George Town spearfishing forecast — Bahamas

Q: Can I use a speargun in George Town Exuma?

No. Spearguns are banned nationwide. George Town hunting is Hawaiian sling or pole spear only, on breath-hold.

Q: Where should I avoid taking fish near George Town?

Avoid Moriah Harbour Cay National Park, Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve, and the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park to the north. They are no-take references.

Q: Are the Exuma cuts safe to dive at any tide?

No. The cuts can run 3-5 knots of tidal current. Dive them only at slack.

Q: What is the visitor permit rule?

Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit or must fish from a licensed charter. Selling catch is banned.

Q: How far from shore must I be?

The Bahamas rule bans spearfishing within 200 yards of any Out-Island shore, plus 1 mile of New Providence and 1 mile of Freeport's south coast.

Q: What fish show on George Town reefs?

George Town reef marks include snapper, grouper, hogfish, mutton snapper, and mahi, with lionfish open for year-round culling.

George Town · Bahamas

5.6

visibility: 7 m

visibility7m

Today — right on the edge.

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 23:24

Sources & confidence

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2
Method: spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness: Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

Swell & wave memory: Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
Wind & gusts: Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
Tide phase: Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
Water temperature: Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
Currents & outflow: Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
Rain runoff & air clarity: Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
Coast shape & exposure: How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.

Where to get in, where to hunt

Entry points with coordinates

Seabed relief — promising ground

This verdict — in your pocket. Open the app for the week's window.

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0 m

Surface

Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.

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George Town — solo, off the rocks

Day is over

That is it for today — the day's windows have closed.

Tomorrow, best window 15:00–18:00

Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.

Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.

Selected day

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

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Saturday · today2026-10-24

07:04–18:29 · full moon

▼ 01:00▲ 07:00▼ 14:00▲ 20:00 · 1.0 m

Hours (06→20)

Day's trends

Tide0.33 m

Wave0.42 m

Wind18 km/h

Water29 °C

fish activity: moonset 05:25 · moderate · moon underfoot 11:20 · high · moonrise 17:22 · moderate · moon overhead 23:50 · high

Open the seafloor map with entry points

Your best window — with you. Forecast in your pocket.

−10 m

The water column

Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.

What it is

A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.

Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.

See all spots

−20 m

The seabed

Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

Entry points

Where to get in
off the rocks.

Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

Open the seafloor map

Hog Cay / Little Exuma S reefGeorge Town

borderline

Pin within 200 yd of the shore: Bahamian law bans spearfishing there (Bahamas Ministry of Tourism fishing FAQ). Hunt only seaward of the 200-yd band.

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Drop-off wall, 3–12 m — hunt only >200 yd from shore, outside reserves. Mutton snapper, hogfish, grouper, snapper. The pin itself is a shore landmark within 200 yd of the coast: Bahamian law bans spearfishing there — hunt only seaward of the band (boat needed).

Google Maps

Jewfish Cay Marine ReserveGeorge Town

borderline

⛔ Banned here

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Reef — no-take — dive/info only.

Google Maps

Moriah Harbour Cay National ParkGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Marine National Park between Great & Little Exuma — no-take. Dive/info only, no hunting.

Google Maps

Reefs south of Conch CutGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Legal ground SOUTH of the ECLSP boundary, 8–20 m — snapper, grouper, hogfish. Dive the cuts only at slack (3–5 kn). Coords approximate.

Google Maps

Rudder Cut Cay dropoffGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Drop-off wall, 6–27 m — legal (outside reserves). Mutton snapper, mahi, grouper, snapper. Family-Island rule: stay >200 yd from any shore.

Google Maps

Stocking Island / Elizabeth Harbour ocean reefGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Reef, 3–9 m — legal (outside reserves). Hogfish, grouper, snapper. Family-Island rule: stay >200 yd from any shore.

Google Maps

SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

One morning glance — and you know.

≈

Surfacing

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Reference

What's in season,
what the law says.

