Bimini offers one of the best opportunities in the world for great hammerhead shark diving. During the winter months January – April, a healthy population of theses elusive sharks congregate around the island’s waters. With numerous species of shark frequenting this area, you have opportunities to see Caribbean Reef Sharks, Nurse Sharks, Bull Sharks, and, of course, Great Hammerheads. Thanks to the foresight of the Bahamas, making all waters surrounding the nations islands a marine sanctuary, we are able to enjoy the benefits of a healthy marine ecosystem.
Besides great hammerhead shark dives, Bimini also offers a variety of other great diving, including several wrecks, and a great location to dive with stingrays.
During the Great Hammerhead Shark Diving Expedition in Bimini, don’t miss out on some incredible wild dolphin excursions. Check out this amazing video from just one morning with the dolphin and contact us for more details.
There are daily flights into South Bimini Island (BIM) from several airports in Florida, as well as Nassau. Check with Bahamas Air, Sky Bahamas, and Western Air for the most flight options.
Travel FAQs
Trip Insurance
We strongly recommend dive accident insurance as well as separate dive trip/travel insurance. These policies can be purchased from DAN, DiveAssure, and a number or other agencies.
There are no refunds for lost days of diving due to weather cancellations, natural disaster, trip delays, injury or equipment issues. You should check with individual policies to ensure that you are covered in the event of unforeseen issues.
What are the airport codes?
NAS – Nassau International Airport, New Providence
BIM – Bimini, Bahamas
Do you provide pickup from South Bimini Airport?
Because of the large number of arrival times, we do not include transportation from the airport to the hotel and back. Guests staying on North Bimini will have to take a short ferry ride to the hotel.
Can I fly direct to Bimini from the US
Several airlines have regular flights between Florida and Bimini.
What is the weather like?
While we’d love to be able to predict the weather, it’s a difficult task. Here are some helpful indicators.
Trip Insurance
We strongly recommend dive accident insurance as well as separate dive trip/travel insurance. These policies can be purchased from DAN, DiveAssure, and a number or other agencies.
There are no refunds for lost days of diving due to weather cancellations, natural disaster, trip delays, injury or equipment issues. You should check with individual policies to ensure that you are covered in the event of unforeseen issues.
What is the season for Great Hammerhead Shark Encounters
Great Hammerhead Sharks can be found off the coast of Bimini from January through March. We schedule our dive calendar around the time with the greatest numbers of animals in order to ensure that guests have the experience they come looking for!
What payment methods do you accept?
We accept Credit Card, Paypal, Check, Money Orders, and Bank Wire. We accept credit cards in the form of Mastercard, Visa, and American Express.
What is the water temperature
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What do I need to bring?
We recommend guests bring their own toiletries, sea sickness medication, and insect repellent. Although the day time temperatures are pretty warm, we suggest a light jacket for cool nights or after long hours in the water.
Do you require DAN or equivelent insurance?
Divers requiring emergency care will usually need evacuation as our diving is done in the more remote parts of the Bahamas. Evacuation insurance is strongly recommended for your trip.
What level of dive certification do I need?
All divers must be open water certified. Night dives or other specialty dives require advanced certification.
How do I secure my reservation?
A nonrefundable, nontransferable deposit of $1,000 USD is required to secure your reservation. Once received, you will be provided with an invoice confirming your dates, deposit, and balance.
Are meals included?
All Great Hammerhead Shark Diving packages include lunch on the boat, as well as drinks and snacks. Breakfast and dinner is not included unless otherwise specified.
Is there any paperwork I need to fill out?
All guests are required to fill out a Epic Diving Liability Waiver, which can be found here. You’ll be able to download and fill out the waiver on your computer or tablet and email it back to us. Alternatively, you can print it out and bring it with you.
This was, by far, our best experience with these magnificent animals
Thank you for introducing us to Cat Island’s Oceanic White Tip Sharks. We visited Cat Island with Epic Diving in May 2012. Although we’ve seen oceanic white-tip sharks a few times in the past, this was, by far, our best experience with these magnificent animals. Visits by silky sharks and a spectacular blue marlin were major bonuses. Your professionalism, knowledge and skills helped to make our time on Cat Island a memorable Adventure, and it was great getting to know Debra and Vinnie and the team at Epic Diving.
Howard & Michelle Hall
A rare present
Being able to dive in clear, blue, oceanic water like this is always a treat, but being able to dive in this oceanic water with oceanic whitetip sharks (not to mention a blue marlin and silky sharks) was a rare present.
Norbert Wu
Epic Diving provided me one of the best shark dives of my life.
Epic Diving provided me one of the best shark dives of my life. Very good and comfortable boat, friendly and experienced crew and lots, lots of oceanic white tips. The island is beautiful and we had unforgettable time there!!! Thank you very much! Everybody should try it, worth it for sure!
Daniel Botelho
Needless to say, I’ll be back!
Epic diving will provide the ultimate shark encounters with safety. I’ve been on multiple trips with owner/operators Debra and Vincent for tiger sharks, great hammerheads and oceanic white tips. Their experience and track record speak volumes; but the ultimate is to see them interact with the sharks. You can feel the love and respect they have for these amazing and beautiful creatures of the sea. This is obvious in how the sharks interact with them as well. I’m an underwater photographer so I appreciate his and can see it in my images. Needless to say, I will be back!
Theresa G.
Ultimate experience
This was my first and definitely not last trip to see sharks with Epic Diving. Spent six fantastic days with Debra and Vincent enjoying a great company of tiger sharks in Grand Bahama and great hammerheads in Bimini. Epic Diving provides the ultimate experience one will never forget. They are the best operator in the area, very competent and reliable. They are the best at ensuring divers’ safety underwater and taking good care of sharks. The boat is very comfortable and spacious. I think we all appreciated bean bags on the way back after a few hours in the water. 😉 I will definitely recommend Epic Diving to anyone interested in diving with big apex predators and as I said this is definitely not my last trip with this great team!
Nadya K.
Truly a life-changing experience
I would highly recommend the Tiger Shark expedition with Epic Diving to any diver who wants to get up close and personal with these beautiful and amazing sharks; it was truly a life-changing experience!
