Great Guana Cay
Great Guana Cay has a seven-mile ocean beach, a reef running parallel to it, and Nippers, the beach bar that is the Abacos’ best-known afternoon. It is the loosest, most sociable stop in the northern Bahamas.
Nippers
A brightly painted bar on the dune above the ocean beach, with a pool, a view over the reef and a Sunday pig roast that draws boats from across the Sea of Abaco. It is not a quiet lunch. It is, for one afternoon, exactly right.
The beach and the reef
The ocean side runs for miles with almost nobody on it once you walk away from the bar. The reef lies close in and snorkels well when the wind is light and the swell is down. Ask the crew to run you out by tender rather than swimming from the beach.
The settlement
The village on the Sea of Abaco side is small, friendly and quiet, with a dock, a couple of restaurants and a grocery. The contrast with the ocean side on a Sunday afternoon is considerable.
Anchoring and conditions
Yachts anchor off the settlement side in sand with reasonable holding and good protection from the prevailing easterly. The ocean side is not an anchorage.
Send us your dates and party size and we will put together a shortlist of crewed yachts that can take you here.