Open sandy bottomÁrea Marina Protegida

Tiger Beach

Bahamas · Grand Bahama

Profundidad: 6–10 mNivel: Advanced (shark diving)October-January

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A shallow white sandbank, between 6 and 10 m, which is probably the most reliable place in the world for an encounter with tiger sharks. The shallow depth allows very long dives.

Depth

6–10 m

Recommended level

Advanced (shark diving)

Average visibility

28 m

Water temperature

25 °C

Current

Weak

Access

Liveaboard

Best time

October-January

Recommended certification

Shark Diver

Approx. price

250 USD / dive

Marine protected area

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Best time: October-January
Approx. price: 250 USD / dive

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Protection status

Santuario de tiburones de Bahamas: la pesca de tiburón está prohibida en todas las aguas nacionales

Did you know

Bahamas declaró santuario de tiburones la totalidad de sus aguas, y esa decisión es la razón de fondo de que sitios como este y Bimini funcionen: los animales no están sometidos a presión pesquera.

Sources consulted: Dive The World; Epic Diving; Scuba Diving Magazine; Neal Watson's Bimini Scuba Center

Location

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49 species documented in Tiger Beach

Pez limón

Seriola dumerili

Tiburón nodriza

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Delfín mular

Tursiops truncatus

Tiburón limón

Negaprion brevirostris

Critically Endangered

Tiburón martillo gigante

Sphyrna mokarran

Near Threatened

Tiburón tigre

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near Threatened

Tiburón toro

Carcharhinus leucas

Critically Endangered

Tortuga carey

Eretmochelys imbricata

Tiburón de arrecife del Caribe

Carcharhinus perezi

Abanico de mar púrpura

Gorgonia ventalina

Aguja azul del Atlántico

Makaira nigricans

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Ecosystem

Fondo arenoso

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