Bahamas Cruising Fees Increasing July 1st, 2025

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In case anyone planning on a trip to the Bahamas. Starting July 1st, 2025 it will cost $800 USD total, for a cruising permit, anchor permit, and fishing permit.
For any boat under 35 ft. Below is pasted from the new amended Bahamian Law book for your reading enjoyment!

“ 89B. Frequent Digital Cruising Card for pleasure vessel.
(1) The Comptroller may issue a Frequent Digital Cruising Card
(FDCC) for the following purposes ––
(a) submission and processing of an application made under
regulations 90, 91(3), (5) and (6), 91B and 92;
(b) the requirements for pleasure vessels issued with a FDCC
include the following ––
(i) the vessel must report to the Customs authority upon
each entry for clearance;
(ii) upon approval, the vessel shall be issued a Pleasure
Craft Request (PCR) number that shall be used for all
subsequent voyages;
(iii) all applicable fees must be paid;
(iv) the vessel's registration number shall be linked to the
FDCC;
(v) the FDCC shall permit unlimited visits for a period not
exceeding two years from the date of issuance.”.
(2) The FDCC shall be valid for two years.
(3) The fees for FDCC shall be, for a vessel ––
(a) not exceeding thirty-four feet in length, one thousand five
hundred dollars;
(b) exceeding thirty-four feet in length, but not exceeding one
hundred feet in length, two thousand five hundred dollars;
(c) exceeding one hundred feet in length, eight thousand
dollars.”.
(d) pay attendance fees payable in respect of attendance and travel
expenses by a Customs officers pursuant to regulation 7.

4. Amendment of regulation 91 of the principal Regulations.
Regulations 91 of the principal Regulation is amended ––
(1) A temporary cruising permit shall be issued on Form No. C39, on —
(a) approval of the application made under regulation 90(c); and
(b) payment of the fee specified under paragraph (2).
(2) The fee for a temporary cruising permit referred to under paragraph (1)
shall be, for a vessel ––
(a) not exceeding thirty-four feet in length, five hundred dollars for a
period not exceeding twelve months;
(b) exceeding thirty-four feet in length, but not exceeding one hundred
feet in length, one thousand dollars for a period not exceeding
twelve months;
(c) in excess of one hundred feet in length, three thousand dollars for a
period not exceeding twelve months.”;
(3) The fees referred to in paragraph (2) shall cover the costs of —
(a) a cruising permit under regulation 90(a);
(b) attendance fees payable in respect of attendance and travel expenses
by a Customs officer pursuant to regulation 7; and
(c) overtime and travel expenses in respect of the attendance of an
Immigration officer.
(4) Subparagraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (2) shall not apply for ancillary
equipment being towed or on board a pleasure vessel excluding tenders
exceeding twenty-five feet in length.
(5) Where a pleasure vessel carries more than three passengers, every
additional passenger of or above the age of six years who is not an
ordinary resident of The Bahamas shall be subject to a tax of thirty dollars
as specified under the Passenger Tax Act.
(6) The fee for a tender vessel exceeding twenty-five feet shall be five
hundred dollars for a period not exceeding twelve months.
(7) The fees for a foreign pleasure vessel fishing permit shall be, for a
vessel —
(i) not exceeding thirty-four feet, one hundred dollars;
(ii) exceeding thirty-four feet, three hundred dollars.
( The fee for a pleasure vessel shall permit the vessel to enter The Bahamas
two times within a thirty-day period.”.

5. Insertion of new regulation 91B into the principal Regulations.
The principal Regulations are amended by the insertion, immediately after
regulation 91A, of the following new regulation 91B ––
“91B. Anchorage fees.
The anchorage fees for foreign pleasure vessels, not mooring at a marina,
shall be, for a vessel ––
(a) not exceeding thirty-four feet in length, two hundred dollars;
(b) exceeding thirty-four feet in length, but not exceeding one hundred
feet in length, three hundred and fifty dollars;
(c) exceeding one hundred feet in length, one thousand, five hundred
dollars.

[thataway]

There is a bit more to this--you can get a 2 year permit for not much more than a one year permit, and the two year permit allows unlimited entry.

Also there is a requirement for AIS transceiver. It may have been revoked for a vessel less than 50 feet. Below is the law passed:

[thataway]

There is a bit more to this--you can get a 2 year permit for not much more than a one year permit, and the two year permit allows unlimited entry.

Also there is a requirement for AIS transceiver. It may have been revoked for a vessel less than 50 feet. Apparently this is currently under discussion, but elow is the law passed: