Hi everybody!

I’m looking to plan a trip to The Bahamas and want to make sure the weather’s nice and that the sites aren’t too crowded.

The simple answer is, anytime is a good time, but it depends on how clear you want the water to be, how prone you are to sea sickness, and what your idea of “cold” is.

In the winter, you’ll need a wet suit to be comfortable, as the seas cool down. In the summers, the water’s so warm you can dive in a swim suit and be just fine. Winter also bring storms, which make large slow rolling waves which are a recipie for sea sickness. The hurricane season brings, well, hurricanes, but the chances of one hitting Nassau (the capitcal) are very slim. Any heaver weather that moves the sea a lot is going to kick up sand and silt from the sea floor and drop visibility, which can drop visibility from 100 feet to 20 feet.

My advice would be the best time to dive is late spring to early summer…but then you’re with all the other people wanting to catch the good weather. Still, provide you can get a hotel, if you’re certified the boat won’t be that crowded if you go on the certified-only trips.

Hope that helps, Neil

I love diving the Bahamas in the summer, especially early August. Oh it’s warm inland but on the beach or on a boat there’s a cool breeze. The water is so clear, I remember a dive near Conception Island. I swam down to get close to a shark I thought was at about 80 feet, but when I got there he was still 80 feet below me.