Dive Review of Dive Provo /Ocean Club WestGreat for novice div in
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Dive Provo /Ocean Club WestGreat for novice div: "Great for novice divers, skip if you're a world traveler", Dec, 2022, by Steven Cohen, VA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12299.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	[Dive Provo is a well run operation. It has 3 boats (all with marine heads) and 2 shower heads for a quick rinse after the dive. Each day starts with a boat safety briefing. There are 2 dive masters aboard and one leads the dives while the other helps divers in and out of the water. They give a thorough briefing of each dive site. Buddy pairs can dive on their own. Non buddies are given neon yellow shirts and they dive with the dive master/guide. Most of the dive guides go very slowly which is great for photographers/videographers. The dive guides try to find critters to point out. The only rub. There’s not much to see if you remember what T&C used to be like. All of the dive sites are at least a 45-60 minute boat ride from the marina. French Caye looks like a bomb went off. 2 hurricanes have devastated the reef and stony coral tissue disease has taken its toll. Where there used to be 6-8 sharks under the boat, we saw 1 the whole dive. 1 Eagle ray. No turtles here. West Caicos had more marine life and there actually was some hard coral, but the storms and other environmental pressures have reduced the number of critters and corals significantly. Northwest Point was a little worse. The guides did their best to try to make the dives interesting but unfortunately they don’t have a lot to work with anymore. The divers with less than 150 dives thought the diving was great which shows that they have a different frame of reference from me. I shot less than 7 minutes of video over 8 dives. We stayed at Ocean Club West in Grace Bay. We had a beautiful suite with 2 bathrooms, full kitchen (we used for breakfast and lunch) and a screened in balcony on either end. We had a beautiful view of the ocean and pool from our room. My wife was really happy with the resort. OCW is within walking distance of many fine restaurants, a supermarket, & Dive Provo’s dive shop. However, all of the trips left from one of 2 marinas and unless you have a car, transfers round trip are $20/day. Everything is very expensive on Providenciales (a loaf of bread was $10!) and dinners at the restaurants we chose cost about $125/ 2 people without drinks. If you want a really nice beach vacation, Turks & Caicos fits the bill. If you’re an experienced diver, you will be disappointed with what you’ll see here. If you just want to get wet and experience diving, it’s OK. Otherwise, if you want much better diving, head to Roatan or Cuba. None]
Websites	Dive Provo
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Galapagos, Cocos, Fiji, Hawaii, Indonesia, Maldives, Guadelupe, Mexico, Islas Revillagigedos,
Closest Airport	TCI	Getting There	Flew nonstop from IAD on United. Also serviced by American & Delta
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100 feet/60 minutes
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]Boats have a small tub for cameras, no dedicated photo table. I was only one most dives with a camera bigger than a GoPro (I have Olympus TG6 in housing, on a tray with video lights)so it wasn't a problem. If you have a big rig, you're not going to be happy.

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Dive Review of Dive Provo /Ocean Club WestGreat for novice div in Turks and Caicos

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Dive Review of Dive Provo /Ocean Club WestGreat for novice div in
Turks and Caicos