Great Bahama Bank

Guide to diving Great Bahama Bank in Bahamas

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to Great Bahama Bank in Bahamas.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Bahamas liveaboard diving Great Bahama Bank. You can easily book the Dolphin Dream Liveaboard, scoring 9.6/10, using this link.

1 Countries
2 Dive sites
1 Liveaboards
32 Creatures

Sea creatures found in Great Bahama Bank

Here are the main sea creatures found across dive sites in Great Bahama Bank, grouped by type so you can quickly see what marine life you may encounter.

Creature type Sea creatures
Cephalopod Octopus
Crustacians Spiny lobsters
Eels Green moray eels , Moray eels
Jack Mackerel Family Jacks (Jackfish)
Mollusk Conch
Rays Southern stingrays , Spotted eagle rays , Stingrays
Reef fish Angelfish , Barracuda , Butterflyfish , Goliath grouper (jewfish) , Groupers , Lionfish , Nassau grouper , Parrotfish , Reef fish , Snappers
Sea turtles Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle , Loggerhead turtles
Sharks Blacknose sharks , Blacktip reef sharks , Bull sharks , Caribbean reef sharks , Great hammerhead sharks , Lemon sharks , Nurse sharks , Tiger sharks
Whales and dolphins Atlantic spotted dolphins , Bottlenose dolpins

Dive sites in Great Bahama Bank

The following dive sites are found in Great Bahama Bank. Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.

Dive site Liveaboards that dive this site
Little Bahama Bank —
Bimini Bank Dolphin Dream Liveaboard

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in Great Bahama Bank

Dolphin Dream Liveaboard

Dolphin Dream Liveaboard

Bimini Bank top sea creatures: Great hammerhead sharks, Lemon sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Bull sharks, Nurse sharks, Tiger sharks, Blacktip reef sharks, Blacknose sharks, Southern stingrays, Spotted eagle rays, Groupers, Goliath grouper (jewfish), Snappers, Parrotfish, Angelfish, Moray eels, Barracuda, Stingrays, Spiny lobsters, Octopus, Green moray eels, Reef fish, Loggerhead turtles, Jacks (Jackfish), Atlantic spotted dolphins, Bottlenose dolpins

Top liveaboards diving Great Bahama Bank

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving Great Bahama Bank.

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Dolphin Dream Liveaboard: 63%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.

For the Dolphin Dream Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 63%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Dolphin Dream Liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Dolphin Dream Liveaboard are ( [Boat:6/10] + [Cabin:4/10] + [Diving:7/10]+ [Food:8/10] + [Drinks:6/10] + [Non-diver:7/10] = 38/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Dolphin Dream Liveaboard is calculated as 38/60 = 63% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .