Staniel Cay

This is Big Rock Cut, viewed from the northwest side of Staniel Cay.

We finally had a perfect day to snorkel the cave at Thunderball. But....there was another front on the way that was supposed to bring squalls with winds thirty to forty knots from the west. So we decided to get an early jump before the spots with good protection were taken. We sailed back up north to Cambridge Cay--also called Little Bell.


On our way north we passed Bird On A Wire headed south. We met them in Nassau, and also shared at a couple of anchorages with them. We really enjoyed meeting them. Their boat is a beautiful, steel, Bruce Roberts 38 foot Spray.

The mooring field at Cambridge Cay is beautiful. It is within the boundaries of the Exuma Land and Sea Park. The whole park is a no take zone. We spent a few days there until the wind clocked back to the north. While we were there, we took the dinghy north to snorkel at the Seaquariam. It is basically a small cay with a decent drop off on one side with a little coral and some fish. On the way back to the mother ship, we briefly looked through our looky bucket at a crashed airplane. The current was too strong to do a real snorkel, and we were cold.

When the weather veered north we made our way to Great Guana Cay. The winds were light from the north, so we were almost on a dead run. We sailed a little and motored a little. We anchored at a great beach on Little Bay.


We moved a little north to Black Point the next day to do laundry (I had some shirts that needed washing--I'm not 20 years old anymore) and some Internet. There is free Internet (with a small donation) at Lorraine's Restaurant, and her fish dinners are excellent. The people are very friendly here. We really like Black Point a lot.