30 Dec 2024
Brice met us at our cruise ship, Dwayne drove us out to McLean's Town out at East End Grand Bahama where Brice in fishing boat and Shervin in his flat bottom skiff met us.
We sped out for about 20-minutes over shallow, clear turquoise waters to uninhabited Lightbourne Cay where we entered a small slough and stopped at a blue hole. We donned snorkel gear and didn't even need flippers since the water was barely hip deep. The blue hole is remarkable (see photo) and had stingrays half buried in the sand. Then we drifted on the receding tide down the slough watching an endless variety of coral, crustaceans and fish drift by, 3-4 feet beneath us.
The drift lasted about 45 to an hour and we went about 1/2 mile to finish at a sand spit where we walked around and then headed by boat to the village of Sweetings Cay where we tracked down the turtles in the sanctuary and had a nice lunch at the restaurant and chatted with the local conch fishing families. Back to our ship on time.
Brice and Shervin are real pros and great guides. Yes, it's about 1:15 minutes out to this area but that effort is rewarded with pristine water and wildlife. Just do it!