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Turks & Caicos Explorer II, Oct, 2005, by Clem Clapp, AL, US ( Contributor 18 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 2728.
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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	A bit of a delay getting on board. Had to find a taxi to take me to the pier, then a 15 minute wait on tender for delivery to boat in harbor. Boat was not at pier due to shallow water. Explorer was an 10 cabin, 120ft. footer. Clean. Comfortable dive deck. Adequate public area. Very good and varied food. Only 8 passengers that trip and they gave me a free upgrade from the inexpensive lower level cabin to a very nice double. Insuite bath. Good ac. Accomodating staff. Friendly captain who invited guests to visit helm. Had tours of engine area with an engineer. Treated divers like adults. Had extra engineers on board for training and trouble shooting some problems, one of which was the nitrox compressor which they finally had working after a couple of days. Mixture of wall and shallow diving. Got in around 24 dives for the week. A nice touch was the warm blankets and hot chocolate with Baileys after the night dives. Lots of sharks on a number of dives. We were told that they would get close due to previous but now banned feedings. The sharks were not overly afraid of divers and at one time I hard to literally beat on a 5 footer with my fins and camera to make him go away. Pretty good diving, however, experienced divers may want a little more variety by week's end.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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
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	[None]

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Dive Review of Turks & Caicos Explorer II in Turks and Caicos

Turks & Caicos Explorer II, Oct, 2005,

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Dive Review of Turks & Caicos Explorer II in
Turks and Caicos