{"id":176,"date":"2021-08-01T23:11:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T23:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepandwidedivers.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2021-08-08T19:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:25:49","slug":"turks-caicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepandwidedivers.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Turks & Caicos Aggressor II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This spectacular destination is a short 3 hour flight from Atlanta. Turks and Caicos is an archipelago of coral islands in the Atlantic Ocean, directly north of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The islands’ history has been tumultuous, with lots of nations exerting their influence on these tiny islands. Currently, these islands are a British Overseas Territory with self-rule<\/a>. Visitors to the islands fly into Providenciales, the home to the world-famous Grace Bay Beach. The islands have seen so much change. Back in 1984, Club Med was the first resort and while Provo focused on beaches and resort, Turks focused on diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a diving perspective Turks & Caicos is an amazing vacation destination and I would be aboard the Aggressor II<\/a>. I together with my 15 other shipmates would have an opportunity to explore the third largest barrier reef on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Captain and Dive Guide Alex Brett talks us through a dive briefing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can’t say enough about the diving on this trip. We saw reef sharks nearly every day. The reef was extremely healthy, teeming with life and we saw rays and turtles. One green turtle got up so close and personal with our video pro that he nearly kissed the camera! So whether you want to see big things like reef sharks and rays or little creatures like blennies or tiny nudibranchs, you can see it all during your 7 days on this liveaboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dive Briefings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before every dive, each diver attends the dive briefing and learns about the dive site. To get the most out of each dive, we need to understand the dive site description, environment, conditions, dive profile, including max depth and bottom times to plan our dive. The crew did an excellent job telling us what we might expect to see, and we were never disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another fun aspect of the dive briefing is the dive sight drawings done by the dive guide. Often they are temporary works of art! In the briefing area, there is a whiteboard that is used to illustrate the underwater environment. The drawing orient you to the dive location and point out particular areas of interest such as swim-throughs, lobster hotels, sand shoots, cleaning stations, or other highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n