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36 sources • Updated Oct 29, 2026

Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Andros - Primary geography, four major Andros island sections, separate air gateways, outdoor pursuits and advertised but unverified ferry or mailboat connections.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Islands - Primary Bahamas island directory. This accessible live page resolves the packet's prior 403 capture failure; previous failure was not evidence of a closure.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Flights - Lists Andros gateway IATA codes and advertised carriers/routes; frequency and schedules are marketing inventory rather than verified seat availability.
Bahamas National Trust: North and South Marine Parks - Primary protected marine park descriptions, conservation and no-take management; obtain site-specific permission and guide instructions.
Bahamas National Trust: Blue Holes National Park - Primary park page explicitly says temporarily closed and separately says no entry fee. Covers inland blue holes, not the open-ocean dive sites.
Bahamas National Trust: West Side National Park - Remote west-side coastal mangroves and tidal flats; access and guide restrictions.
Bahamas National Trust: Park Admission Fees - General single-park fee schedule; specific Andros applicability and any marine-boating/dive fee are not confirmed.
Bahamas National Trust: Bylaws - Official park conduct and conservation requirements.
Small Hope Bay Lodge: Diving - Current publicly advertised Fresh Creek-area guided day-boat dives, training, snorkel trips and itemized indicative rates; trip schedules change with weather.
Small Hope Bay Lodge: Getting Here - Operator logistics for airport transfer and Nassau/Fort Lauderdale routes; confirm current operations rather than assuming schedules.
Andros Diving: Bahamas Diving - Primary South Andros operator source for reef, wall, open-ocean blue-hole and day-boat site names. Inland overhead systems are outside the recreational itinerary.
Andros Diving: Rates - South Andros operator published dive, snorkel, equipment rates and guest minimums; figures may conflict with related resort marketing.
Andros Beach Club: All-Inclusive Diving - Related resort marketing lists differing indicative excursion rates; live-page retrieval was unreliable, so amounts require operator reconfirmation.
Caerula Mar Club: Activities - South Andros resort listing of guided scuba, snorkeling, kayaking, beaches and other optional mixed-group activities; not live availability proof.
PADI: Kamalame Cay Dive Center - Third-party center directory has freediving among category labels, not verified dates or a specialist staffed freediving course.
Kamalame Cay: Scuba Diving - Resort-based scuba and operational flying-after-diving restrictions; bookings and current staffing need direct confirmation.
Kamalame Cay: Cay Adventures - Resort shoreline recreation and guest-oriented surface activities.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Rat Cay Blue Hole Snorkeling - Tourism listing describes a specific tide-sensitive guided snorkeling excursion for Kamalame Cay guests; request current confirmation.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Androsia Batik Factory - Andros Town cultural experience, factory visits and advance-arranged craft activities; verify current hours.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Bird Guide Carlene Woods - Named local birding-guide listing. Current guide availability and protected-area access remain unconfirmed.
Bahamas Department of Meteorology: Climate of the Bahamas - Official climate discussion: wet and dry seasons, cold fronts and changing sea conditions. Climatic guidance, not a dated local dive forecast.
NOAA National Hurricane Center: Tropical Cyclone Climatology - Official Atlantic hurricane season June-November and climatological August-October peak; not a forecast for travel dates.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Visa and Immigration - Tourism-board entry documentation guidance; verify with immigration authority and airline, especially where official passport validity guidance differs.
US Department of State: Bahamas Advisory - Travel advice, entry documentation guidance and limits of medical infrastructure away from Nassau; check passport rules by nationality.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism: Island FAQ - Official general guidance on currency, electricity, communications and practical travel.
Embassy of The Bahamas in Washington: FAQ - Embassy travel fee explanation including airport departure taxes, which may already be included in airline tickets.
Bahamas Public Health Department: Fresh Creek Clinic - Local clinic public contact and listed weekday opening hours, not proof of emergency or hyperbaric capacity.
Bahamas Disaster Risk Management Authority: Emergency Numbers - Official emergency telephone references, including 911/919 and Bahamas hyperbaric contacts; chamber readiness not established.
Divers Alert Network: Contact - DAN emergency dive medical advice phone details; not an evacuation booking service.
Divers Alert Network: Flying After Diving - Evidence-based suggested minimum preflight surface intervals, not a guarantee of decompression safety.
DAN: Hyperbaric Chamber Availability Caution - Do not assume a hyperbaric facility is open or route an ill diver directly to a chamber instead of emergency assessment.
BAMSI: Transportation to Andros - Local institute transport description and possible mailboat/freight route context, not a confirmed passenger ferry booking.
Bahamas Ferries: Your Travel - Operator public route inventory did not independently corroborate the tourism-board daily Nassau-Fresh Creek passenger ferry claim.
Direct Ferries: Nassau to Fresh Creek - Third-party booking inventory did not show a current route; absence on an aggregator is not proof that no sea service operates.
Destination hero photo by Njackson7 (talk) (historical) - Small Hope Bay, Andros, Bahamas. Photo: Njackson7 (talk) / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0. Cropped and resized. Cropped image retains the same license.
Destination hero photo by Ricky Beron - Representative photo. Fish and coral reef photographed underwater in the Bimini Islands, The Bahamas. Unsplash License (https://unsplash.com/license). Photographer: https://unsplash.com/@nacio1966. Cropped and resized for the cover.