BEWARE!!! DO NOT BOOK TIGER BEACH WITH NEIL WATSON They are unprofessional, negligent and crooks!!
We booked through our resort in Grand Bahamas with Neil Watson on 12/5/22. We were told to meet at the West End marina at 8am for a departure of no later than 8:30am. The crew was 2hrs 45 mins late. We didn’t leave the dock until after 11:15am. The crew was unapologetic and rude!!! No extra O rings nor tanks on board. 6 out of 16 tanks were leaking from the valve and we were forced to use leaking tanks or not dive the 2nd dive. 4 tanks were under 2200 PSI.
We were rushed to go back in for our 2nd dive with only 10 mins on the surface (all divers had been diving all week with multiple dives per day). Box lunches were served after our 2nd dive now it’s after 5pm. On our way back boat broke down twice and didn’t start back up on the 2nd time. We were drifting for over 10 minutes until they finally anchored (very unsafe). Neil Watson was on the phone with Captain Kev instructing him on what to do to the engine. During that time he said loud and clear on speaker to the entire crew and divers, he apologized and would give a full refund to the divers. Everyone heard it on the boat. Even the captain said “You guys heard that!” We all said YES! We all finally made it back to the dock around 8:30pm.
So the next day we called about our refund and to no surprise Neil Watson denied ever saying he would give a refund to all the divers. You could only imagine how upset everyone was to hear that he clearly lied to all of us.
We are currently disputing the charge with our bank as I have the video saved from him stating the refund while providing light to the captain inside the engine compartment. I will spread the word to the diving community about his disgusting, unprofessional & unethical ways of operating his charter. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME WITH NEIL WATSON!

I came to Bimini for the sole purpose of scuba diving with great hammerheads, and Neal Watson’s Bimini Scuba Center did not disappoint. They were worth every penny I spent, and one of the best dive shops I’ve been to in the Caribbean! A few things to point out:

• Professionalism - good equipment and quick to make an adjustment if something was wrong or if something extra was needed. I am a novice scuba diver with just over 50 dives who is still learning to adjust his air consumption, and any time I requested a tank with a bit more air (even for shallower dives, just to put my mind at ease) they were happy to oblige.

• Personalities - everyone was happy, positive, helpful, and made every dive a wonderful experience.

• Dive sites - the hammerhead alley dives were amazing (I did 2 with Dive Ninja Expeditions and 1 with Neal Watson’s Scuba Center directly), turtle rocks were great, shark arena was superb (so many black-tipped reef sharks around us at all times!), and Sherice M was a lot of fun to explore. The cage dive with bull sharks (right off the dock at the resort) was incredible as well.

• Sea life I saw on the trip - great hammerheads, tiger shark, nurse sharks, moray eels, turtles, black-tipped reef sharks, sting rays, and a plethora of marine life.

Finally, a huge shout-out to the following people - Alonzo, Petto, Ranelle, Kev, Savannah, Stephon, Nathan, Rob, MJ, and Gigi (apologies to anyone I may have forgotten)! You were all amazing, and I will definitely be back to dive with you again.

And of course, an honorable mention to the resident K9 Samson, who was always there to greet the boats with some barks and was always ready to play tug of war with some rope or a coconut that was lying around. :)

This is an amazing adventure! Gigi, Alonso, and Runell are fantastic dive guides. We saw Caribbean Reef, hammerhead, nurse and lemon sharks. We also saw little tiny jaw fish. This was such a unique opportunity and the staff at Neal Watson’s made it even better. This should be on every SCUBA diver’s bucket list.