Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Lyford Cay Drop-off

Lyford Cay Drop-off is a vertical wall on the western side of New Providence that begins around 18 meters and falls vertically into deep blue water. The wall is decorated with black corals, large barrel sponges, deep-water gorgonians, and tube sponges, with frequent crevices and small caves carved into the limestone. The exposure to the open Atlantic produces consistently excellent visibility and brings regular pelagic action: Caribbean reef sharks, eagle rays, large schools of horse-eye jacks, and the occasional silky shark. Reef residents include large grouper, queen angelfish, French angelfish, scrawled filefish, and graysby. The wall extends along the western shore for kilometers, with multiple dive sites strung along it. Conditions are generally manageable but currents can pick up on the change of tide. A favorite intermediate dive on the western New Providence circuit. The dive site sits offshore from the prestigious Lyford Cay community and gives access to one of the cleanest sections of the Bahamas Bank wall, often favored by photographers for its consistent visibility and the dramatic vertical compositions the deep wall allows. Operators based on the western and southern sides of New Providence include the site in their wall-focused itineraries.