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Dive Review of
Big Blue/Beaches in
Turks and Caicos/Caribbean

in 2006/06
an Instant Reader Report
by
Mel McCombie, CT, United States
Report Number 2548

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Reporter
Dive Experience
Over 1000 dives
Where else diving
all over the world

Dive Conditions

Weather
sunny  
Seas
calm  
Water Temp
82   to 0    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
0
Water Visibility
40   to 0    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
yes  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
none beyond common sense  
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
1 or 2 
Mantas
1 or 2 
Dolphins
None 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
> 2 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  2 stars
Tropical Fish
3 stars  
Small Critters
  3 stars
Large Fish
3 stars  
Large Pelagics
  3 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
N/A  
Boat Facilities
N/A
Overall rating for UWP's  
N/A  
Shore Facilities  
N/A  
Comments
[None]  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
1 stars
Food
1 stars
Service and Attitude
1 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
5 stars  
Shore Diving  
3 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
4 stars   
Advanced
3 stars    
Comments  
Since we stayed at Beaches for a family reunion, we wisely chose not to
dive with them but to go with Big Blue. It's a superb operation. The cost
is a good 50% higher than other island dive shops but one can dive one's
own profile with no sense of being hurried and the surface intervals were
long and filled with food. Our dives averaged 75 minutes. Big Blue is also
an environmentally active company--a green operation--and thus worth the
extra money.
The corals in Provo have clearly suffered from algal growth, probably
linked with the number of large hotels and condos built in the past few
years (with their sewage and waste); there were fewer big fish than in
years past (I've dived there since the late 1980s). Although I have warm
memories of Provo diving, it has clearly deteriorated in the past 15 years.
 
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