Before you book

Great Exuma is not the Exuma Cays.

It is the most common mix-up we hear. Great Exuma and George Town are the big island at the far south end of the chain. The Exuma Cays, where the swimming pigs, Thunderball Grotto and the Land and Sea Park live, are up here around Staniel Cay.

From George Town or Nassau, the pigs are a flight or a long day on the water. From Staniel Cay, they are a short run from the dock.

Our day charters are for guests staying on Staniel Cay itself. If you are not booked here yet, a few nights on Staniel is the fix, and getting here is easier than people think.

Map of the Exuma Cays showing Staniel Cay in the middle of the chain

Two ways to spend the day

The big boat, or the fast one.

Crewed day · Lagoon 500

The whole group, one boat

Our 50 ft sailing catamaran with a captain and stewardess aboard. Room on the trampolines, shade on the flybridge, the tender and paddleboards along for the ride.

$5,000 per day, up to 18 guests

+ 14% Bahamas VAT and port fee ($700). Crew gratuity is customary, 15 to 20 percent. Food and drinks are separate.

About $317 a person with 18 aboard, before food and gratuity.

Captain and stewardess included
Catering from Staniel Cay Yacht Club or Embrace Resort, and we pick it up and bring it aboard
Confirmed about three weeks before your date

Ask about a Lagoon day

Self drive or guided · Center Console

Your own boat, your own pace

A Triton 18 with a new Yamaha 115, up to 8 guests. Run her yourself, or bring one of our local captains who know every sandbar and coral head.

$800 per day, 3 day minimum

The three days do not need to be in a row, so you can pick the best weather. Plus a $250 turnover fee: clean, wash down, fuel and systems check.

Ran Ran, $400 a day: our spearfishing and snorkeling guy, a true local legend
Tyler, $300 a day: a classic exploring day of beaches, sandbars and swimming
Day trips only, back by sundown

Ask about the Center Console

Lagoon 500 day charters begin with her season in mid November 2026.

What a day can hold

Pick three or four. The captain picks the order.

Weather and tide have the final say, and your captain builds the day around both.

The swimming pigs

Big Major Cay, right next door. Go early and beat the tour boats out of Nassau.

Thunderball Grotto

The cave from the Bond film, best at slack tide when the swim in is easy.

Compass Cay nurse sharks

Gentle, famous, and very photogenic.

Pipe Creek sandbars

Shallow, turquoise, and usually all yours.

How it works

Three steps, then the water.

1

Tell us the day

Your date, your group size, and where you are staying on Staniel.

2

We confirm

Lagoon days are confirmed about three weeks out, once her calendar for that week is set. The Center Console can be confirmed sooner.

3

Lunch aboard

Order catering from the Staniel Cay Yacht Club or Embrace Resort. We collect it and have it aboard before you step on.

Plan your day

Tell us the day you want.

Captain Ron picks it up right away, and the crew who lives here follows up personally.