Dive Review of Explorer Ventures -- T&C Explorer II in
Turks and Caicos/West Caicos & French Cay

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Explorer Ventures -- T&C Explorer II: "My one week on the Tiurks and Caicos Explorer II was totally enjoyable", Nov, 2016, by Diana E Banks, NS, Canada ( 1 report). Report 9305.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Very well maintained ship. Rooms were big enough for two, with very comfortable beds and very good lighting. The three rooms downstairs had bunks, and I, personally, would not have liked to have had to sleep on an upper bunk, but was lucky and had one of those rooms to myself. The crew was outstanding. Two were "dedicated" dive masters and always one of them intro'd then accompanied the dive, to point things out. And they were top notch at that. As long as you had a buddy and were back at the boat within an hour, you could go on your own. The captain and purser were dm's also, and actually Captain a DI, and was giving a Nitrox and a photography course. One feature quite special to this boat (I think) was the drying system for the wetsuits: the warm air from the compressor blew up on the hanging racks, so not only did the suits dry faster than usual, they were warm to put on! The wall diving on the west side of West Caye was especially good, and the shark and cubera snapper activity on the French Cay night dives was really interesting. The dm's made certain to point our new things on each dive. The food was excellent and plentiful, with snacks between morning and afternoon dives. I wore a lined lycra and a neoprene vest. A 1.5 wetsuit with a vest was worn by at least one or two others, and it seemed 3mm wetsuits were most popular, as well as 3mm to 5mm (I think) shorties First two days were a bit windy, last three days were pretty calm. There was enough current at one site that we did a drift dive, the Explorer moving down to the next mooring for our exit.
Websites	Explorer Ventures -- T&C Explorer II
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Belize; Roatan; Utila; Little Cayman; Exuma and Andros, Bahamas;
Closest Airport	Provodenciales	Getting There	Direct WestJet flight from Toronto to Provodencialis, the main airport on the Turks and Caicos islands, was great. Lots of other airlines fly there, also.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Always do a safety stop. Around 55 minutes into your dive start the safety stop. Dive with a buddy. We were all using Nitrox and of course before each dive had to test our tank's oxygen percentage and PSI, writing down the results and initialing it.
Liveaboard?	yes	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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Dedicated rinse tank, and very good table top space, as well as recharging stations at table.

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Dive Review of Explorer Ventures -- T&C Explorer II in Turks and Caicos/West Caicos & French Cay

Explorer Ventures -- T&C Explorer II: "My one week on the Tiurks and Caicos Explorer II was totally enjoyable", Nov, 2016,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Explorer Ventures -- T&C Explorer II in
Turks and Caicos/West Caicos & French Cay