Runway Wall

Named for the airport runway it faces, this stretch of New Providence's southern wall rolls over at about fifteen meters and keeps going into the Tongue of the Ocean's abyss. The face is cut with sand chutes and crevices holding lobsters and channel clinging crabs, black coral bushes appear surprisingly shallow, and the blue beyond produces reef sharks on almost every dive, with the occasional eagle ray tracking the edge. It is Nassau's honest wilderness counterpart to the arranged shark arenas, and dawn dives here, before the day boats arrive, are the island at its best.

اللحظة التي جئت من أجلها: True abyssal wall minutes from shore, unbaited shark traffic

التضاريس: Coral-crusted wall dropping into the Tongue of the Ocean

التيار: Gentle drift along the lip on most days.

المخاطر: Bottomless wall; monitor depth constantly and keep the reef in sight in blue water.

نيتروكس: يستحق هنا — تقع البروفايلات في النطاق الذي يمدّد فيه النيتروكس وقت التوقف اللاإلزامي بشكل ملموس (بشرط امتلاك التدريب اللازم لاستخدامه).