Shark Arena (Runway Wall)
Stuart Cove's flagship shark dive, also called Runway Wall, on the wall edge south-west of New Providence. In the two-tank programme the first dive is a bait-free free swim along the wall, and on the second dive divers kneel in a semicircle on a sand patch at about 12 m while a divemaster feeds dozens of 1.5–2 m Caribbean reef sharks from a pole.
Facts
- Region: Nassau & New Providence – Bahamas
- Area: South-west walls & shark dives
- Depth: 12–21 m
- Level: intermediate
- Current: low
- Type: wall, reef
- Coordinates: 24.965, -77.5 (approximate)
- Highlights: Caribbean reef sharks, feeding dive on sand patch, wall free swim, groupers
- Unverified: Exact position not published; placed from the operator's description of the south-west/south coast dive area (shown approximately).
- Tips: Sharks dives run on set afternoons with the operator (see Stuart Cove's); certified divers 12+, full wetsuit with long sleeves and legs compulsory, no touching the sharks. Feeding is part of the operator's own programme – there is no separate official Bahamian permit for the dive that I could find.