Sharks of the Bahamas: Bimini and Cat Island

Albert Kok · Issue 91, Jul/Aug 2016 · pp. 76–78

will become the home base for visits of the GHs. Interestingly, GHs now also show up regularly at the other side of the gulf stream at Jupiter, West Palm Beach. Here a variety of sharks can be encountered at more remote locations in open water, where baiting is permitted. The dives are not so easy since they often take place in deeper water with a strong current. But the shots I have seen so far are truly spectacular. One can only hope that charters with a reputation of being ‘shark friendly’ like Emerald will contribute to more respect for the apex predators along the US coastline. Cat Island: snorkeling with the Oceanics After we spent three days at Bimini, Sky Bahamas took us back to Nassau and from there to Cat island, a long fishhook-shaped island. Cat Island was were Columbus landed in 1492. One says it is named after the pirate captain Arthur Cat who payed frequent visits to the i…