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Scuba Diving With Club Med In Turks And Caicos
ne scuba diving vacation rooms plus great facilities for
option for divers is with water and land sports. A bonus
the Club Med resorts that feature of Club Meds is the
offer intensive dive programs. inclusion of instruction for many
These particular Club Med activities such as sailing and
locations have full service scuba water skiing as well as the
diving centers staffed by PADI nightly entertainment on stage.
and NAUI certified instructors as
well as full equipment rentals. As for the scuba diving programs
Club Med has locations with dive which are offered at additional
intensive programs in the cost, they usually offer standard
Caribbean and the South Pacific. five day packages which include a
One such resort is the Club Med two tank trip every morning plus
Turkoise in the Turks and Caicos a weekly night dive. There are
islands located southeast of the optional single tank dives in the
Bahamas. While these islands are afternoon as well. In my
not the lushest in the Caribbean, estimation, the Club Med Turkoise
they do have excellent coral reef location I went to had 50% divers
systems making it a top scuba and 50% non-divers. It was kind
diving destination in the region. of funny to see that the guests
who go to bed the earliest in the
evenings and show up in the
For those scuba divers who do not dining room first thing in the
want to be bothered with transit mornings are the scuba divers.
between hotels, restaurants and Many divers I met were repeat
dive boats, Club Meds are a guests. This proves that the Club
wonderful option since everything Med is able to attract a loyal
is on site. Like other high end following among some scuba
all-inclusive resorts, Club Meds divers. The resort is ideal for
have excellent dining, decent couples where one spouse is a
diver and the other is not. There deck for the boat ride. A very
are plenty of other activities on nice feature of these boats is
site for the non-diving spouse to that there are two safety stop
do while the other is out diving. bars below the boat at the 15
Later in the afternoon, couples feet mark. These bars are
or friends could get back excellent for beginner scuba
together to do other activities divers who still have problems
or simply relax. I went to this remaining at a level 15 feet for
Club Med as a single traveler and their safety stops. All they have
had no problems fitting in. The to do is hold on to the safety
dining room staff usually asks stop bar and wait for the 3
guests whether they would like to minutes. On each bar, there is
sit with a singles table or one also a regulator for those who
with couples. The advantage of are low on air. Scuba divers can
this Club Med setup is that it is dive in either guided groups led
very easy to meet other guests on by a divemaster or in their own
a social level. I ended up buddy groups. Either way, there
socializing and diving with is an adequate briefing before
people from Europe as well as each dive. The guided groups are
North America. particularly good for divers who
do not want to worry about
The Club Med dive boats are huge. navigation.
These boats have rows along each
side and another row in the The diving at Turks and Caicos is
center. They are ‘cattle' boats wonderful with steep walls during
for sure as there can be as much the first part of each dive. The
as 40 divers for each trip. return portion of each dive will
However, they are nice ‘cattle' generally be over a reef system
boats with two ladders in the with lots of small to medium size
back platform and a large upper marine life. One resident
barracuda nicknamed Charlie is
often seen and likes to hang out If scuba divers are interested in
between the safety stop bars going to a Club Med, it is
checking out the divers. In important to verify which
general, the diving is similar to locations currently offer the
that in the Bahamas but you won't intensive dive programs.
find crowds of dive boats out in Different Club Meds also have
the water here since Turks and different atmospheres. Some are
Caicos are not as saturated with livelier with a party scene and
dive operators and tourists yet. some are quieter. Consulting a
For an extra charge, it is travel agent familiar with Club
possible for the resort to Meds will be useful. Club Med
arrange a 3 tank day trip with an does have a good scuba diving
outside scuba operator to dive program with very professional
some sites further out that have staff and is an option worth
larger marine life. Some divers checking out if one doesn't mind
took this option and returned being on dive trips with
with very positive reviews of relatively large numbers of
multiple shark sightings. divers.
About the Author:
Clint Leung is a NAUI certified Master and Rescue Scuba Diver. He is also owner of Free Spirit Activewear (http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com) , an online retailer/designer specializing in premium quality scuba diving activewear. Free Spirit Activewear has numerous information resource articles on scuba diving as well as free eCards.
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