The most beautiful blue
water you can imagine surrounds Grand Turk. Clear and warm, the
turquoise blue turns a deep dark blue just a few hundred yards from
shore where the wall drops. Most of the dive sites are on the west
side of the island with the reef starting in just 30 feet of water.
The reef gently slopes until it reaches about 40 feet then
dramatically drops to 7000 feet. Visibility averages 100 feet and the
water temperature ranges from 82º-84º in the summer to
78º in the winter.
In Grand Turk you have a good chance of an encounter with many
exciting creatures. Giant Manta Rays are frequently seen along the
wall during the summer and Humpback whales in the winter. Spotted
Eagle Rays cruise the wall and friendly Nassau Groupers are usually
there to greet you on every dive. The water is filled with turtles,
stingrays, schools of horse-eyed jack, puffers, trumpet fish,
snappers and much more. Colorful tube sponges, plate coral and soft
coral cover of the wall.
Some of the dive sites to amaze
you include the Amphitheater where the coral rises extremely high
between deep sand channels and McDonald's, appropriately named for
the coral covered arch that two or three divers can swim through. For
night divers and macro photographers, the Library, in only 20-30
feet, is rich with coral and fish life and five species of coral can
be seen at Black Forest. The Coral Garden is a series of broad ridges
covered with healthy corals, particularly hard corals such as Brain
Coral. Sea Plums and Searods grow here as well and there are are
frequent sightings of Hawksbill turtles.
DAY TRIPS
Gibbs Cay, a small, uninhabited island only a short distance
southeast of Grand Turk, with white sand beaches and shallow
snorkeling reefs, is ideal for day trips. A great snorkeling spot for
Conch .
Salt Cay is a great day trip to the most remote island in all the Turks & Caicos. Lunch and diving included.
WHALE WATCHING
Combine the adventure of scuba diving and the thrill of whale
watching during the winter months. Oasis Divers offers divers
the rare opportunity to see and possibly snorkel with the amazing
North Atlantic Humpback whales as they migrate south through the
Grand Turk Passage to the Silver Banks and return again. Your guide
with the whales, Captain Everette Freites, has years of experience
tracking the whales and studying their behavior as they migrate.
Inquire about our whale watching packages available January through
March.
View a map of the island that shows all of the great wall diving locations, just off the beach of Grand Turk.
Turks & Caicos Islands
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British West Indies