Turks and Caicos – Diver Trek

Big and Small Encounters at Grand Turk (April 28, 2014).

April 29, 2014
Caribbean diving / Marine Life

While waiting for the ice to melt and our swollen rivers in Southern Ontario to subside to diveable conditions, I was thinking of warmer thoughts like my recent diving trip to Grand Turk. So I used the time to put together a video that I had always planned to do when I could. It shows a range of animal encounters from the big stuff like sharks, moray eels, and barracuda to the smaller things like garden eels and cleaner shrimp, with everything in between.

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Grand Turk (Turks & Caicos Islands), Jan 2014

February 23, 2014
Caribbean diving / Marine Life

Grand Turk, Oasis Divers, Columbus Landfall Marine National Park — from the beach you can see how close the wall starts from shore.

I like Grand Turk for what it doesn’t have, as much as for what it does have. Along with Little Cayman, its one of my favourite places to dive in the Caribbean.

It has all the modern conveniences, but it still retains a quiet, laid-back appeal from an earlier time. You’ll feel like you’re “getting away from it all” as you walk down Front and Duke streets, just feet away from the beach, among beautifully flowered-bushes, friendly people, and historic British colonial homes. (more…)