Dive Review of
Turks and Caicos Explorer II in
Turks and Caicos/Provo/ West Caicos

Cocos Island, Australia, PNG, Costa Rica, Fiji, Bahamas, Florida

Dive Conditions

No deco diving, 110ft. for Nitrox, 130 for air, 70 minute time limit.  

Table for cameras was not respected.  Often other stuff was put there even
by crew.  No compressed air for drying, limited electrical outlets, very
exposed to elements.

Those w/ high $ outfits would be displeased  

Overall Rating

The boat was comfortable, the food good, the crew above average, but not
great.

Most of the 15 divers were experienced so the dive "guides"
mostly ignored us on the dives, even when more attention would have been
helpful.

The boat had the odd characteristic of swinging wildly around the mooring
pin.  It would sweep an arc of at least 180 degrees.  When you jumped in
the water, the boat would disappear for at least 8-10 minutes.  It would
reappear, traveling at a good pace and then go past in the other direction.
 This can be disconcerting until you get used to it.  If you grab the down
line for a safety stop, you hang on and travel with the boat.  The problem
is that if someone else grabs on the line, you both get jerked toward the
surface 6-8 ft. instantly.  Your best bet is to do your safety stop in the
blue and wait for the boat.  You have to intercept its' arc, you can't
catch it.  I would not recommend this boat to beginners.

The weather convinced the Captain not to leave the immediate area of West
Caicos, so we repeated several dive sites.  I wasn't convinced that this
wasn't more due to the price of fuel than to the weather even though we
each paid an $85.00 fuel charge.

I probably won't repeat this trip even though the mature marine seemed
plentiful and healthy.

 

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