Snorkel· North Andros· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands
Small Hope Bay reef (South Marine Park)
24° 45.2′ N · 77° 48.4′ W · approximate
The patch reefs and coral heads just off Small Hope Bay Lodge, inside the no-take South Marine Park, where the lodge runs its snorkel boats and the barrier reef is a short swim or dinghy ride away.
Practical
Position approximate: a point in the water inside the Bahamas National Trust South Marine Park boundary as mapped on OpenStreetMap, about 0.3 nm off the lodge beach; not a named buoy. No-take zone: no fishing, spearing, lobstering or shelling. Small Hope Bay Lodge boat snorkel trips cost $50 plus 10% VAT, with mask, fins and snorkel rental $12 per stay (lodge site); ask whether visiting boaters can join. Dive boats leave about 9 am and 2 pm. Exposed to the east: go in light trade winds.
Best for
Easy reef snorkelling in the protected park
Season
Light easterlies; calm days
Nearby
- Small Hope Bay Anchorage0.3 NM away
- Small Hope Bay Beach0.4 NM away
- Small Hope Bay Lodge (dive operation)0.4 NM away
- Rooney's service station (Calabash Bay)1 NM away
- Long Cay Anchorage (Fresh Creek)1.6 NM away
- Long Cay and Goat Cay reefs (Fresh Creek)1.6 NM away
- Fresh Creek Clinic1.8 NM away
- Adley's supermarket and Mabel's Meat Mart (Fresh Creek)1.9 NM away