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Explorer Ventures/Turks & Caicos Explorer II, Aug, 2008, by Marlene Dowell, MD, USA ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4402.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Well run operation. All divers checked in and out of water, time and final air readings noted. Nitrox available for a fee. We started out on air, but most of the dives start at about 60 feet, so as the week went on and our nitrogen built up we switched over to Nitrox. Rooms were relatively spacious, with private bath. Showers small, but showers were also available on the dive deck for after dive rinsing. Shampoo and soap provided. Plenty of towels available, no limit on fresh water usage. Food was very good and familiar to Americans. Accomodations were made for several vegetarians on our trip. Snacks provided after each dive (5 dives a day available.) Free beer and wine. Weather was great, seas calm, viz pretty good. Saw sharks on many dives and rays, turtles, octopus on several. One dive site in particular was good for small stuff which Captain JF excelled at finding. Usually 2 dives at each site, which we liked. If there was something special you didn't see the first dive (the batfish) you could usually catch it the second dive. Or, if you skipped a dive, you knew you had at least one dive at that site. There was usually enough to see that you didn't have to go to the same area both dives if you didn't want to. The hardest part of the dive was getting to the boat at the end. The boat swings widely on its mooring so it covers a lot of territory. You might see it and it would be swinging away from you so you couldn't catch up to it and would have to wait for it to return. This became less of an issue as you got used to how this worked and learned to just wait for the boat to come back. If you come up too far from the boat someone would come get you in the tender. Our trip was the week before hurricanes Hanna and Ike hit the T & C. so cannot speak to what shape things are in now.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Solomon Islands, Keys, Red Sea, N. Carolina
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	130 ft, air 110 ft Nitrox
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Large area to set cameras on, separate large rinse tank for cameras. Cameras carefully handed down to you after entering and taken from you when coming out. Lighting in rooms adequate for camera maintenance work. No camera rental equipment - had been flooded by others.

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Dive Review of Explorer Ventures/Turks & Caicos Explorer II in Turks and Caicos

Explorer Ventures/Turks & Caicos Explorer II, Aug, 2008,

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Dive Review of Explorer Ventures/Turks & Caicos Explorer II in
Turks and Caicos