In season now

Nassau grouper
Epinephelus striatus · 5–30 m · on the current by structure · daytime
⚠️ Closed 1 Dec–28 Feb (spawning, S.I. 71/2015). Off-season min 3 lb; head/tail/skin intact on landing.
yellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus · 3–25 m · on the current by structure · dusk/night
Small midwater snapper over the reef; comes up on a drift, shoot at dusk. Warm months.
lionfish
Pterois volitans · 3–40 m · on the current by structure · daytime
Invasive — culling ENCOURAGED year-round. Tucks under ledges / in reef shade and lets you get close. Venomous spines — handle with care; excellent eating.

off season: black grouper (Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr) · mutton snapper (Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May) · hogfish (Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun) · mahi-mahi / dolphinfish (Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun) · cero mackerel (Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr)

Law

✓🚫 Spearguns are BANNED nationwide — only a or , breath-hold only (scuba/compressor banned). No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore ().
✓Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit (or must fish from a licensed charter); catch is for personal use only — selling it is banned (bahamas.com/fishing-faq).

⛔ 🚫 Speargun banned everywhere — / only, breath-hold only (no air). Spear needs a written endorsement on the permit. Spearfishing competitions are banned.
⛔ 🚫 Crawfish (season 1 Aug–31 Mar) and queen conch — hand/hook only, NO spear. Turtles and sharks — full ban (Shark Sanctuary). Corals — no-take.

Rules change. Before heading out, check with the Bahamas Department of Marine Resources and the Fisheries Resources Act; spearguns are banned — sling/pole spear only.

Safety protocol

Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

Local guide · George Town

Spearfishing in George Town: spots, seasons and rules

Updated 2026-07-09 · By Oleksandr, spearfisher

Spearguns are banned across The Bahamas, so George Town sling fishing is strictly Hawaiian sling or pole spear on breath-hold. The town is the Great Exuma hub on Elizabeth Harbour, but the legal water is not the harbour anchorage itself. The useful pattern is to work open reef and dropoff outside no-take areas: reefs south of the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park boundary, Rudder Cut Cay dropoff, Stocking Island ocean reef, and Hog Cay / Little Exuma south reef. Moriah Harbour Cay National Park and Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve are no-take. The Exuma cuts can run 3-5 knots, so slack water is the only sensible window for those passages. Keep the 200-yard Out-Island shore distance, carry the visitor permit or use a licensed charter, and leave scuba, compressors, and spearguns out of the setup.

TL;DR

Spearguns are banned across The Bahamas; George Town is only a Hawaiian sling or pole-spear, breath-hold plan around Great Exuma and Elizabeth Harbour.
The local decision is boundary work: stay outside Moriah Harbour Cay National Park, Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve, and the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park to the north.
Cuts in the Exumas run 3-5 knots of tidal current. Dive cuts only at slack, and do not treat clear water as a safety rating.
No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore. Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit or a licensed charter.

Spearfishing Exuma: George Town Hawaiian sling spots

George Town is boundary-heavy because legal and no-take Exuma water sit close together. The marks below keep the focus on sling and pole-spear ground outside reserves. Where coordinates are approximate, confirm the park line and the 200-yard shore distance before any take. The Exuma cuts deserve their own caution: current is listed at 3-5 knots, and the workable window is slack only.

Spot	Type	Depth	Level	Access	Notes
Reefs south of Conch Cut	Legal reef ground south of the ECLSP boundary	8-20 m	No published safety rating	Access details not published; coordinates approximate	Snapper, grouper, and hogfish are the listed reef mix. Dive cuts only at slack when current is down.
Stocking Island / Elizabeth Harbour ocean reef	Ocean-side reef	3-9 m	No published safety rating	Access details not published; coordinates approximate	Hogfish, grouper, and snapper are listed. Stay outside reserves and past the 200-yard shore line.
Hog Cay / Little Exuma S reef	Dropoff wall	3-12 m	No published safety rating	Access details not published; coordinates approximate	Mutton snapper, hogfish, grouper, and snapper are listed. Keep the Family-Island distance rule in the plan.
Moriah Harbour Cay National Park	Marine national park	Not a hunting mark	No-take	Dive or information only	This park between Great and Little Exuma is closed to hunting. Do not take fish here.
Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve	Reef reserve	Not a hunting mark	No-take	Dive or information only	Another no-take reference point near George Town. Keep the sling plan outside it.

