"Pioneering Turks & Caicos Walls Since 1988"

Turks and Caicos Diving offers the scuba diving enthusiast some of the most dramatic vertical wall diving in the world, most colorful reef systems, and bountiful tropical fish habitats. Provo Diving (short for Providenciales, TCI's largest island) truly boasts a repertoire of the finest dive sites found anyhwere in the World, the Caribbean, and obviously the Bahamas. The following depiction of our dive sites in text form only scratches the surface. If a picture tells a thousand words, persons who have dived our special island now possess memories that speak volumes.

Introduction:
I have built our great reputation and quality upon my many years of diving experience, exploring the different seas around the world and with my profound love of diving. Fortunately, I have had the chance to work and dive all around the world and to experience the total beauty of the underwater world.
Since I started diving, I always had that need and desire to go the extra mile, look for new sites, unexplored reefs and new walls. I have always tried something different and unique from what the others were doing, and to this date we still do this. There are a lot of different techniques for searching and exploring, but in the end, it take hours and miles of cruising the waters and diving to achieve total knowledge of an area. That curiosity, instinct and worldwide experience really helped me to find some of what are now the best-rated sites around the Caribbean! I remember years ago, when I set up Caicos Adventures and started diving strictly the South side, I knew that it was going to be successful. This was due to the fact that the diving here on the South side was for more superior than anything that we can find around Grace bay and the North West point! Now after all these years of diving and cruising the South side, I know that we are, by far, the operation that is most knowledgeable about these waters, and that we are the only ones that have explored every inch of the tremendous walls located on the South side.
The customers that have been diving with us already know that our knowledge, years worked in this business, and years on the water make a world of difference in their diving experience. Fifi Kunz

UnCharted Proprietary Sites
Most of our diving is based on FiFi Kunz's (owner) fifteen years of exploring the outer reefs and walls of Turks & Caicos since 1988. He has spent these years pioneering new and virgin dive sites, and privately mapping these pristine and/or sometimes radical spots in his knowledge bank and sometimes in his satellite GPS (with FiFi you really don't need a GPS, his knowledge of TCI dive sites is surpassed by none). So, most of our daily dive excursions involve pulling up to the intersection of the turquoise reef and the deep blue ocean- with no visible land in sight- and parking the boat. Now, the average vacationing diver on the boat thinks that there is no science to this choice in location, that we have randomly dropped anchor at any old spot. To their chagrin however, when they plunge under the waters, there will always be a "specially" selected wall profile, reef formation, or unique site characteristic that has been carefully depicted by FiFi during his pre-dive briefing. It is not random; it is his knowledge from years and years of daily diving and exploring these waters that has provided the expertise to share this unknown location with you the vacationing scuba diver.

West Caicos- Walls & Walls (Now 35 to 40 minute boat ride!!)
This uninhabited island is situated on the west side of Provo, about 35 minutes from the dock. There are six miles of protected leeward side walls, approximately 100-150 yards from shore with more than 2 dozen dive sites. The wall starts from 35-45 feet and drops to approximately 6,000 feet. You will see incredible sponges, coral formations, large grouper, Caribbean reef fish and stingrays. There are great spots to encounter large pelagic such as reef sharks, spotted eagle rays and turtles. On some occasions you will see manta rays and hammerheads.

The diving conditions are excellent for all levels and the visibility is rarely less than 100 feet. We offer 2 or 3 tank daily trips as well as night dives.

During the interval we always provide a tasty lunch, either served on the beach or in one of the beautiful coves.You can relax and enjoy the tranquility, or if you are feeling energetic you can explore the island and visit an 1800's plantation ghost town or Lake Catherine in the middle of the island. The snorkeling on the reef and near the shore provides more opportunities to enjoy the variety of marine life in the warm, clear water.

Sandbore Channel
The Sandbore Channel is the channel that opens up between the north point of West Caicos to the outer reef, West Reef. The tops of the different sites start as low as 28 ft to 30 ft, with some of the most pristine diving available, from vertical drop offs, to sandy bottoms with giant stingrays. We have many dive sites to choose from. These waters are especially great for larger pelagic like eagle rays, reef sharks, and occasionally Manta and Hammer Head. There are also very vibrant reef lives, and we have sites where we see Octopus during day dives, large lobster, large Nassau, grouper and Jew Fish.

