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The in-water guide is just that for buddy teams. He/she will dive with anyone who does not have a buddy and will plan the dive based on the needs of those divers. Normally they will dive to between 80 and 90 ft on the first dive and 60 and 80 ft on the second. Usually, it is not the same guide for both dives. The boat crew usually only does 1 dive each, so you need to watch your computers, especially on the second dive, because you will already have a time penalty from the first dive that the dive guide does not need to worry about.

All divers with buddies are encouraged to dive as a buddy team. All Turks and Caicos scuba diving here is wall diving, so navigation is simple along the edge of the wall. You swim to the edge, check the current (usually negligible), and turn left or right until ½ your tank or bottom time. You turn around and come back shallower. We help you find the boat by placing a big blow-up sausage at the edge of the wall where the turn-off back to the boat is. Most moorings are fairly close to the edge of the wall, so you will likely be able to look up and see the boat from here. If not, just swim in from the marker over the plateau, and you will soon see the boat.

If you have a buddy, we encourage you to dive as a buddy team. During your training, you were taught how to descend, orientate yourself and watch your depth and air consumption and ascend at a safe rate, and complete a 3-minute safety stop. We expect you to be able to do this.

Most divers are worried about getting lost underwater. Navigation when Turks and Caicos scuba diving is easy along the edge of the wall, but if you wish to follow the guide in your buddy team, feel free to do so. You can follow at a short distance and still monitor your gauges. We find many divers will follow the guide for the first dive and then go it alone afterward. Just let the guide know what you plan to do.

If you cannot remember or are not confident enough to monitor your gauges, you will need to either take a private instructor with you on the dive or complete a quick refresher course before diving.

Diving is not like riding a bike, and if you are not completely comfortable, you will find you are unable to descend or will rush through a tank of air in only a few minutes or worse still, panic and miss the fun. So, if you have not dived in a while and your skills are a little rusty, you should do a Refresher Course before diving. It is a good idea to do one with your local dive shop before the trip if you can. If you can’t, consider taking one of our Refresher courses. Course options range from listening to a brief lecture going over basic Do’s and Don’ts followed by a short pool session practicing the most critical skills such as mask clearing and regulator retrieval through to PADI Reactivation, where your skills review will be followed the next day by a supervised 2 tank dive or 2 tank dive with a dedicated instructor.  Available most days. Please contact us for details.

A better alternative is to consider the Advanced Course. To become Advanced Certified you will complete 5 dives over 2 days under the direct supervision of an instructor. You will do Peak Performance Buoyancy, Navigation, a short Deep Dive, and 2 other interesting subject areas such as Fish ID, Naturalist, or Boat diving. There are knowledge reviews but no final exam and this is an excellent course for improving diving skills and instilling confidence.