Dive Review of Caicos Adventures/Royal West Indies in
Turks and Caicos/Provo

My son and I did 15 dives with Caicos Adventures in 2009. We dived without the DM on all dives. I'm surprised the policy would have changed, that would be disappointing, are you sure of this? We had a great time diving West Caicos and French Cay and generally saw multiple Reef Sharks on most dives, with a particularly good encounter at Boat Cove. All our dives were between 60-70 minutes.

The Caicos Adventures website states diving without the DM is allowed: "Beginner divers will get the needed attention and devotion from a friendly and willing dive-master whom will help you from beginning to end (equipment organization and setup, water entry, during dive); while experienced and advanced divers will get the freedoms they desire from a knowledgeable dive masters (or they can partner amongst themselves)."

Many things in diving have changed since 2009. I have been diving with Caicos Adventures since 2004. In fact, in April 2014 they let me buddy dive. This time they seemed like they wanted the groups to stay together.....maybe it was the number of divers on the boat or maybe it was newer DMs. I can only report what i experienced.

Thanks Craig, this is important information. Being able to dive independently would be important to me, I would confirm with the operator prior to booking. What else has changed? I see they run their Thursday 3 tanker from their smaller boat, Hercules rather than off Caicos Cat. But, they do advertise that they run, at least some, drift dives during this trip.Did you do the 3 tanker during your visit? Anything else change in a significant way since my visit? Apppreciatively, Craig