As a companion to the "Bahamas Adventure Guide" in the August 2007 issue of Scuba Diving, Stephen Frink offers his insights on diving the islands from a custom dive yacht. The August issue of Scuba Diving has already gone out to subscribers and will be available on newsstands starting July 17. Get your copy today at major bookstores including Borders, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million and at more than 600 Golden Tank dive centers. To find a shop near you, visit www.scubadiving.com/goldentankretailers.

Online Bonus Content | **The Live-aboard Experience: ** "One of the great joys of my diving career has been cruising the islands of the Bahamas on live-aboard dive boats," Frink says. "From the very first time I crossed the Gulf Stream to the Cay Sal Banks (in 1979 aboard a 50-foot dive boat from Key Largo), I realized this was a very special marine environment. The vertical walls, shark encounters, shipwrecks, and the wild dolphins of the Bahamas are all elements that define the greatest dive diversity in this hemisphere. The Bahamas by live-aboard is one of the world's most appealing dive adventures."| | | | Bahamas Travel Information: Everything you ever wanted to know about these islands, from how they got their name to how much of a departure tax you'll need to pay on your return home.| | | | Shark Identification: Bahamas live-aboard diving offers the chance to get mask-to-snout with the ocean's top predators. Here's a field guide to the species you're most likely to see, courtesy of Aqua Cat Cruises.| |