George Town Exuma sea forecast and cuts

George Town is listed as sheltered with a Bahamas-banks tidal regime, but the Exuma cuts are the hazard that matters. A 3-5 knot current can turn a clear passage into a bad drift. Treat slack water as the working window, then verify wind and pickup before entering. The caution sector runs 80-200 degrees, with the worst direction near 135 degrees. No local webcam or buoy station is available for George Town.

Exuma freediving boundaries near George Town

The north-south split matters. The Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park lies to the north and is no-take; Moriah Harbour Cay National Park sits between Great and Little Exuma and is also no-take. Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve is not hunting water. Practical George Town hunting means checking that the reef is outside those closures, then staying beyond 200 yards from shore with a sling or pole spear. Do not carry any banned gun-style gear as a backup.

Bahamas rules for George Town spearfishing

Only Hawaiian sling or pole spear is legal for this style of fishing, and it must be breath-hold only. Scuba and compressors are banned. No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore. Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit, or must fish from a licensed charter. The catch is personal-use only, selling is banned, spear use needs a written endorsement, and competitions are banned.

Fish around Great Exuma

George Town reef marks list snapper, grouper, hogfish, mutton snapper, and mahi on the dropoffs. Nassau grouper is closed from 1 Dec to 28 Feb, with a 3 lb minimum outside the closure and head, tail, and skin intact on landing. Black grouper is also a 3 lb minimum fish. Hogfish sits on the sand-reef interface, and lionfish culling is encouraged year-round. Crawfish and queen conch are hand or hook only, not spear targets. Turtles, sharks, and corals are no-take.

FAQ

Can I use a speargun in George Town Exuma?

No. Spearguns are banned nationwide. George Town hunting is Hawaiian sling or pole spear only, on breath-hold.

Where should I avoid taking fish near George Town?

Avoid Moriah Harbour Cay National Park, Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve, and the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park to the north. They are no-take references.

Are the Exuma cuts safe to dive at any tide?

No. The cuts can run 3-5 knots of tidal current. Dive them only at slack.

What is the visitor permit rule?

Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit or must fish from a licensed charter. Selling catch is banned.

How far from shore must I be?

The Bahamas rule bans spearfishing within 200 yards of any Out-Island shore, plus 1 mile of New Providence and 1 mile of Freeport's south coast.

What fish show on George Town reefs?

George Town reef marks include snapper, grouper, hogfish, mutton snapper, and mahi, with lionfish open for year-round culling.

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George Town · Bahamas

5.6

visibility: 7 m

visibility7m

Today — right on the edge.

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 23:24

Sources & confidence

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2
Method: spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness: Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

Swell & wave memory: Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
Wind & gusts: Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
Tide phase: Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
Water temperature: Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
Currents & outflow: Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
Rain runoff & air clarity: Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
Coast shape & exposure: How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.

Where to get in, where to hunt

Entry points with coordinates

Seabed relief — promising ground

This verdict — in your pocket. Open the app for the week's window.

0 m

Surface

Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.

spearo.app

updated 23:24

George Town — solo, off the rocks

Day is over

That is it for today — the day's windows have closed.

Tomorrow, best window 15:00–18:00

Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.

Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.

Selected day

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.

