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Tiger Beach

West Grand Bahama, Bahamas · 5–15m · intermediate · exposed

Shallow sand flats offshore of Grand Bahama, dived for reliable encounters with tiger and lemon sharks.

Conditions today

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poor

Poor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.5–0.9m
Wave period
3.4–4.1s
Wind chop
0.3–0.9m
Sea temp
30.1–30.3°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayPoor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.poor
  • FridayMarginal — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are poor today because the ride home will be rough, though the morning offers decent diving on sand flats five to fifteen metres deep. Raw wave height reaches 0.9m with a period of 3.4 to 4.1 seconds, and sea temperature sits at 30.1 to 30.3°C. You'll need intermediate certification for this exposed site.

Tiger and lemon sharks are commonly logged here, along with Caribbean reef and nurse sharks. Divers often record bluestriped grunts, yellowtail snappers, grey angelfish, and four-eyed butterflyfish. Factor in the deteriorating conditions for your return and plan accordingly.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.