Category: Bimini Islands
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Kinks
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates The Kinks is a scattering of patches of coral heads along a white sandy bottom. It has abundant marine life and good visibility (usually about 75 feet). Many divers come to the Kinks for night dives. The inner edge of the reef is at…
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Honeymoon Harbor
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates Honeymoon Harbor is a small anchorage on the north end of Gun Cay. This is a favorite stop for boaters looking for an afternoon of sunbathing, swimming, and snorkeling. The harbor is generally too shallow for SCUBA diving, but is fantastic for snorkeling. The…
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Hesperus / Turtle Wreck
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates The Hesperus is a shallow wreck on the Grand Bahama Bank that is a favorite spot for photography and for night dives. It has been called the Turtle Wreck because of the numerous loggerhead turtles that gather on the wreck at night. This cement…
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Hawksbill Reef North
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates Although this reef is named after a turtle species, it’s rare to see Hawksbill turtles on the reef. You can expect to see some large jack, chub, parrotfish and maybe even a reef or nurse shark. The Foundation for Ocean Research filmed the television…
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Continental Shelf
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates Bimini is famous for this spectacular dive “off the wall”. Just off of South Bimini, is a great spot to experience a very deep dive on the rim of the continental shelf. The shelf is a sheer cliff that drops from 145 feet straight…
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Bimini Trader
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates The Bimini Trader sunk offshore of South Bimini in 1992. The ship is lying upside-down at a depth of 85 feet. The Trader is not far from the Bimini Barge. Divers report seeing large grouper and often some sharks. The current can be very…
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Bimini Barge
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates The Bimini Barge sunk in the late 1980s during a hurricane. The 120-foot vessel sits upright on a sandy bottom just on the edge of the continental shelf. The sandy bottom is about 100 feet and the top of the barge can be reached…
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Atlantis / Bimini Road
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Bimini Islands GPS Coordinates The Atlantis Road, or Bimini Road is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bimini because of the mystery surrounding the site. In the 1930s, an American psychic named Edgar Cayce reported that he had spoken with a person who had lived in…