Saturday · today2026-10-24

07:04–18:29 · full moon

▼ 01:00▲ 07:00▼ 14:00▲ 20:00 · 1.0 m

Hours (06→20)

Day's trends

Tide0.33 m

Wave0.42 m

Wind18 km/h

Water29 °C

fish activity: moonset 05:25 · moderate · moon underfoot 11:20 · high · moonrise 17:22 · moderate · moon overhead 23:50 · high

Open the seafloor map with entry points

Your best window — with you. Forecast in your pocket.

−10 m

The water column

Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.

What it is

A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.

See all spots

−20 m

The seabed

Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

Entry points

Where to get in
off the rocks.

Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

Open the seafloor map

Hog Cay / Little Exuma S reefGeorge Town

borderline

Pin within 200 yd of the shore: Bahamian law bans spearfishing there (Bahamas Ministry of Tourism fishing FAQ). Hunt only seaward of the 200-yd band.

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Google Maps

Jewfish Cay Marine ReserveGeorge Town

borderline

⛔ Banned here

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Reef — no-take — dive/info only.

Google Maps

Moriah Harbour Cay National ParkGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Marine National Park between Great & Little Exuma — no-take. Dive/info only, no hunting.

Google Maps

Reefs south of Conch CutGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Legal ground SOUTH of the ECLSP boundary, 8–20 m — snapper, grouper, hogfish. Dive the cuts only at slack (3–5 kn). Coords approximate.

Google Maps

Rudder Cut Cay dropoffGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Drop-off wall, 6–27 m — legal (outside reserves). Mutton snapper, mahi, grouper, snapper. Family-Island rule: stay >200 yd from any shore.

Google Maps

Stocking Island / Elizabeth Harbour ocean reefGeorge Town

borderline

in the headland's lee today — swell from the quarter/behind

window: —

Reef, 3–9 m — legal (outside reserves). Hogfish, grouper, snapper. Family-Island rule: stay >200 yd from any shore.

Google Maps

One morning glance — and you know.

≈

Surfacing

Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.

Live cameras, map & reference

Open the seafloor map →

Reference

What's in season,
what the law says.

In season now

Nassau grouper
Epinephelus striatus · 5–30 m · on the current by structure · daytime
⚠️ Closed 1 Dec–28 Feb (spawning, S.I. 71/2015). Off-season min 3 lb; head/tail/skin intact on landing.
yellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus · 3–25 m · on the current by structure · dusk/night
Small midwater snapper over the reef; comes up on a drift, shoot at dusk. Warm months.
lionfish
Pterois volitans · 3–40 m · on the current by structure · daytime
Invasive — culling ENCOURAGED year-round. Tucks under ledges / in reef shade and lets you get close. Venomous spines — handle with care; excellent eating.

Law

✓🚫 Spearguns are BANNED nationwide — only a or , breath-hold only (scuba/compressor banned). No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore ().
✓Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit (or must fish from a licensed charter); catch is for personal use only — selling it is banned (bahamas.com/fishing-faq).

⛔ 🚫 Speargun banned everywhere — / only, breath-hold only (no air). Spear needs a written endorsement on the permit. Spearfishing competitions are banned.
⛔ 🚫 Crawfish (season 1 Aug–31 Mar) and queen conch — hand/hook only, NO spear. Turtles and sharks — full ban (Shark Sanctuary). Corals — no-take.

Rules change. Before heading out, check with the Bahamas Department of Marine Resources and the Fisheries Resources Act; spearguns are banned — sling/pole spear only.

Safety protocol

Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

Local guide · George Town

Spearfishing in George Town: spots, seasons and rules

Updated 2026-07-09 · By Oleksandr, spearfisher

TL;DR

Spearguns are banned across The Bahamas; George Town is only a Hawaiian sling or pole-spear, breath-hold plan around Great Exuma and Elizabeth Harbour.
The local decision is boundary work: stay outside Moriah Harbour Cay National Park, Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve, and the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park to the north.
Cuts in the Exumas run 3-5 knots of tidal current. Dive cuts only at slack, and do not treat clear water as a safety rating.
No spearfishing within 1 mile of New Providence, 1 mile of Freeport's south coast, or 200 yards of any Out-Island shore. Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit or a licensed charter.

