Dive Review of Blue Water Divers/Osprey Beach Hotel in
Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk Island

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Blue Water Divers/Osprey Beach Hotel: "Cannot recommend Blue Water Divers, Osprey Beach Hotel, Grand Turk", Jan, 2024, by NEAL LANGERMAN, CA, US ( Contributor 17 reports with 19 Helpful votes). Report 12885 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The British West Indies are part of the island chain separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. As such, the islands tend to have interesting diversity of marine life and topography. Grand Turk Island, in the archipelago of Turks & Caicos certainly has dramatic walls and the potential for pelagic life because of the 7000’ (2134 m) depths. Sadly, over 14 dives only a few reef sharks cruised by. On the very first dive, we saw – briefly – the fluke of a humpback, and very, very occasionally heard their songs. The reefs were badly covered with sand and the corals looked unhealthy, with significant bleaching. Even the small fish and common reef critters were not abundant. Overall, the marine life and seascape views were disappointing. This by itself is not enough to justify the title to this review. Blue Water Divers bills its responsibilities as (1) diver safety and (2) reef stewardship. On the second item, they did pay some attention to diver’s (including me) contact with the reef. However, on six of the 14 dives we did, they used an anchor, rather than a mooring, and on each of those instances, I noted the anchor dragging across coral as it bit into the sand. As to safety, ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Blue Water Divers Osprey Beach Hotel
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All of continental USA; Caribbean, Gulf, Sea of Cortez, Eastern & Western Pacific & more
Closest Airport	Grand Turk Island Airport	Getting There	Fly to Providenciales and take local flight to Island (DO NOT FLY CAICOS EXPRESS)
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, dry	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	26-27°C / 79-81°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-90 Ft/ 9-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	80' suggested; not enforced
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	1 or 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	DO NOT BRING A LARGE CAMERA KIT. A small Sea&Sea or GoPro OK. My Hero 12 ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Blue Water Divers/Osprey Beach Hotel in Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk Island

Blue Water Divers/Osprey Beach Hotel: "Cannot recommend Blue Water Divers, Osprey Beach Hotel, Grand Turk", Jan, 2024,

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Dive Review of Blue Water Divers/Osprey Beach Hotel in
Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk Island