Diving Thunderball Grotto (Staniel Cay)
Messing around in the Thunderball Grotto off of Staniel Cay in the Exumas.
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Thunderball Grotto James Bond Snorkeling in Staniel Cay, Bahamas
Thunderball Grotto James Bond Snorkeling in Staniel Cay, Bahamas, full day trip and this was one of 5 stops with Coastline Adventures Exumas
Jumping into Thunderball Grotto, Staniel Cay Bahamas
Travis and Chris jumping into Thunderball Grotto. This is where a James Bond movie was filmed. Staniel Cay Bahamas.
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Thunderball grotto - Staniel Cay - EXUMA BAHAMAS
Eden et Coline découvrent la grotte sous-marine THUNDERBALL, nommé ainsi en hommage au James Bond dont une scène a été tournée dans cette grotte.
Thunderball Grotto - Staniel Cay, Exuma Islands, Bahamas
Several underwater scenes in the James Bond movie Thunderball were filmed in this cavern. Hence the name Thunderball Grotto. On a tiny island next to Staniel Cay, Larry & Lynn had moored the Seaquel for a couple of days. First time we snorkelled the grotto we swam from the Seaquel to the tiny island against a wicked tidal current. Second time we took the dingy. We snorkelled another grotto like this further north near Warderick Wells that was even larger inside with stalactites and openings in the roof of the cavern. Awesome! Didn't bring the camera that day though.
Thunderball Grotto Staniel Cay
Shannon and I got invited to sail around the Bahamas with our friend Binkley. It was a great sailing trip with the whole crew and amazing views and ocean.
Thunderball Grotto Staniel Cay Bahamas
Jumping 40-ft into Thunderball Grotto | Staniel Cay, Bahamas
Just west of Staniel Cay is an amazing underwater cave system known as Thunderball Grotto.
You can climb the outside of the grotto to the ceiling and jump 40 ft down into the water below. The first time I visited this place, I was too scared. But the second time, I decided to overcome my fears!
To read more about the amazing things to do in the Exuma, Bahamas click this link:
Staniel Cay Marina, Thunderball Grotto, Crashed Drug Plane
Captain Russ Film Production
Love this stop in Staniel Cay of the Great Exumas, Bahamas during our crossing From St Thomas to Jacksonville Florida aboard the trimaran Freedom. This stopped features the Thunderball Grotto where numerous movies were filmed and the second a dive spot where a drug plane that went down. I do not do this professionally as many youtubers. I only for a way for me and my friends to remember our trips together.
These incredible Underwater cave starred in not one, but two James Bond Movies. The James Bond movie Thunderball was filmed here as well as Never Say Never Again, Splash starring Tom Hanks and Into the Blue with Jessica Alba and Paul Walker. So cool to retrace 007’s swim-finned steps with an unforgettable excursion to this famous turquoise grotto.
James Bond -Thunderball starring Sean Connery , if adjusted for inflation, is the top-performing Bond film of all time, and it showcases stellar scenery to boot. Sean Connery and the gang hung out at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club during filming and photos can be seen all around the bar. This stopped features the Thunderball Grotto where two James Bond 007 movies where filmed and the second dive spot was a drug plane that went down.
Story of the Drug Running by Plane at Night.
The Pablo Escobar's drug plane that went down was found a day later with both passengers still aboard overloaded with marianna.
Being such a small place and with only a minor landing strip and infrequent visitors (especially in the 1970s), Staniel Cay airport officials routinely would gather at the nearby bar with their radios on in case of an emergency.
One night, a man called in on the radio line requesting help finding the dimly lit landing strip. As the minutes passed, his voice got more urgent and he began speaking more in Spanish and less in English, saying he was running low on fuel.
As soon as officials got the landing strip lit with car vehicles (as they usually did for nighttime landings), the radio on the other end went silent. Officials feared he had run out of fuel before he could safely land.
In the morning, a search party finally found the plane about ten miles off of Norman’s Cay, sunken with the two passengers still on board.
Big thanks to Neal Parks and Ethan Bella for capturing some awesome underwater video.
Captain Russ Film Production
Video, Photo Footage, Recording, Sound Mix and Videography by Russell Landrum
Underwater Videographers:
Ethan Bella
Russell Landrum
Neal Parks
Sailing Yacht : SV Freedom
Filmed on Location:
Staniel Cay - Great Exumas Bahama August 15th, 2018
Thunderball Grotto site of 2 James Bond 007 Movies
Plane Wreck in the Bay of Staniel Cay
Staniel Cay Marina
Cast :
Captain Len
Bryson Weathers - First Mate
Ethan Bella - Engineer
Neal Parks - Chef
Russell Landrum - Stow Away - DJ BilgePump
Music Credits:
Artist: The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Song: Something Just Like This
Artist: Kenny Chesney - Song: When I See This Bar
Swimming pigs, Thunderball Grotto and Staniel Cay - S1:E13
We leave Warderick Well and the Exuma Land & Sea Park and sail down to Staniel Cay. We swim with the pigs at pig beach and snorkel through Thunderball Grotto where the movie Thunderball of the James Bond movies was filmed. Our Patron drawing for an invitation to join us on the boat is in the episode also.
