Dive Review of Sea Eye/Osprey Beach HOtel in
Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk

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Sea Eye/Osprey Beach HOtel, May, 2003, by Irina Zeylikman, MA, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 501.
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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	The diving on Grand Turk is very good, but there are much better places out there (Little Cayman, for example). Dive Operation: We were unpleasantly surprised with Sea Eye as the dive operation. Our tanks were never full, the best we could hope for was 2500 psi. People at the dive shop were filling them under the blazing sun standing in about 5 inches of water. No wonder, when the tanks cooled down, they were only 3/4 full. The dive operation's building looked like it was going to fall down any minute, the dive shop itself was mostly closed the whole week. Some people on the boat had rented their gear, and it was obvious that the gear has seen better days. If it was not for Smitty (our dive master), the trip would've been a big disappoinment. Smitty tried his best to make our diving the most enjoyable experience, but he only could do so much. We never knew if our boat was going to start, or we would have to swim ashore (which we did once). Our BCs and regs were kept aboard all week, not rinsed even once. The dive shop does not have any facilities to store gear. The state of the dive operation looks like the owners have absolutely no interest in it. Hotel: Osprey Beach Hotel is being renovated slowly, but surely. Unfortunately we stayed in the room that has not been renovated, yet. We had some problems with equipment in the room but everything was eventually fixed. The rooms are big and have a small kitchen. Food and service: The quality of food on a island is really below average, and service is exteremely slow. We waited 2.5 hours for our lunch one day.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire (multiple times), Curacao (multiple times), Cozumel (multiple times), Provo, Belize, Great Barrier Reef, Cayman Islands (all three of them)
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Commo sence
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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
UW Photo Comments	There was no setup for camera, not even a rinse bucket. I had to ask the dive master to get me one.

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Dive Review of Sea Eye/Osprey Beach HOtel in Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk

Sea Eye/Osprey Beach HOtel, May, 2003,

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Dive Review of Sea Eye/Osprey Beach HOtel in
Turks and Caicos/Grand Turk