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Bermuda
What to see in Bermuda? The wreck of the Cristoból Colón and dozens of other shipwrecks in shallow, clear water; the pink sand beaches of the South Shore; the historic Town of St. George’s, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; the Crystal Caves; and the Royal Naval Dockyard.
Diving in Bermuda
Bermuda calls itself the shipwreck capital of the Atlantic, and with reason: some 400 wrecks lie around the islands, protected for centuries by the surrounding reef, of which roughly three dozen are regularly dived. The Cristoból Colón, a 150-meter Spanish liner that ran aground in 1936, is the largest, its boilers and engines sitting in as little as 9–12 meters of clear water — an easy, popular dive. The wooden-hulled Constellation, a four-masted schooner lost in 1943, lies nearby in 9 meters and has become a thriving artificial reef for parrotfish, grouper and moray eels.
Away from the wrecks, Bermuda’s reefs are among the healthiest in the Atlantic thanks to decades of strict protection, with elkhorn, brain and fan coral supporting large resident fish populations. Most diving is a short boat ride from shore, in relatively shallow, calm water, which makes Bermuda as approachable for newer divers as it is rewarding for wreck specialists.
Country
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic, about 1,035 kilometers east of North Carolina — closer to the US mainland than to any other landmass, and often mistaken for a Caribbean island despite sitting well north of the tropics. It is a chain of around 180 small islands and islets, connected by bridges and causeways, with a total land area of just 53 square kilometers. The population is roughly 64,000, the capital is Hamilton, and English is the official language.
The currency is the Bermudian dollar, pegged 1:1 to the US dollar and used alongside it. Bermuda has a humid subtropical climate: mild winters around 18°C, warm but rarely oppressive summers near 30°C, and a hurricane season that runs through the second half of the year, though the islands’ position north of the main Atlantic hurricane tracks gives some protection.
St. George’s, founded in 1612, is the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in the New World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its narrow lanes and fort still largely intact. The islands’ pink sand beaches, colored by crushed coral and shell, run along the South Shore, and the old Royal Naval Dockyard, now a museum and cruise port, recalls Bermuda’s long history as a British naval base.
Most biggest airports
L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), on the eastern end of the islands near St. George’s — Bermuda’s only airport and its sole gateway for international flights.