Lucaya | |
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Suburb | |
![]() Reef Village at Our Lucaya | |
Coordinates:26°30′42″N78°38′35″W / 26.51167°N 78.64306°W /26.51167; -78.64306 | |
Country | ![]() |
Island | Grand Bahama |
District | Freeport |
Population (April 2023[2]) | |
• Total | 46,525[1] |
Second most populated city in Bahamas to Nassau. | |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
Lucaya is a suburb ofFreeport, Bahamas, a city on the island ofGrand Bahama, approximately 105 mi (160 km) east-northeast ofFort Lauderdale, Florida. Lucaya's primary industry is tourism.
Major hotels and attractions in the resort are the Our Lucaya resort, 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 adolphinarium as well as a variety ofSCUBA diving charters including shark feeding dives.
Port Lucaya is a popularspring break destination with the socializing centering onCount Basie Square.