Lucaya is a suburb of
Freeport, Bahamas
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted of pineyard with substantial areas of swa ...
, a city on the island of
Grand Bahama
Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, with the town of West End located east of Palm Beach, Florida. It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is ...
, approximately 105 mi (160 km) east-northeast of
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
. Lucaya's primary industry is tourism.
Major hotels and attractions in the resort are th
Our Lucayaresort, which includes both The Radisson and Reef Village properties, Pelican Bay Hotel and the UNEXSO (UNderwater EXplorers SOciety) dive charter operation.
UNEXSO was the first destination dive charter business in the world and now features a
dolphinarium as well as a variety of
SCUBA diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface air supply. The name "scuba", an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", was coined by Chris ...
charters including shark feeding dives.
Port Lucaya is a popular
spring break destination with the socializing centering on
Count Basie Square.
See also
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Lucaya International School
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Albert Tillman
Albert Alvin Tillman (January 16, 1928 – January 16, 2004) was an American educator and underwater diver.
Biography
Tillman was born in Los Angeles, California. He became interested in marine and underwater life when, at age 10, he peered thro ...
Gallery
File:LucayaBeach.JPG, Lucaya beach
File:PortLucayaBeach.jpg, Lucaya seashore
File:Port Lucaya Marketplace Entrance.jpg, Port Lucaya Marketplace
File:PortLucaya.jpg, Count Basie Square
File:PortLucayaMarketplace.jpg, Shops
File:PortLucayaMarketplaceAndMarina.jpg , Marketplace and Marina
File:PortLucayaMarina.jpg, Port Lucaya Marina
File:bahamas-direction-sign.jpg, Sign at Lucaya giving distances to other places
Populated places in the Bahamas
Grand Bahama
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