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| Grand Turk |  
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Description:
Grand Turk has more than 25 permanently moored sites located in the Columbus National Park, just minutes from your resort doorstep. Since the wall is only a quarter mile off-shore, boat rides are usually ten minutes to the reef, which are more lush and pristine than what many live-aboards offer. Our sites usually start at 25-30 feet over white sandy bottoms and the wall plunges down more than 7000 feet. As if this isn't enough to titilate you, our wall on the leeward side of the island, allows for exceptional visibility, nice easy boat rides, and little if no current. Summer water temperature is in the mid 80's. Winter is in the high 70's. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Providenciales |
| Average watertemp: Min 30 - Max 35 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 45 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Grand Turk has fantastic diving all year round as Winter diving bring the awesome sights and sounds of Whales migrating through! |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Blacktip reef sharks |  | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | Look for a thick-bodied Blacktip Reef shark when you first get into the water, chances are, that you might see one swim off.
You might also see some reef sharks swimming deep where the wall dropps down deeper.
| | | Bottlenose Dolphins | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dolpins can often be seen from the boat on the way to the wall and divers have even gotten the chance to see them under water on their dives!
| | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The walls here are reknowned for amazing diversity of hard and soft corals. Sponge growth is also prolific, and overall the reef system is incredibly lush and healthy. Tunnels, arches, undercuts, outcrops... all the sites have their own special predominant features that creates a special variety and... (More)
| | | Common dolphins | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dolpins can often be seen from the boat on the way to the wall and divers have even gotten the chance to see them under water on their dives!
| | | Eagle rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Spotted Eagle rays are often seen around some of our shallow reefs, which are perfect for snorkelers.
Eagle rays also like to cruise over the edge of the wall, sneeking up on you from behind, while you are doing your safety stop.
| | | Great Hammerhead sharks | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | An occasional sollitairy Hammerhead has been known to visit a couple of our sites every couple months,and hang around there for a while. This encounter makes for very exciting moments.
| | | Green turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not as common as the Hawksbill Turtle, but you could still expect to find a Green Turtle resting on the reef here ans there.
| | | Hawksbill turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We see a lot of turtles on top and along the wall. It is pretty common to see at least one turtle per dive, and sometimes even up to five turles.
Along the wall you can find a Hawksbill turtle chewing on a barrel spongue. During those moments the turtle usually doesn't mind the diver, and allows yo... (More)
| | | Humpback whales | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The majestic Humpback Whale travels through the Turks Island passage during the winter to give birth at the "Silver Banks", just south of Grand Turk. While passing trough, the whales swim just of the wall, and can be spotted daily from shore or by boat, and if lucky, even under water!! Sometimes you... (More)
| | | Lemon sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some good sized Lemon sharks on the east side of Grand Turk, where we have a couple of shallow reefs, where you couls also see Blacktip reef sharks and Nurse sharks.
You could see an occasional Lemon on top of the wall.
| | | Manta rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Summer diving brings perfect water conditions and increased sightings of Manta Rays. The water is teaming with plankton so viz is not as good as in winter.
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Spotted Moray Eels are the most common eels, besides the Garden Eels, of which you will find hundreds and hundreds of in the sandy areas. If you look carefully in crack's and holes, you could find a big Green Moray Eel hiding. Other eels include Goldentail Moray's and Sharptail eels.
| | | Nurse sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | You have good chances coming face to face with one of these gracefull sharks, as the top of the wall offers lot's of good hiding places for these sleeping beauties. You will often find them resting under an undercut or lying in a tunnel or just on the sand.
| | | Pelagic fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Severall pelegics...
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Most of our sites have beautifull sandy areas full of life, where chances of spotting one or more Southern Stingrays are very high. When searching for food, they sometimes give diver's a chance to get real close, and to make some great pictures.
There is even better chance of seeing several Stingra... (More)
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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