malleycat
Guest
Hello All -
Well, we (my boyfriend and I) went to Provo from Nov. 3 - 10th and stayed at Beaches (we found a great deal, so figured "why not"....ugh, what a mistake). It pretty much rained the first few days due to Hurricane Michele. After going through their "Skills Check", we were able to go diving on Monday. What a horror. The boat ride was enough to keep you from wanting to dive! Seas were very rough, and vis was awful. We dove around West Caicos - not in Grace Bay, as it was too stirred up from the storms. Didn't see anything exciting -- I've seen much more on easy drift-dives in Cozumel. We were constantly fighting with the current. It just wasn't fun.
Diving was then cancelled for the rest of the week due to the rough seas and high winds around West Caicos. We spent our time hanging out by the pool and working on our tans...as there really wasn't much else to do. There's no real "main town" in Provo...at least none that we found. We even asked a few drivers if there was a main street, or town....no was the answer.
We finally got to go diving again on Friday - the day before we left. Seas were still rough, and the vis was even worse than on Monday. Almost missed a whole school of young barracudas because the vis was so poor. I guess we just picked a bad week to go.
I've heard others rave about TCI and Provo...but I really wasn't impressed. I'm sure the storm and the surge prevented us from seeing anything besides a few barracuda. Needless to say we won't be going back...especially to Beaches (waaay too many things wrong with that place to list here right now). What the heck were we thinking??!! The people in the dive shop were actually happy that we couldn't go diving....less work for them. Aieeegh....just give me Cozumel any day!!!
Liz
Well, we (my boyfriend and I) went to Provo from Nov. 3 - 10th and stayed at Beaches (we found a great deal, so figured "why not"....ugh, what a mistake). It pretty much rained the first few days due to Hurricane Michele. After going through their "Skills Check", we were able to go diving on Monday. What a horror. The boat ride was enough to keep you from wanting to dive! Seas were very rough, and vis was awful. We dove around West Caicos - not in Grace Bay, as it was too stirred up from the storms. Didn't see anything exciting -- I've seen much more on easy drift-dives in Cozumel. We were constantly fighting with the current. It just wasn't fun.
Diving was then cancelled for the rest of the week due to the rough seas and high winds around West Caicos. We spent our time hanging out by the pool and working on our tans...as there really wasn't much else to do. There's no real "main town" in Provo...at least none that we found. We even asked a few drivers if there was a main street, or town....no was the answer.
We finally got to go diving again on Friday - the day before we left. Seas were still rough, and the vis was even worse than on Monday. Almost missed a whole school of young barracudas because the vis was so poor. I guess we just picked a bad week to go.
I've heard others rave about TCI and Provo...but I really wasn't impressed. I'm sure the storm and the surge prevented us from seeing anything besides a few barracuda. Needless to say we won't be going back...especially to Beaches (waaay too many things wrong with that place to list here right now). What the heck were we thinking??!! The people in the dive shop were actually happy that we couldn't go diving....less work for them. Aieeegh....just give me Cozumel any day!!!
Liz