We have such good underwater visibility here, we usually have over 80 feet plus underwater visibility. We have year-round sunshine, the weather's usually good, not too windy, where you're completely incapable of going out, so that's a lot better than most places. We have over 700 islands and keys here, so there's a lot of ground to cover and when you know where to go or you have a good guide to guide you, it's really beneficial, because there's so much untouched ground here. It is very different than going somewhere like Mexico, where you have to dive all the way down to 80 feet and the visibility is only like 5 feet, you can't see much and it's cold and all that kind of stuff. We also got pretty warm weather almost year-round. Even in the wintertime the lowest it will get is like 69, but that's super rare, it's usually around like 74-75 degrees Fahrenheit. And during the summer time it gets all the way up to 88 degrees, so you don't even want to wear your wetsuit kind of thing. The combination of warm water, shallow water, where you can find world-record fish, in like literally 10 feet of water, sunny climate, good weather, clear visibilit and good variety of fish is like the spearfisherman's dream.
Cons
Because we have such a healthy population of fish in the Bahamas, that means we have a balanced ecosystem,we also have sharks. The Bahamas is the shark diving capital of the world. Tiger sharks show up, hammerhead sharks, reef sharks, bull sharks, silky sharks, mako sharks. Depending on where you are, depending on the island you are, these sharks can pose a problem. If you're spearfishing in a spot that has a lot of sharks you're going to attract them, it's just a part of the game basically, you just need to have the experience and know what to do or have a proper guide with you, who knows what to do in these situations so you don't get hurt, you don't hurt other people, you don't put other people in the position to get hurt and everybody could have a good day. Sharks are only doing what they're basically born to do, they're there to find the opportunity to find food and if someone's gonna be shooting a fish and have it on the line struggling and they don't have to go catch that fish themselves, they're gonna take advantage of the situation, because they have to survive.
