Dive Review of Beaches in
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Beaches, Aug, 2002, by Larry Wagner, TX, USA . Report 257.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Great diving experience for beginners and families with junior divers. Many newly certified divers on the boat. Divemasters were capable and attentive and tended to focus on those showing less skill - one new diver ran out of air and then got tangled in the spare air hose at the safety bar. For an experienced/hard core diver Beaches' protocols are intrusive - specified short bottom times at no more than 80' (but conversely very safe profiles) and had to pass a brief skills test before being allowed to sign up for diving. Once the divemeaster was comfortable with your skills (1 dive), you could go off with a buddy if you had a computer - but still were required to be up within the time limit. We cheated by exploring the shallows below the boat while others exited - gaining about 10 to 15 minutes per dive. DM's were OK with this, but even so we were coming up with 800 to 900 psi. Boats had standard safety gear and could hold 30 divers easily - which could make for crowded conditions below. Dives to The Crack and Black Coral Garden were best, but not as good as French Cay sites.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	26-50 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	83-0°F / 28--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-70 Ft/ 18-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Guided dive, bottom time limited, max depth 80 ft, safety stop encouraged.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Beaches in Turks and Caicos

Beaches, Aug, 2002,

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