Why do divers come to Stella Maris? Location! The Southern Bahamas enjoy the best of subtropical climate zones, crystal-clear, rich with underwater life, studded with reefs, ringed with beaches. Long Island is unspoiled, friendly, unhurried, historically interesting, and home to the Stella Maris Resort Club; dedicated to the Diving and snorkeling vacationer. Dive Long Island's heart-pounding Shark Reef, the pristine Conception Wall, The Bahamas Deepest Blue Hole; diving is one of the star attractions at Stella Maris Resort. The resort tailors dive excursions to experienced or novice divers. Beginning divers can complete their PADI Open Water Certifications in gin clear waters alive with shallow water reefs. When the divers at Stella Maris began diving with sharks in the mid-seventies it raised a few eyebrows. The idea of telling divers that they were about to deliberately enter the water to see sharks seemed to contradict popular dive promotion of the day. But that was then. Now divers come from around the globe to sample Shark Diving in the Bahamas. And twenty-nine years later, divers can still witness, first-hand, the beauty and power of the apex predator of the Bahamian and Caribbean reef: Carcharhimus perezi - the Caribbean reef shark, at Stella Maris. There are literally hundreds of sites to explore in pristine waters. Like the Conception Island Wall, undeniably one of the most pristine diving experiences in any waters with magnificent coral formation and sea life to explore One of the newest additions to this prestigious line up is The Blue Hole. Surrounded by land and at 663? it is recorded as the world?s deepest known blue hole and second largest underwater chamber. Dean's Blue Hole has been William Trubridge's training site for several years, and the location of his new World Record in Unassisted Freediving, achieving a depth of 81 meters (265 feet).