Nassau

Guide to diving Nassau in Bahamas

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to Nassau in Bahamas.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Bahamas liveaboard diving Nassau. You can easily book the All Star Aqua Cat liveaboard, scoring 9.3/10, using this link.

1 Countries
3 Dive sites
6 Liveaboards
40 Creatures

Sea creatures found in Nassau

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

Creature type Sea creatures
Coral Hard coral , Sea Fans , Soft corals
Crustacians Lobsters , Spiny lobsters
Eels Moray eels
Invertebrates Red-tipped sea goddess
Pelagic fish Great barracuda (Giant barracuda)
Rays Southern stingrays , Spotted eagle rays , Stingrays
Reef fish Amberjacks , Angelfish , Barracuda , Blue tangs , Butterflyfish , Damselfish , French Grunts , Goliath grouper (jewfish) , Groupers , Grunts , Nassau grouper , Parrotfish , Reef fish , Schoolmaster snapper , Sergeant majors , Silversides , Snappers , Spotted drums , Squirrelfish , Yellowtail snapper
Sea slug or Gastropoda Nudibranchs
Sea turtles Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle
Sharks Blacknose sharks , Caribbean reef sharks , Great hammerhead sharks , Nurse sharks , Tiger sharks
Sponges and cnidarian Sea sponges

Dive sites in Nassau

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

Dive site Liveaboards that dive this site
Periwinkle Reef All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard, Bahamas Aggressor Liveaboard, Blackbeard’s Morning Star Liveaboard, Blackbeard’s Sea Explorer Liveaboard
Nassau All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard, Bahamas Aggressor Liveaboard, Bahamas Aggressor II Liveaboard, Blackbeard’s Morning Star Liveaboard, Blackbeard’s Sea Explorer Liveaboard
Lost Blue Hole All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard, Bahamas Aggressor Liveaboard, Bahamas Aggressor II Liveaboard, Blackbeard’s Morning Star Liveaboard, Blackbeard’s Sea Explorer Liveaboard, Cat Ppalu Liveaboard

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in Nassau

All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard

All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard

Periwinkle Reef top sea creatures: Sergeant majors, Damselfish, Angelfish, Reef fish, Snappers, Grunts, Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Southern stingrays, Stingrays, Barracuda, Soft corals, Hard coral
Nassau top sea creatures: Caribbean reef sharks, Nurse sharks, Great hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Stingrays, Spotted eagle rays, Goliath grouper (jewfish), Groupers, Barracuda, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda), Parrotfish, Reef fish, Grunts, Snappers, French Grunts, Yellowtail snapper, Schoolmaster snapper, Blue tangs, Squirrelfish, Butterflyfish, Spotted drums, Spiny lobsters, Nudibranchs, Red-tipped sea goddess, Silversides
Lost Blue Hole top sea creatures: Amberjacks, Angelfish, Blacknose sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Green turtles, Hard coral, Lobsters, Moray eels, Nassau grouper, Nudibranchs, Nurse sharks, Reef fish, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Snappers, Soft corals, Spotted eagle rays, Southern stingrays, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda)
Bahamas Aggressor Liveaboard

Bahamas Aggressor Liveaboard

Periwinkle Reef top sea creatures: Sergeant majors, Damselfish, Angelfish, Reef fish, Snappers, Grunts, Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Southern stingrays, Stingrays, Barracuda, Soft corals, Hard coral
Nassau top sea creatures: Caribbean reef sharks, Nurse sharks, Great hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Stingrays, Spotted eagle rays, Goliath grouper (jewfish), Groupers, Barracuda, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda), Parrotfish, Reef fish, Grunts, Snappers, French Grunts, Yellowtail snapper, Schoolmaster snapper, Blue tangs, Squirrelfish, Butterflyfish, Spotted drums, Spiny lobsters, Nudibranchs, Red-tipped sea goddess, Silversides
Lost Blue Hole top sea creatures: Amberjacks, Angelfish, Blacknose sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Green turtles, Hard coral, Lobsters, Moray eels, Nassau grouper, Nudibranchs, Nurse sharks, Reef fish, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Snappers, Soft corals, Spotted eagle rays, Southern stingrays, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda)
Bahamas Aggressor II Liveaboard

