Thunderball Grotto - Staniel Cay - Exumas

On Sunday, March 18th, 2007, we carefully slipped through the shallow water surrounding Staniel Cay to drop anchor in the strong current beside the grotto.
We have the James Bond movie "Thunderball" on board and were anxious to see the grotto movie location first hand.
As advised, we visited at low tide. Y
The strong current in the area flows right through the grotto, from one side to the other, so it turned out to be quite a struggle to get inside. We used our hands on the top of the cave to pull ourselves along through the current. Once inside, the cave opened up to a very large cavern with 3 holes in the top, opening to the outside. Those familiar with the movie will know that 007 made a very slick get-away through those openings - as only he could, of course.
After weeks away from civilization we enjoyed a delicious dinner of Mahi Mahi at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. This marina, as well as the one in Compass Cay had a good number of nurse sharks swimming about that they were encouraging to stay by feeding them. Definitely an interesting attraction for the tourists, but a bit intimidating when using their dingy dock.