Great Blue Hole - Bahamas - Andros
Andros is dotted with blue holes, but the Great Blue Hole is arguably the most famous. Dropping to 30 meters, it's an intermediate dive into the darkness. You'll descend past the lip, often seeing schools of jacks circling just at the entrance, then feel the temperature drop as you go deeper. The real draw is the unique environment, that transition from open ocean to an enclosed cenote, with light shafts cutting through the gloom on sunny days. It’s a dive for those curious about geological formations and the quiet solitude of a cave system, rather than a bustling reef.
- Location
- Andros, Bahamas, Caribbean
- Coordinates
- 24.808000, -77.810000
- Type
- cenote
- Maximum Depth
- 30m
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Marine Protected Area: Andros Southern Marine Park
Nearby Dive Sites in Andros
- Airplane Wreck - 10-25m (wreck)
- Andros Island - Amphitheatre
- Anthony Bell wreck (wreck)
- Back Side of the Blue Hole (cenote)
- BAHAMA SEAS - 4m (wreck)
- BBC Wreck (wreck)
- Berry Islands - 5-20m (reef)
- Big Whale East Reef (reef)
- Big Whale North Reef (reef)
- Big Whale Reef North - 20m (reef)
- Bird Cay South reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Blue Hole 2nd Level (cenote)
- Caribe Breeze Wreck - 10-30m (wreck)
- Coco Cay - 12m
- DC3 Wall (wall)
Nearest Dive Centres to Great Blue Hole - Bahamas
Marine Life in Andros
Home to 396 recorded species including 339 reef fish, 22 hard corals, 11 whales & dolphins, 5 sharks & rays, 3 sea snails & nudibranchs, 3 octopus & squid.
Notable Species
- Blainville's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) - Whales & Dolphins
- Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) - Hard Corals
- Blue Doctor (Acanthurus coeruleus) - Reef Fish
- Mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) - Hard Corals
- Finger Coral (Porites porites) - Hard Corals
- Great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) - Hard Corals
- Massive Starlet Coral (Siderastrea siderea) - Hard Corals
- Dark Green Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) - Reef Fish
- Gutong (Scarus iseri) - Reef Fish
- Barber (Acanthurus bahianus) - Reef Fish
- Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) - Hard Corals
- French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) - Reef Fish
- Schoolmaster (Lutjanus apodus) - Reef Fish
- Gutong (Sparisoma aurofrenatum) - Reef Fish
- Blueman (Scarus vetula) - Reef Fish
- Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurgus) - Reef Fish
- Grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) - Hard Corals
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Boulder Brain Coral (Colpophyllia natans) - Hard Corals
- Bluestriped Grunt (Haemulon sciurus) - Reef Fish