Tiger Grouper (21m), and lets you out on the wall at 110’ (33m). Advanced.
Waterford Creek Crooked
Great Red Hind Scrawled Filefish IKE’S REEF Shallow, scattered corals reach rise to just 8’ (2.5m) WEMYSS BIGHT Great Bahama Bank Island Samana
Barracuda depth, for snorkelers and beginners scuba divers. Davis Harbour Cay
DAVIS HARBOUR COLONEL HILL
CUT THRU CITY Just above the drop-off there is a fantastic array of ACKLINS & CROOKED ISLANDS Visitors to these islands find
swimthroughs, some of which lead to the drop-off itself. The mooring 20m 10m 5m 23000’ N themselves far from the complexities and hustle of civilization. 23000’ N
Mahogany is at 55’ (17m) depth, where you enter the fissures, holes and channels. 50m Miles of undisturbed beaches, limestone cliffs and caves, and
Snapper White Grunt Grey Snapper Spotted 100m Rocky Creek THE Arvida Bay colorful coral gardens becon visitors. There are also historic
Scorpionfish HIGH ROCK This spot is popular amongst snorkelers, and it is also VILLAGE remnants of slave and cotton plantations, churches, and forts.
Tarpon Blue a fun cliff jumping spot. Scuba divers might also enjoy the boulders
Chromis here in this wind-protected spot. Hartford Creek

Caribbean MONOLITH The mooring is a 65’ (19m), with a slope to 110’ (33m), 39m
Reef Shark and then a drop-off into the abyss. Sea turtles including loggerheads
Tobacco Fish Barred Hamlet Schoolmaster are seen here, and greater hammerheads cruise the deep. JOHN MILLARS Cochinos
Yellowtail Snapper Sergeant John Millars Creek Old Bahama Ch
Major Spotted KNUCKLEHEAD REEF Classic tongue and groove reef system just Cotton Bay Beach Banks
Trunkfish Palometa 25-35’ (7-10m) in depth, with photogenic, fish-filled overhangs. Plana Cays Mayaguana
Bermuda Chub Catch Island Caribbean Sea Island
ELEUTHERA WALL To the west of the mooring is an awesome wall
Spotfin beginning at 50’ (15m) depth, to the east is a monstrous coral head Raineys Point ELEUTHERA POINT With 24040’ N
Butterflyfish Reef with swimthroughs, with tons of fish and corals. This is two dives.
Foureye perhaps Eleuthera's most nnel Ragged Acklins ABRAHAM’S
Butterflyfish Butterflyfish SHARK DIVE Hide out at 60' depth and watch as sharks glide above beautiful waters and beaches, Islands Island BAY
Elkhorn Horse-Eye Jack Bluestriped Grunt Juvenile you, attracted to a tasty 5-gallon "chumsicle". reaching this point requires a
Coral Juvenile Brown Miller MILLERS four-wheel drive vehicle, or a a
Chromis SPLIT CORAL HEAD A huge 100’ (30m)-wide coral head is split, with Anchorage good walk. The views from
Creole Juvenile Smooth Orange-spotted a big chunk missing in the middle. It is rich with sea fans and fish,
Wrasse Glasseye Snapper Trunkfish Filefish plus hefty hermit crabs walking about in the surrounding sand. Caicos Passage

White-Spotted Banded Yellowfin the cliffs are stunning, and Columbus "The Undiscovered Bahamas"
Filefish Butterflyfish Damselfish the beaches will likely be Bank
Shark Dive
Black deserted. Also, this is a 22000’ N 22000’ N
Balloonfish Spotted Cero Durgon Juvenile Princess Cay superb place to go snorkeling.
Sargassum
Drum Redlip Triggerfish Queen Angelfish Juvenile Juvenile (Cruise Ship Stop) BANNERMAN Turks & Caicos,
Coral Spanish Blenny TOWN (UK)
Blue Tang Crab Lobster Highhat Tomtate Spotted Black Rock Point
Striped Arrow Moray Eel Big Bluff Point Lighthouse Beach Turks
Burrfish French Grunt Crab Queen Eleuthera Point Caicos Islands
Triggerfish Lighthouse Lighthouse Point Islands
Sea Rod Brown Beaugregory Queen Parrotfish Bay Little
Inagua
Tube Sponge French Angelfish Gray Angelfish Blue Angelfish Gully Hole

Sea Cushion Longspine Sea Squirrelfish Mountainous Octopus Midnight Parrotfish BAMBOO POINT 60’-100’+ (18-30m+) The drop off at this Cuba
Horse Sea Star Fairy Basslet Squirrelfish Fan Star Coral Princess Parrotfish boat dive plunges into the abyss over 1000’ below. White-spotted
Giant Brain Coral eagle rays and southern stingrays abound.
Basket Gorgonian Fan Green Ocean Great
Sponge Triggerfish Inagua
Porcupinefish Yellow Tube ~ Orange Moray Eel Stoplight Parrotfish LIGHTHOUSE BEACH Maybe the best beach in
Sponge Sponge Triton's The Bahamas - even better than Pink Sands!
' Trumpet This hidden blush-rose sand beach is on the
Atlantic side of Eleuthera Point behind some
Cleaning Goby Glassy Sea Staghorn Rainbow Parrotfish Rock Beauty sand dunes. With great snorkeling just a walk
Sweepers Anemone Coral Southern Blue Parrotfish off the beach, this is a great place to pack a
Jawfish Branching Smooth Fire Coral Orange Peacock Stingray picnic basket and spend an entire romantic
Brain Vase Sponge Flounder Garden Eel afternoon or sunset stroll with your better half. Fabulous Guides
Coral Sheet Star Coral Tube Lionfish of Favorite Places
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Yellow Spiny Queen Hermit Honeycomb Make sure to be self-sufficient, with plenty of
Crab