Dive Review of East Bay Resort in
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East Bay Resort: "South Caicos - Dead Coral But Lots of Big Things", Feb, 2023, by Paul Barrett, NM, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 12358 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	East Bay Resort, South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies I was fortunate to spend five weeks on South Caicos in 1980 and this was my first trip back. It was fascinating, nostalgic, and tragic all in one trip. We stayed at the only dive operation currently operating on the island, East Bay Resort. The facilities were very nice with clean rooms, balconies, and air conditioning. Rooms included washer/driers although mine was inoperable and others from my group found the same thing. This was a minor inconvenience because we were only there a week and shorts and T-shirts were the norm. (On a side note, East Bay is in the process of converting to a Marriot Autograph destination resort. I’m not clear on what that means but I suspect it will change from a dive ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	East Bay Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, Caymans, Cozumel, Honduras, Truk, Sipidan, Phillipines
Closest Airport	South Caicos	Getting There	You fly through Providenciales and either catch a charter set up by the resort or regular Caribbean Airlines flight from Providenciales to South Caicos
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	77-78°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No freshwater camera dunk tanks on the boat. They were discontinued due to COVID but there was a table and the dive crew handled cameras well. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of East Bay Resort in Turks and Caicos

East Bay Resort: "South Caicos - Dead Coral But Lots of Big Things", Feb, 2023,

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Dive Review of East Bay Resort in
Turks and Caicos