Route Description - Providenciales, West Caicos and French Cay
8 Days / 7 Nights
Day 1: Arrival/Boarding/Departure
Guests will be met by a staff member in uniform at the Providenciales (PLS) International Airport and transferred to the yacht. Guests may board on Saturday between 4 pm - 6 pm. At 6 pm, the yacht departs for its night anchorage to prepare for diving Sunday morning.
Day 2-7: Diving days
Top Dive Sites:
French Cay - Double D - Simply the Garden of Eden. The wall is overgrown and marine life is abundant. Two huge coral mounds are teeming with fish. A resident spotted scorpionfish often poses for photographers. Spotted Eagle Rays are often seen here.
French Cay - G-Spot - An absolutely beautiful wall with many huge deep water gorgonians and orange elephant ear sponges growing at the wall’s edge.
French Cay - Rock and Roll - The top of the wall is at 40 feet. Plenty of barrel sponges, elkhorn, and pillar coral. Juvenile barracuda and lobsters were spotted during the day. This is a great afternoon and night dive.
French Cay - West Sand Spit - (5 miles south of French Cay) The wall starts at 40 feet, and it is covered with huge coral formations—pillar corals, barrel sponges, and deep water gorgonians. Look for nurse sharks, French angels, ocean triggerfish, and huge stingrays. This site is weather permitting.
Northwest Point - Black Coral Forest - The walls start at 45 feet and drop to below 300 feet. There is an overhang in which at least 5 species of black coral are growing. The base of the overhang is at 75 feet.
Northwest Point - Shark Hotel - Named for the Caribbean Reef Sharks sometimes seen cruising the wall. The wall levels at 90 feet in a plateau covered with plate corals. At 100 feet, a chimney cuts through the reef, exiting at 130 feet on the deep wall. Lots of pillar coral on top of the wall.
Northwest Point - The Crack - The wall doglegs to the south, forming a huge penny slot crack in which divers can swim and exit at any time. A massive barrel sponge with an anemone above it is at 85 feet. Swim to the south where you may encounter schooling fish and a resident turtle.
Northwest Point - The Dome - Once the site of a French television game show, this sunken dome offers a spectacular night dive.
West Caicos - Driveway - One of the most diverse dive sites along West Caicos. The boat is moored in 35 feet of water, offering the options of swimming to the wall over the Driveway, a large sand chute, or cruising on top of the wall in shallower water where there are many interesting isolated coral heads. Anemones are growing in only 5-10 feet of water.
West Caicos - Gullies - Swim through a penny slot gully which starts at 45 feet and ends at 75 feet. Beautiful sponge formations at the edge of the wall and schooling fish on top of the wall.
West Caicos - Rock Garden Interlude - The wall is divided into sections with large and beautiful sponge formations. Encounter friendly turtles and spotted scorpionfish. The sand flat on top of the wall has several nice coral heads and garden eels.
West Caicos - The Anchor/Whiteface - Called Whiteface for the white sandy cliffs along West Caicos. Swim through a gully with a 17th-century anchor wedged in the north side of the gully. A beautiful, large white anemone sits at about 95 feet at the base of the gully. Keep an eye out for the resident reef shark, which is not camera shy. Great night dive with lobsters, octopus, and nurse sharks.
After full diving, the yacht returns to the Caicos Marina & Shipyard on Friday after lunch. Friday evening, the yacht hosts a sunset cocktail party. Provo has several restaurants where guests can eat. Friday night dinner is not included in the price of the charter.
Day 8: Check-out is Saturday at 8 am. Transportation is provided back to the airport on Saturday morning.