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TCB:Stuart Cove's is the biggest and best known operator on New Providence/Paradise Island. They pick up from all the major hotels, including Atlantis, although I think their route makes you the first picked up and the last dropped off.
If you like sharks, the shark feeding dive is a rush. You'll definitely want the video as a souvenir.
renpirate:My wife and I are currently in Nassau and dove with Stuart's Cove yesterday. We had already prebooked some dives with them for our trip, but wanted to do a dive with one other shop. Nassau Scuba Center is gone, we can't find Dive Dive Dive, and will look for Bahama Divers today. So we dove with Stuart's Cove instead.
Stuart's Cove is the vending machine approach to diving. The boats have a 24 diver capacity and up. We were lucky to only have 18 divers yesterday. The place is pretty hectic with all the divers going to different boats. The service is ok. Since it seems to be the best (maybe only) option, make sure you book ahead of time and save yourself some money. Also, if you plan on bringing your own gear you might want to plan on schlepping your gear back and forth from your hotel. They do have a very small open area (no lockers) that they say you can leave your dive gear in if you are doing several dives. I took one look and it and decided I would not be leaving a couple thousand dollars worth of dive gear there.
If you want to do Nitrox you can get their unlimited nitrox for 3 days for $50 deal. It will save you money and you will be a lot less tired.
Also their boats are well equipped with radios, first aid kits and stocked O2 kits, however they don't have heads.
renpirate:My wife and I are currently in Nassau and dove with Stuart's Cove yesterday. We had already prebooked some dives with them for our trip, but wanted to do a dive with one other shop. Nassau Scuba Center is gone, we can't find Dive Dive Dive, and will look for Bahama Divers today. So we dove with Stuart's Cove instead.
Stuart's Cove is the vending machine approach to diving. The boats have a 24 diver capacity and up. We were lucky to only have 18 divers yesterday. The place is pretty hectic with all the divers going to different boats. The service is ok. Since it seems to be the best (maybe only) option, make sure you book ahead of time and save yourself some money. Also, if you plan on bringing your own gear you might want to plan on schlepping your gear back and forth from your hotel. They do have a very small open area (no lockers) that they say you can leave your dive gear in if you are doing several dives. I took one look and it and decided I would not be leaving a couple thousand dollars worth of dive gear there.
If you want to do Nitrox you can get their unlimited nitrox for 3 days for $50 deal. It will save you money and you will be a lot less tired.
Also their boats are well equipped with radios, first aid kits and stocked O2 kits, however they don't have heads.
The water is currently 84 degrees at 50fsw and an amazing 89 degrees at the surface. A wetsuit will not be needed, except for the shark dive when it is required.
I will post a full dive report next week with further information.