Nautilus is open year-round, though in December the Southampton Beach Club closes. Read our Beaches chapter, and you'll see why Elbow Beach is so popular. Here, we'll just tell you that its stretch of sand and dune and its expanse of inviting ocean make watersports irresistible. Blue Water Divers and Watersports, located on the part of the beach owned by the resort hotel, is happy to supply you with a wide range of activities. Most exciting, you can go on a guided dive tour to the nearby reef, where you'll explore the wreck of The Pollockshields .
Divers get to the reef in an underwater scooter.
Then the guide will anchor up at the wreck site for the latter part of the excursion. These battery-operated, electric underwater vehicles are entirely new to Bermuda. Check Blue Water's listing under Sandys Parish for more information about diving facilities. Allowing for instruction, this program takes about two hours. Elbow Beach can have that effect on you.