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Dive Review of Dive Provo /Caribbean Sea Breeze Villas in
Turks and Caicos

Dive Provo /Caribbean Sea Breeze Villas: "Good trip!", Sep, 2021,

by GERALD WILLISON, MI, US (Reviewer Reviewer 5 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 11674 has 1 Helpful vote.

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

Accommodations 3 stars Food N/A
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 4 stars
Comments Getting to the Turks and Caicos was a bit of a bureaucratic challenge. Must be vaccinated and have negative Covid19 test within 72 hours if flight, plus travel insurance covering quarantine if Covid contracted during trip. All this must be uploaded to the Turks and Caicos portal and be approved before flight departure. This approval may not come until the night (or early morning) before you leave, which can cause some anxiety.

Dive Provo is a very good operation. Boats in good condition. Excellent dive masters, especially John and Ally) who know the sites inside and out, are good at pointing out stuff (especially small stuff), and go very slow (good for photographers like me who are very pokey). DMs are very sociable and take the time to get to know you and build a relationship. We did two dives a day most days, but were accommodated when we asked for some three dive days. We dived around Provo, West Caicos, and French Cay.

For divers diving multiple days, can leave gear on boat to be rinsed and set up the following day. Boats based in two marinas on opposite sides of Provo, so little chance of being blown out.

Corals are average for the Caribbean these days, which is not that great. Saw sharks most dives. Rays, eels, etc. Tons of Flamingo Tongues. No nudibranchs.

Water was a balmy 86 - no need for a wetsuit and didn’t need to touch my LP inflater except to descend and at the surface.

Spent a second week on South Caicos. Meh. Will cover in separate review.
Websites Dive Provo   Caribbean Sea Breeze Villas

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Cozumel, Cayman, Bahamas, Florida, Roatan, Jersey Shore, Maldives, Bonaire, Indonesia, Great Lakes, etc.
Closest Airport Providenciales Getting There Many reasonable options

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 84-86°F / 29-30°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions [100 Foot limit, 60ish minutes]
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

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

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

Subject Matter 3 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 3 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Rinse tank on boat. Could be bigger. Slow DMs - good for photographers. No shore facilities for cameras but not needed. Wall dives decent for wide angle. Some good macro opportunities.

Some photos from trip: [flickr.com link]
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By David L Van Rooy in TX, US at Oct 15, 2021 05:50 EST  
Excellent photos; both here and on Flickr!
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