Is one day enough to see the Exuma Cays?

No, one day is not enough to see the Exuma Cays: the chain runs 120 miles across roughly 365 islands, and a Nassau day tour touches only its northern edge. A single day means missing Thunderball Grotto at slack tide, the nurse sharks of Compass Cay, and the sandbars that surface at low water near Staniel Cay. Distances deceive. Pig Beach alone sits 70-plus miles from Nassau, so day boats turn back by mid-afternoon, just as the anchorages empty and the light turns gold. A week aboard a crewed yacht stays inside the chain: pigs at sunrise before the tour boats arrive, grotto swims timed to the tide, a different anchorage every night. The Exuma Cays yacht charter guide maps the full route.