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alls The Exumas offer an abundance of wall dives, some at W hale Shark Wall - This wall is named for the whale sharks that
have frequented this area for several winters. Like all of our
W named sites and others wherever the deep blue of the preci-

pice meets the electric cyan of the shallows. One of my more memo-

rable wall dives was at Dog Rock Wall, where a thousand or so Atlan- walls, when you stare into the abyss, you never know what you

tic spadefish obscured the path to the drop-off and glass minnows might see.

choked the swim-throughs leading to the wall, all of which distract-
ed me from seeing the massive black coral trees that decorated the
hroud Wall Whale Tail Wall - A great wall just south of Wax Cut.
Swall face. The Exuma Sound and Tongue of the Ocean are two, huge, Large parrotfish roam the sand inside the reef while sharks

underwater canyons found in the Bahamas. These canyons drop off & eagle rays are frequently seen off the wall. We have had some

to over a mile deep and provide divers with the opportunity to ex- very unusual sightings here like a Caribbean torpedo, one of only 4

perience some amazing wall dives. sighting of this very rare ray.

D Log Rocks Wall -This reef starts at 35’ and slopes off to 50’ before ong Island Wall - The wall at Long Island is situated adjacent
dropping straight down into the Exuma Sound. This is one of to the Comberbach Wreck. It starts at a depth of about 90 foot

the best dives in the Bahamas. If you like to identify fish, you will and drops off to over a mile deep. Sightings at the wall include sea

marvel at the large variety of fish. Black Coral is abundant here as turtles, caribbean reef sharks and eagle rays along with a plethora

well as Orange Elephant Ear and Tube Sponges. Near our mooring of reef fish.

is a swim-thru called the Cathedral, where light filtering down from
above lights up a large school of resident silversides. Many pelagics
reat Exuma Wall - Although not as abundant in coral and fish
Gfrequent this reef. life as the walls of Long Island, our local wall site means we can

P illar Wall - One of many excellent wall dives. It starts at 30’ and conduct training dives, close to the mainland, for students taking
slopes to 50’ before dropping 5,000’ to the bottom. There are the deep dive courses we offer. There are a number of swimthroughs
that can be explored at this site.

many caves and crevices. There is a large colony of yellowhead jaw-

fish in the rubble inside the reef.