Bahamas Aggressor II Liveaboard

Nassau top sea creatures: Caribbean reef sharks, Nurse sharks, Great hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Stingrays, Spotted eagle rays, Goliath grouper (jewfish), Groupers, Barracuda, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda), Parrotfish, Reef fish, Grunts, Snappers, French Grunts, Yellowtail snapper, Schoolmaster snapper, Blue tangs, Squirrelfish, Butterflyfish, Spotted drums, Spiny lobsters, Nudibranchs, Red-tipped sea goddess, Silversides
Lost Blue Hole top sea creatures: Amberjacks, Angelfish, Blacknose sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Green turtles, Hard coral, Lobsters, Moray eels, Nassau grouper, Nudibranchs, Nurse sharks, Reef fish, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Snappers, Soft corals, Spotted eagle rays, Southern stingrays, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda)
Blackbeard’s Morning Star Liveaboard

Blackbeard’s Morning Star Liveaboard

Periwinkle Reef top sea creatures: Sergeant majors, Damselfish, Angelfish, Reef fish, Snappers, Grunts, Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Southern stingrays, Stingrays, Barracuda, Soft corals, Hard coral
Nassau top sea creatures: Caribbean reef sharks, Nurse sharks, Great hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Stingrays, Spotted eagle rays, Goliath grouper (jewfish), Groupers, Barracuda, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda), Parrotfish, Reef fish, Grunts, Snappers, French Grunts, Yellowtail snapper, Schoolmaster snapper, Blue tangs, Squirrelfish, Butterflyfish, Spotted drums, Spiny lobsters, Nudibranchs, Red-tipped sea goddess, Silversides
Lost Blue Hole top sea creatures: Amberjacks, Angelfish, Blacknose sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Green turtles, Hard coral, Lobsters, Moray eels, Nassau grouper, Nudibranchs, Nurse sharks, Reef fish, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Snappers, Soft corals, Spotted eagle rays, Southern stingrays, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda)
Blackbeard’s Sea Explorer Liveaboard

Blackbeard’s Sea Explorer Liveaboard

Periwinkle Reef top sea creatures: Sergeant majors, Damselfish, Angelfish, Reef fish, Snappers, Grunts, Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Southern stingrays, Stingrays, Barracuda, Soft corals, Hard coral
Nassau top sea creatures: Caribbean reef sharks, Nurse sharks, Great hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Stingrays, Spotted eagle rays, Goliath grouper (jewfish), Groupers, Barracuda, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda), Parrotfish, Reef fish, Grunts, Snappers, French Grunts, Yellowtail snapper, Schoolmaster snapper, Blue tangs, Squirrelfish, Butterflyfish, Spotted drums, Spiny lobsters, Nudibranchs, Red-tipped sea goddess, Silversides
Lost Blue Hole top sea creatures: Amberjacks, Angelfish, Blacknose sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Green turtles, Hard coral, Lobsters, Moray eels, Nassau grouper, Nudibranchs, Nurse sharks, Reef fish, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Snappers, Soft corals, Spotted eagle rays, Southern stingrays, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda)
Cat Ppalu Liveaboard

Cat Ppalu Liveaboard

Lost Blue Hole top sea creatures: Amberjacks, Angelfish, Blacknose sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Green turtles, Hard coral, Lobsters, Moray eels, Nassau grouper, Nudibranchs, Nurse sharks, Reef fish, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Snappers, Soft corals, Spotted eagle rays, Southern stingrays, Great barracuda (Giant barracuda)

Top liveaboards diving Nassau

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

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard: 73%

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 All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 73%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the All Star Aqua Cat 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 All Star Aqua Cat liveaboard are ( [Boat:6/10] + [Cabin:6/10] + [Diving:9/10]+ [Food:9/10] + [Drinks:8/10] + [Non-diver:6/10] = 44/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the All Star Aqua Cat liveaboard is calculated as 44/60 = 73% 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 .