For Far Field Station, Bahamas

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For Far Field Station is a research facility located in North Blanket Sound, Andros Island in the Bahamas. For Far allows students of middle school, high school, college (graduate and undergraduate), as well as teachers and adults to experience the cultural and geographical wonders of Andros Island. For Far Field Station is part of a non profit organization known as International Field Studies or IFS.

During a stay at For Far one studies through a variety of hands on experiences. The courses are usually a week in duration from Sunday to Saturday. On an average day at For Far you would wake up around 7.00am, breakfast is served promptly at 7.30 and your group would leave the field station at 8.00am and spend the morning learning about Andros/ Marine Ecology of Andros. Dinner is served at 6.00pm. Then a class is held at night usually at 9.00pm.

Days are categorized by land trips or water trips. As the name suggests water trips consist of taking a boat or van to a snorkel site, snorkelling all morning generally a picnic lunch on a beach of some small island near the site. Snorkel sites can be cays (pronounced keys), oceanic blue holes and patch reefs. (e.g. Pigeon Cay, Rat Cay and Daves Patch Reef) Land trips are by bus to the nearby towns, communities and occasional inland blue hole. (e.g. Fresh Creek, Chonch Sound, Uncle Charlies Blue Hole and Churches Blue Hole)