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Dive Review of Caicos Adventures/The Regent Palms in
Turks and Caicos/Providenciales

Caicos Adventures/The Regent Palms, Nov, 2007,

by Holly Etlin, NY, NY ( 1 report). Report 3721.

No photos available at this time

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

Accommodations 5 stars Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 1 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments Fifi's operation is superb. Great people and a focus on service. They set up all gear, switch your gear between dives and rinse and store it for you. It is a long boat ride to the sites, we dove French Key one day and the West Caicos wall the next day; each took about 50 minutes to get to. They served lunch in between dives. Staff were genuinely friendly and wanted everyone to have a good time. The boats were pristine and uncrowded. We were asked to follow the group on the wall, but could dive our own profiles and timing. DMs were looking for sharks, turtles and unusual small critters, making sure we saw them. We were picked up promptly at 8:15 every day, but did not get back to the hotel until about 3:00--with sunset early this time of year it did not leave much time for the beach, which was lovely. We will definitely go again, probably dive two days then skip to enjoy the beautiful resort for a day, then dive again.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 51-100 dives
Where else diving Aruba, Antigua, Belize, Cozumel, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Florida Keys, Playa del Carmen,
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy Seas choppy
Water Temp 76-0°F / 24--18°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions Very flexible, no 'angry computers'
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 4 stars

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

Subject Matter 4 stars Boat Facilities 5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities 4 stars
UW Photo Comments Seperate fresh water tank (no non-camera gear allowed), DMs focused on finding unusual sea life, they were very careful with your gear.
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