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#191
Grand Turk vs. Cozumel
divelizard - 12/15/2014 9:28 AM
Category: Travel
Replies: 5

Is Grand Turk (not Caicos) diving really "the same but 4 times better" than Cozumel?
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divelizard - 12/19/2014 11:40 PM
What month do you think is the best time to be there?
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Dutch - 12/20/2014 1:05 PM
I worked there for a year and found no real "off" season. That said, the humpbacks do migrate through the Turks Island Passage in January to 1/2 February. And I liked South and Grand Turk much more than Provo. Better diving, more fish and clearer water.
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Brian_V - 12/22/2014 5:14 PM
Unfortunately Grand Turk was hit directly by two major hurricanes in the 2008 season, Hana & Ike, which devastated the island, and washed literally tons of debrie into the water and onto the reefs. The island was without electricity for more than 6 months. It’s been a few years since I’ve been there, which was a couple of years after the hurricanes, but the diving was not particularly that good. Maybe it’s recovered, but I doubt it’s better diving than that in Cozumel!