Main Menu
Join Undercurrent on Facebook

The Private, Exclusive Guide for Serious Divers Since 1975 | |
For Divers since 1975
The Private, Exclusive Guide for Serious Divers Since 1975
"Best of the Web: scuba tips no other
source dares to publish" -- Forbes
X
 

Dive Review of Beaches in
Turks and Caicos

Beaches, Apr, 2011,

by Kris Kraman, NJ, US (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 6017.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 3 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments We normally go to the mom and pop places for a more personalized, intimate experience. However, having a 6 month old baby, we wanted a little more established place and the choices are few for infant care.

The resort was excellent. Typical, tropical hotel rooms. A little dated on styling (we were in the Caribbean section, I believe the other sections are newer, updated) but, very clean and comfortable. Great food with 16 restaurants to choose from and top shelf drinks, all inclusive. Day care for our son was excellent, he enjoyed being there and had fun. Diving and child care included.

Two tank dives were good. Went farther away to better reefs, the "house" reefs were not good, typically go there for the one tank dives. A lot of nice dives on walls, lots of grey reef sharks, a few turtles, permits, tarpons and a lot of lion fish. Wasn't a huge mix of smaller fish or great quantities. You need to go with a dive buddy, otherwise, you get stuck with the crowd of OW and AOW divers. Either way, they pushed you to keep dives around 40 - 45 mins. If you buddy dive, you can get in first and out last and stretch that to 50 mins. Divemasters didn't really point out much, they tended to just keep the pace of the group.

If you are looking for a little less intesive dive trip with other distractions at the resort, this is the place. If you are looking for excellent diving and the whole experience, you might want to look at other dive shops or another location.
Websites Beaches   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 101-250 dives
Where else diving roatan, beleize, palau, red sea, curacao, florida keys, cozumel
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 78-°F / 26-°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions Be sure to ask for a buddy dive so you do not get stuck with OW groups with limited depth, kept time to 40 min dives
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 2 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 1 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 1 stars Shore Facilities 1 stars
UW Photo Comments bucket for cameras on the boat, no shore facilities at all
Was this report helpful to you?
Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here
 

Subscribe Now
Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 393 dive reviews of Turks and Caicos and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

 
Featured Links from Our Sponsors
Interested in becoming a sponsor?
Reef & Rainforest, Let our experience be your guide -- Reef and Rainforest
Reef & Rainforest, Dive & Adventure Travel
A full service dive travel agency that specializes in Turks & Caicos. We know the best Caribbean and Pacific diving

Want to assemble your own collection of Turks and Caicos reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home


Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email.
And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent

Free Undercurrent Issue
Get a free
monthly email and
a sample issue!


Find in  

| Home | Online Members Area | My Account | Login | Join |
| Travel Index | Dive Resort & Liveaboard Reviews | Featured Reports | Recent Issues | Back Issues |
| Dive Gear Index | Health/Safety Index | Environment & Misc. Index | Seasonal Planner | Blogs | Free Articles | Book Picks | News |
| Special Offers | RSS | FAQ | About Us | Contact Us | Links |

Copyright © 1996-2024 Undercurrent (www.undercurrent.org)
3020 Bridgeway, Ste 102, Sausalito, Ca 94965
All rights reserved.

Page computed and displayed in 0.11 seconds