Spearfishing Exuma: George Town Hawaiian sling spots

Spot	Type	Depth	Level	Access	Notes
Reefs south of Conch Cut	Legal reef ground south of the ECLSP boundary	8-20 m	No published safety rating	Access details not published; coordinates approximate	Snapper, grouper, and hogfish are the listed reef mix. Dive cuts only at slack when current is down.
Stocking Island / Elizabeth Harbour ocean reef	Ocean-side reef	3-9 m	No published safety rating	Access details not published; coordinates approximate	Hogfish, grouper, and snapper are listed. Stay outside reserves and past the 200-yard shore line.
Hog Cay / Little Exuma S reef	Dropoff wall	3-12 m	No published safety rating	Access details not published; coordinates approximate	Mutton snapper, hogfish, grouper, and snapper are listed. Keep the Family-Island distance rule in the plan.
Moriah Harbour Cay National Park	Marine national park	Not a hunting mark	No-take	Dive or information only	This park between Great and Little Exuma is closed to hunting. Do not take fish here.
Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve	Reef reserve	Not a hunting mark	No-take	Dive or information only	Another no-take reference point near George Town. Keep the sling plan outside it.

George Town Exuma sea forecast and cuts

Exuma freediving boundaries near George Town

Bahamas rules for George Town spearfishing

Fish around Great Exuma

FAQ

Can I use a speargun in George Town Exuma?

No. Spearguns are banned nationwide. George Town hunting is Hawaiian sling or pole spear only, on breath-hold.

Where should I avoid taking fish near George Town?

Avoid Moriah Harbour Cay National Park, Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve, and the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park to the north. They are no-take references.

Are the Exuma cuts safe to dive at any tide?

No. The cuts can run 3-5 knots of tidal current. Dive them only at slack.

What is the visitor permit rule?

Foreign visitors need a sport-fishing permit or must fish from a licensed charter. Selling catch is banned.

How far from shore must I be?

The Bahamas rule bans spearfishing within 200 yards of any Out-Island shore, plus 1 mile of New Providence and 1 mile of Freeport's south coast.

What fish show on George Town reefs?

George Town reef marks include snapper, grouper, hogfish, mutton snapper, and mahi, with lionfish open for year-round culling.

Sources

Nearby towns

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George Town spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras

Windows, hours and the day's trends.

A marine instrument, go / no-go for solo hunting.

The forecast is the plan.The call is on the rock.

Where to get in off the rocks.

What's in season, what the law says.

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Spearfishing Exuma: George Town Hawaiian sling spots

George Town Exuma sea forecast and cuts

Exuma freediving boundaries near George Town

Bahamas rules for George Town spearfishing

Fish around Great Exuma

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Nearby towns

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Spots in Bahamas

🇧🇸Bahamas

Long Island

Cat Island

Exuma

San Salvador

Eleuthera

New Providence

Andros

Abaco

Bimini

Grand Bahama

Help us make it better

George Town spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras

Windows, hours and the day's trends.

A marine instrument, go / no-go for solo hunting.

The forecast is the plan.The call is on the rock.

Where to get in off the rocks.

What's in season, what the law says.

TL;DR

Spearfishing Exuma: George Town Hawaiian sling spots

George Town Exuma sea forecast and cuts

Exuma freediving boundaries near George Town

Bahamas rules for George Town spearfishing

Fish around Great Exuma

FAQ

Sources

Nearby towns

Get the go / no-go verdict for George Town by email

Spots in Bahamas

🇧🇸Bahamas

Long Island

Cat Island

Exuma

San Salvador

Eleuthera

New Providence

Andros

Abaco

Bimini

Grand Bahama

Help us make it better

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

Where to get in
off the rocks.

What's in season,
what the law says.

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

Where to get in
off the rocks.

What's in season,
what the law says.