Bimini
Bahamas · 3 m
Description
Bimini is the closest Bahamian land to the United States, eighty kilometres east of Miami, and it has always traded on that. Rum runners used it during Prohibition and Ernest Hemingway spent summers here in the thirties chasing marlin, which is how the island got its reputation as the game fishing capital of the Bahamas. Two narrow strips of sand carry almost everything on them. Great hammerheads gather in the shallows off the west shore each winter and divers come specifically for them.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 2 to 5 days (optimal 3 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: December – April
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Great hammerhead diving off the west shore (December - March)
- Radio Beach and the Alice Town strip
- Deep sea fishing for marlin and wahoo
- Bimini Road underwater stone formation
- Hemingway history and the Compleat Angler story
- Sapona shipwreck in the shallows
- Healing Hole mangrove spring
- Wild spotted dolphins offshore
Getting there
- Airports:
- BIM
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry