Nassau was the pirate capital of the Caribbean. Wrecks from its ‘Golden Age’ have finally been revealed.

Nassau was the pirate capital of the Caribbean. Wrecks from its ‘Golden Age’ have finally been revealed.

Nassau was the pirate capital of the Caribbean. Wrecks from its ‘Golden Age’ have finally been revealed. 6 Minutes Read 1241 Words EN Underwater expeditions near Nassau found three new wrecks that could shed light on what life was like during the pirate heyday. Underwater archaeologist Sean Kingsley records a grinding stone for sharpening swords on an 18th-century shipwreck east of Nassau harbor in the Bahamas. Chris Atkins, Wreckwatch TV By Tom Metcalfe Last updated June 2, 2026 In the Bahamas, Nassau’s clear blue waters are beautiful to behold, but diving there can be dangerous. Especially during tide changes, "the currents in there rip,” says archaeologist Michael Pateman of the Bahamas Maritime Museum . “And some bull sharks are living there. They tend to be quite aggressive." Pateman and other researchers braved the hazards of the city’s busy modern harbor in late 2025 to search for wrecks from what's called Golden Age of Piracy, roughly between the 1650s and the 1730s. As the …