Dive Review of Oasis Divers/Bohio Resort in
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Oasis Divers/Bohio Resort, Mar, 2014, by Mark Zahorik, IL, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 7533.
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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	Stayed at the Bohio Resort w/a group of 14 divers from Chicago for a week long trip. Bohio has 16 very plain/modest rooms w/balconies overlooking the beach/ocean. Though the rooms were spartan, the restaurant & outdoor bar & seating area were a big step up--quite nice actually. The food is so good (South African Chef "Eureka"), that folks from the whole island readily agree that Bohio serves the best food on Grand Turk. Bohio has a dive shop on site, but w/our group of 14, they farmed out the dive portion of the trip to "Oasis Divers". Evidently, some issue with Nitrox fills occurred before we got there. I'm told Nitox is usually available, though it was not during the week we were there. Oasis put our group on a 30' pontoon boat that was roomy enough & because the seas were calm all week, there were no issues w/a pontoon boat on the open sea. The boat would pull up to the beach ~8:45 for a 9:00 departure and return to shore between dives for the surface interval--all the dives sites are moored near the wall which is just ~1 mile offshore. The longest boat trip was 15 minutes. We had perfect conditions all week: low 80's w/sunny skies & flat seas. We had a bit of a northern swell on 2 days, but even that didn't produce waves larges than 2'. On virtually every dive, the sound of whales could be heard underwater. We saw 3 humpbacks on the surface within 200 yards of the boat, but never saw any underwater. On one dive we saw a pod of ~8 dolphin (including baby)swim past us just off the edge of the wall ~80'. We also saw one reef shark off the wall. Nurse sharks were spotted on ~half the dives--saw 4 alone on one dive. Also saw turtles on many of the dives. Overall the coral appeared healthy and the marine life was better than most sites in the Caribbean. Plenty of mid-sized Nassua Grouper and mid sized snapper were seen on almost all dives. Did one night dive that was a bit disappointing. The usual crab/lobster/octopus sitings were sparse--I would skip it in hindsight. The area that we dove is in a very loosely regulated marine preserve. The rub here is that fishing boats are allowed to fish just outside "the wall". Since the wall is just a mile offshore, it only allows a narrow strip of marine preserve--and even that does not appear to be enforced with any rigor. The divemasters (Craig & Steve) were very helpful and were never in any hurry to hustle the group along. Most of the dives were ~hour long (one 75 minutes). Encouragingly, I only spotted ~6 lionfish on the 16 dives I did. It's likely more a function of active culling than an absence of this invasive species. I shot two near the end of a dive and chef Eureka cooked them up as tasty appetizers for lunch. Solid Caribbean diving coupled with good service--I would go back for sure.
Websites	Oasis Divers Bohio Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Lake Michigan, Puerto Rico, Cozumel, Grand Cayman
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	77-79°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-120 Ft/ 23-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dove own profile w/buddy
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	> 2
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	Did not dive w/camera

Subscriber's Comments

By Sheri Thomson in AB, CA at Mar 21, 2014 23:51 EST

Thanks Mark. Really good to hear. I'm off to Bohio April 3rd with my daughter who is doing PADI open water cert there. I had thought about a night dive for myself,but may pass after hearing your comments. Hope we hear the whales and see a few dolphins too! Saw pods and pods off Isla Grande in Brazil a few years ago and swam with some at Anthony's Keys in Roatan. It's great getting other diver's feedback, much appreciated!

By report author: Mark Zahorik in IL, US at Mar 24, 2014 10:02 EST

One more thing: We did a nice afternoon boat excursion to Grace Key where we were allowed to free-dive for conch in ~14' water. Our guide collected our ~dozen conch & took us to a nice beach where he demonstrated how to make a delicious conch ceviche. We then hand-fed all of the scraps to a group of sting-rays that forage at the beach. It's a nice afternoon excursion ~2:00-5:00 Have Fun!

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Dive Review of Oasis Divers/Bohio Resort in Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk

Oasis Divers/Bohio Resort, Mar, 2014,

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Dive Review of Oasis Divers/Bohio Resort in
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