Lucaya | |
Settlement Type: | Suburb |
Pushpin Map: | Bahamas |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Island |
Subdivision Name1: | Grand Bahama |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Freeport |
Population As Of: | April 2023 [1] |
Population Note: | Second most populated city in Bahamas to Nassau. |
Population Total: | 46525 [2] |
Population Density Km2: | 41.22 (across Bahamas) [3] |
Timezone: | Eastern Time Zone |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 26.5117°N -78.6431°W |
Postal Code Type: | None [4] |
Lucaya is a suburb of Freeport, Bahamas, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, approximately 105 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort 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 a dolphinarium as well as a variety of SCUBA diving charters including shark feeding dives.
Port Lucaya is a popular spring break destination with the socializing centering on Count Basie Square.