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Places we visited in the Episode:
Warderick Wells Cay and the Exuma Land and Sea Park - friendly park rangers and lots of hiking and snorkeling. Don't miss the cruisers pot luck happy hour on saturday nights.
Staniel Cay - The Staniel Cay Yacht Club is the best marina, bar and restaraunt in the Exumas! Lots of things to do... Thunderball Grotto, Pig beach and lots of nearby places to snorkel and see!
Things we need:
New laptop
Audio/video equipment
a bigger boat!
Music:
Where I am From - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
Going Going Gone - The 126ers
On My Way Home - The 126ers
Working it - Jingle Punks
Shoulder Closure - Gunnar Olsen
Park Bench - Gunnar Olsen
Water Lilly - The 126ers
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Adventures in the Bahamas - Thunderball grotto, swimming pigs, and ... fight of shark! - SailOceans
Traveling means adventures as well and this is what we experience in that episode. While sailing in the Bahamas we get to Staniel Cay, the place is famous for Thunderball grotto and Big Major Cay with swimming pigs! For dessert, see Ania being chased by stingray :) and then .... a fight of barracuda and shark!
Can you imagine pigs taking sunbath and swimming in the sea? :) What is the story of that place? How did the pigs get there? :)
Pig Beach, also known as Pig Island, Major Cay, and officially Big Major Cay is an uninhabited island located in Exuma, the Bahamas. The island takes its unofficial name from the fact that it is populated by a colony of feral pigs that live on the island and in the surrounding shallows. The island is home to approximately 20 pigs and piglets.
The pigs are said to have been dropped off on Big Major Cay by a group of sailors who wanted to come back and cook them. The sailors, though, never returned. The pigs survived on excess food dumped from passing ships. The other story tells the pigs were survivors of a shipwreck and managed to swim to shore, while another claims that the pigs had escaped from a nearby islet. Others suggest that the pigs were part of a business scheme to attract tourists to the Bahamas. The pigs are now fed by locals and tourists.
Thunderball Grotto is famous and got its name from the 1965 James Bond spy film Thunderball, which was shot there. It was also the site of another James Bond film, Never Say Never Again in 1983, also based on the Thunderball novel.
Grotto is an amazing underwater cave, great for snorkeling, diving, and wading. Full of brilliantly colored coral reefs and fish, The grotto's mystique is heightened by the small, almost hidden entrance. It is advised to enter at ebb tide (low or slack tide).
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Thunderball Grotto and Swimming Pigs in Staniel Cay, Exuma Bahamas
We sailed to Staniel Cay in Exuma Bahamas where we enjoyed the Bahamian culture and the many adventures you will find in Staniel Cay. Thunderball Grotto is the main attraction. It is a cave that you can swim into and was used in The James Bond movie Thunderball and also Never Say Never Again. The Swimming Pigs at Big Major Anchorage are just around the corner. They are friendly and will swim right up to your dinghy or greet you on the beach and beg for food. There are also many resident nurse sharks in the water at The Staniel Cay Yacht Club. We anchored right off Thunderball Grotto in our sailboat. It is one of the most popular anchorages in the Bahamas along with the Big Majors anchorage. We were able to swim right into the grotto and snorkel from our sailboat, this is the best of the cruising life!
Great Exuma, Bahamas 2019 - Diving, Coco Plum, Pig Island, Compass Cay, Thunderball Grotto
Our recent trip to Great Exuma, Bahamas! Diving at The Tug and Half Moon Reef, the beautiful blue water of Coco Plum Beach, a full day tour of Pig Island, snorkeling at Thunderball Grotto and swimming with nurse sharks. This trip was unbelievable.
2016 - Thunderball Grotto Staniel Cay Bahamas
Staniel Cay, Bahamas
Club Thunderball and Thunderball Grotto
ThunderBall Grotto - Staniel Cay, Exuma Islands, Bahamas
This video was taken in the ThunderBall Grotto in Staniel Cay in the Exuma Islands of the Bahamas in January 2012 while on an excursion tour with Four Cs and Captain Pat! ThunderBall Grotto has been the location for 2 James Bond movies: ThunderBall and Never Say Never Again. Splash was also filmed here.
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****Never Before Released Footage from my trip to Staniel Cay Bahams!****
I have made my love affair with Staniel Cay no secret and I know that the attention span of YouTubers is very limited :) (myself included!) so I decided to make a music video-style version using mostly video that I did not use in my first version and kept it under 1 minute long!
When I made my first video it was so tough to pick which footage to use because there was so much great stuff. As amazing as the videos are of this place you cannot even begin to capture how special it is.
So here is my trip, including a lot of the video not used in my first version, in just under 1 minute!
I hope you love it!
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Mariah Milano
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Thunderball Grotto Staniel Cay Great Exuma Bahamas
The grotto got its name from the 1965 James Bond spy film Thunderball, which was shot there. It was also the site of another James Bond film, Never Say Never Again in 1983, also based on the Thunderball novel.
Thunderball Grotto, Staniel Cay, Exumas, Bahamas
Snorkeling thunderball grotto at slack low tide. Perfect conditions, but crowded wth humans.