Dive Review of Reef Divers/East Bay Resort in
Turks and Caicos/South Caicos

Other Turks and Caicos reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

Reef Divers/East Bay Resort: "New South Caicos Resort & Diving", Jan, 2023, by Larry Sandusky, ID, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12392.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Reef Divers is an excellent company with a fine safety record and skilled dive guides and support staff. East Bay's dive operation appeared to be a shoe string operation with only 2 boats and shifting cast of dive guides. We had a terrific dive guide in Jon and dive guide Ethan was widely respected and liked by the divers on the other boat. However, there is no backup staff nor backup dive boat, so there's no margin for error. A boat grounding the next week after our visit put this to the test. Unoccupied parts of the resort is being remodeled. Our room was a former condo, spacious and nice, kitchen, washer/dryer. Resort grounds are quite nice, beach is gorgeous and we enjoyed our stay very much. This is a good thing, as South Caicos has little else to offer. You should like an isolated resort without night life outside, since South Caicos is largely undeveloped. Minimal shopping, groceries, anything really. Resort staff is superbly service oriented and friendly. Wind was very common and produces lots of chop and difficult boarding conditions despite the "valet diving" model of staff assistance. Lots of eagle rays, sting rays, white tips and nurse sharks, but fewer reef fish of the most common types. January cold water required 5mm and vests for many. Uncrowded resort (50% occupancy), well run and pleasant but major growth is planned and dive operations seem a small part of a major hotel in future. Enjoyed the resort, but a large scale expansion may change it too much for this older diver. Not sure resort will be compatible with the small, budget air terminal without service and limited aircraft size.
Websites	Reef Divers East Bay Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Australia, PNG, Yucatan, Belize, Honduras, Turks & Caicos, Hawaii, Caymans
Closest Airport	South Caicos	Getting There	Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth & Time
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	> 2
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
UW Photo Comments	Camera Table only

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 403 dive reviews of Turks and Caicos and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

All Turks and Caicos Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to Turks and Caicos
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

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

Page computed and displayed in 0.09 seconds

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

Dive Review of Reef Divers/East Bay Resort in Turks and Caicos/South Caicos

Reef Divers/East Bay Resort: "New South Caicos Resort & Diving", Jan, 2023,

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

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

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

Dive Review of Reef Divers/East Bay Resort in
Turks and Caicos/South Caicos