Dive Review of Oasis Divers/Ospry Beach Hotel in
Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk

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Oasis Divers/Ospry Beach Hotel, Nov, 2006, by Dale Thompson, CA, USA . Report 3093.
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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	Osprey Beach Hotel was recently removated and in fairly good condition - for a typical small Carib island operation. Staff very accomodating, on the other hand air-conditioner rattled and wheezed, distrubed by other occupants next door and above rom due poor construction. 4 restaurants in walking distance, all had same basic island food - conch, fish, chicken, curry, steak; all reasonable well done and inexpensive. Service varied from slow to glacical, but usually friendly. New cruise ship terminal just opened at South end of island. Attempt at upscale restaurant there just opened, may prove to be a nice alternative to local places near the hotel. Rental car unnecessary as hotel, restaurants and dive operation all a few blocks apart. Dive operation well below usual standards. Small boats with beach access to board, tank racks not set up behind seating beches but rather on boat's center deck/floor. Only caried tanks for one dive, so AM, two dive trips required a return to the beach and a 20 - 25 minute wait while the operator's staff changed out tanks across the beach. Access by back roll from bow was usual, return to boat via unusually small, unsteady, and poorly designed ladder adjacent to outboard motor - with minimal hand holds to complicate it. One member of our group lost a day of diving to back strains directly attributed to poor ladder. Also, one dive master/boat captain, so boat left unattended while all were in the water (all divers expressed concern about this - the dive master's response "Well a few boats have drifted off before but it hasn't happened to me." [yet!]). Finally boats used moorings where available (about 50% of the sites), but anchored freely as needed - usually managed to get the anchor into the sand, but chain frequently dragged across coral. This was a "PADI" dive center, the best on the island according to most reviews. Underwater typically saw rich assortment of small fish, but little large stuff. Given dive operator, would not return.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Many Carib islands, S Pacific
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive masters set a max depth for each dive and kept the group together and at the dpeth specified, or less. Got upset with some wandered off and got out of dive master's sight.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Oasis Divers/Ospry Beach Hotel in Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk

Oasis Divers/Ospry Beach Hotel, Nov, 2006,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Oasis Divers/Ospry Beach Hotel in
Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk