By Kevin

While in the Staniel Cay area we twice went snorkeling at Thunderball Grotto. The grotto was made famous when it was used as a location set in the James Bond film, “Thunderball,” with Sean Connery (the best Bond until Daniel Craig came along, of course).

The grotto itself is a short dinghy ride from the Staniel Cay Yacht Club docks or from Big Majors Spot. There is even a small mooring ball at the entrance.

Fortunately, the underwater cave was accessible to us without swimming underwater as both times we were there during the lower tides of the day. Otherwise, to get inside the grotto we would have had to swim about 15 yards underwater.