Stays · Destination Guide
Seasonal oceanic whitetips offshore, quiet reefs and real Out Island life ashore
Accommodation listings are not available for this destination yet. Use the local planning notes to choose your base.
The usual planning path is a flight to New Bight (TBI) or Arthur's Town (ATC), followed by a pre-arranged island transfer. The Bahamas tourism air-service table names Western Air connections via Nassau and Makers Air service associated with Fort Lauderdale Executive; the government announced Bahamasair's Nassau-Cat Island return on June 25, 2026 with Thursday/Sunday flights. Published airline pages and tourism tables differ on frequencies and exact airports, so do not buy separate air tickets on the assumption of daily service. Confirm carrier, arrival runway, baggage allowance for scuba gear, immigration routing and weather-change policy directly.
A Cat Island resort reports a Nassau Potter's Cay to Smith's Bay mailboat possibility, but a current direct sailing timetable and passenger entitlement were not independently verified. The Bahamas Ferries published passenger schedule does not establish a routine Cat Island high-speed crossing. Treat sea travel as an unconfirmed alternative rather than the primary expedition route. Cruise stops elsewhere in the Bahamas do not constitute a Cat Island dive-liveaboard.
Pre-arrange airport pickup, a rental vehicle or a taxi through accommodation or a local operator listed by Cat Island United. Distances between settlements, resorts and departure points make impromptu transfers unreliable.