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Mayaguana
 Bahamas
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Max Depth: Over 150ft/46m
Average Viz: 91-100ft/28-30m
Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Plenty To See
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Rating: 4.00 by 2 divers
Winter: 71-75°F/22-24°C
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Mayaguana is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in Bahamas. This dive site has an average rating of 4.00 out of 5 from 2 scuba divers. The maximum depth is over 150ft/46m. The average visibility is 91-100ft/28-30m.
Most sites here remind me of Cozumel with the vis, wall, sand chutes and swim thrus but without the current. There was little to no current all week, your results might vary. The typical site was a wall starting at 55’ dropping to a shelf at 120’ and then dropping into an abyss. Above the wall was a narrow reef, then sand with lots of garden eels and patch reefs where you found the critters. The wall looked healthy, the patch reefs not so much showing storm damage and algae over growth. There was little evidence of hurricane damage with big sponges and fan coral everywhere.
Fish life seemed a little sparse to me but I’m an old diver and it’s never as good as the old days. Much like Coz the walls are beautiful but most of the marine life is up in the patch reefs, the shallower you go the better it got. Also, more Lionfish on the wall and top, less in the shallows. Could that be connected?!
Because this is a new itinerary there are few moorings so a lot of live boat dives but not really drift dives since there usually wasn’t any current. Many of the sites are as yet unnamed so it’s hard to give you a list of must sees but Goliath grotto was 2nd on my list, the first was marked but unnamed as yet.
Dress warm, in February air temps were usually in the sixties to seventies and the water was 74 so hot showers and into the hot tub became the norm. Bring warm clothes for the SI. By May things should start warming up.
As far as I know Nekton is the only diveboat going here.