All passengers arrived to Providenciales as scheduled on Saturday and Turks and Caicos Explorer II left Caicos Marina under the command of Captain Mark Fernandez. They headed first to the Northwest point of Providenciales. The morning dives on the first day were done at Eel Garden and Stairway. The afternoon dive was at the Chimney. The bull shark was sighted for the third time in three weeks, and people who have seen it estimate it to be 10-12 ft. The site for the night dive was “the Dome,” which is a large metal structure that has become an artificial reef. It might not look like much during the day, but it attracts many marine critters and is a great site for night dives. In addition to being a fun place for a night dive, “Thunder Dome” has quite an illustrious history! It was originally constructed as the set for a French TV game show.

After morning dives at Amphitheatre, the boat headed over to West Caicos for dives at Rock Garden Interlude - or RGI for short! Tuesday was also spent at West Caicos with dives at the Gully (and Loretta!) and Brandywine. On Wednesday morning divers got to see the beautiful coral and sponge encrusted anchor at the aptly named dive site, Spanish Anchor. After the morning dives, Captain Mark Fernandez took the boat over to French Cay where they spent the rest of the week. They dove at G-Spot, Double-D and Half Mile Reef. Then it was back to the marina in time for lunch on Friday.