Lost Reef
Somewhere south of Providenciales, about two miles of great reef and walls are kept secret from most TCI divers. This place is where we spot large groups of eagle rays, and reef sharks. Beautiful abundant coral, a very rich and dense formation from elephant ear sponges to gorgonia. Visibility can be unpredictable dues to wind or tide conditions, but we analyze these conditions prior to departing the dock to be sure that it is up to our standards.

Southwest Reef
1-1/2 miles of reef located on the east side of West Caicos. This reef is exposed to the tide wind most of the year, which makes the top condition pretty bumpy. However, it is a greater destination when the weather turns around and the winds blow from the North & Northwest. The 1-1/2 mile reef protects these pristine vertical wallsl. The walls are very vertical, with a hard bottom and sandy canyon. There are some of the biggest barrel sponges that you might ever see underwater, and great chances of seeing eagle ray, sharks and other large pelagic. This wall dived very little during the year, and we normally dive it a dozen of time during the winter months, February and March. The reef protecting these walls is spectacular, and we normally anchor between the dives so you can explore some unspoiled elkhorn coral formations with their abundant life.

French Cay (Now, 45 minutes from our dock!)
We arrange trips to this tiny Cay that was once used as a hideaway for pirates. It is now a bird sanctuary and located 40 minutes from our dock across the Caicos Bank. The wall runs in a East to West direction and therefore gets the sunlight all day resulting in especially large coral and sponges. The fish life is abundant and with frequent sightings of eagle rays, sharks and occasionally manta rays and hammerheads.

The most exciting time to dive at French Cay is during the first three months of the year when the humpback whales visit the area. Sightings are frequent and you could be lucky enough to dive with these massive yet graceful mammals.

Nurse sharks frequent the area during their mating season, normally from July to September, providing another great reason to visit these dive sites.

The visibility ranges from 60 -100+ and it is best to go on a fair day (tide & wind conditions), ensuring good visibility. We offer 2 or 3 tank day trips and as always lunch and refreshments are provided on every trip. During the interval we moor our boat behind the island where you will find great opportunities to snorkel and explore the reef while enjoying this peaceful serene location.

Molasses Reef
Located a little west of French Cay, 1 mile of reef on the open wall. Great chance for eagle ray and larger shark, as it is uncharted. The wall starts around 55 ft, and is totally vertical. Large gorgonia, cracks, and canyons that become great housing for large Nassau groupers. The top of the wall is a mixture of coral formations and sandy canyons with a lot of large barrel sponges.
The shallow reef is very pristine and full of life as it is totally uncharted, and we can visit some remnants of ancient shipwrecks during the surface interval.
It is exposed to the trade wind, and we only dive there when it is calm or when wind shifts direction.

West Sand Spits
Located another 6 miles south east of French Cay. Great to visit during the whale season, but need calm sea. The most spectacular sitting is the small sandy bare popping out of the middle of nowhere in the blue turkoise water. Beautiful pristine coral formation, large pelagic, large sting ray on the sandy bottom. The wall starts around 60 ft, and is a great reef for diving in the 45 to 50 foot range.

South Walls
These walls include the entire uncharted dives sites on the South side.We started to explore these walls years ago, and we have specials sites where we find large pelagic, large canyon and reef! Giants Jew Fish, Eagle Rays, Sharks and no boats anywhere around!

North West Point
All mooring sites, walls starting from 30 to 45 ft and are used by all the dive operators and larger resorts on the island. We dive there only with our smaller boat Hercules, departing from Turtle Cove marina. We prefer diving better quality and less crowded walls of West Caicos, French cay and all the South walls.

Grace Bay, Pine Cay and the North Shore
Reef dive starting from 25 to 40 ft located in the Alexandra National Park. All mooring dives. Grouper, lobster, reef life and occasionally turtle reef and nurse sharks. All sites located about 1-1/2 miles directly offshore of the Grace Bay resorts. We use our smaller boat "Hercules" most of the time, with beach or dock pick-ups at the resorts. It is only a 5 to 10 minute boat ride at most to these sites. We also do our night dives here, as it is most convenient for most divers, being nearby to the resorts.