Nassau cruise ship question...

[DM Gary]

The wife, daughter and I will port in Nassau in June and they're going to do one of the ship activities so I'm wanting to try to get a couple of dives in as I've never been to the Bahamas.
Stuart Cove's caters to cruise passengers and they have a 7:45am pick up time.
Has anyone ever taken that trip off a Carnival cruise? They warn on their site that the timing is close but it looks doable if you can get off the ship fast.

 

[diversteve]

Another option is Bahama Divers. 5mins by cab from the port - on the shore side of the Paradise Island bridge.

Bahama Divers

Arrival Policy - Cruise Ship Guests

Port restrictions make it difficult to plan pick-ups. We do offer complimentary return transportation to the Port for our guests. If you have made a reservation and are arriving by cruise ship please take a cab or local bus to the Dive Shop by the check-in times. All standard AM Excursions check-in at 8:30am. All standard PM Excursions check-in at 1:30pm. We are about a 5 minute taxi ride from the Cruise Ship Port making it very simple to get to us if you are on a tight schedule. If you need any help with planning feel free to contact us and we can advise. All questions or queries related to this booking/excursion should be directed to Bahama Divers at (242) 393-5644, (242) 393-1466, (954) 602-7731, or bahamadiversres@gmail.com.

Something they do that's different is the Lost Blue Hole dive. While it's not the classic Nassau white sand/coral reef dive, (there are some big coral heads on top) it's pretty spectacular - Lost Blue Hole - Nassau. And it's pretty sharky sometimes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htz9V8ud54o#t=52
(the pictures showing the blue hole surrounded by a fringing reef with the boat inside - that's Belize...)

 

[Just_Me]

With Carnival, unless you book your dive through them, your not guaranteed of being able to make the trip times.

This is why there is a dive in Freeport. UNEXSO is the dive charter that Carnival uses.

 

[Aguablanco1]

We went with Bahama Divers last year off a Carnival ship and I was extremely pleased. SC never seemed to be willing to work with us.
RichH

 

[DM Gary]

Thanks everyone for the responses, I'll look into Bahama Divers for sure. It would be a lot easier if diving was one of the excursions but for some reason it's not offered at any port this trip.