The Turks and Caicos Islands lie 575 miles southeast of miami and sit on top of two limestone plateaus seperated by the Turk Island Passage (7000ft deep). On one plateau sits the Turk Islands consisting of one main island and 10 cays and on the other plateau sits the Caicos Islands consisting of 6 main islands and 30 cays. Turks & Caicos islands are a british colony, and the official language is english and the US dollar is the main currency used. For shore time activities, sailing excursions, windsurfing, air charters, and island hoping all add variety to these tropical islands.

The diving can be considered in two seperate areas, the diving on the Turk islands and the diving on the Caicos islands.

The Turk Islands offer the ability to base yourself on either Grand Turk or Salt Cay, and still dive any of the dive sites. The best diving for the Turk islands is the renowned wall diving to be had on the wall just off shore from Grand Turk. The wall is only 300 meters from shore and starts at an average depth of only 10 meters. The wall is on the leyward side of the island and conditions are usually calm with excellent visibility. The marine life is extremely lush on these sites and typically you can see manta rays, eagle rays, queen trigger fish, hawksbill turtles, caribbean Piranha Yellow tail snapper, plus soft and hard corals and a variety of sponges.

The Caicos Islands has most of its diving currently concerntrated around Provo (Providenciales) and West Caicos islands. West Caicos island is a 10 mile boat ride from Provo and well worth it. Both islands feature dramatic wall dives with some caves, holes and swim throughs all adding variety to the diving. The typical marine life to be found includes pink hog fish, porcupine fish, nurse sharks, giant spiders crabs, eagle rays, manta rays, and giant elephant ear sponges (elephant ear canyon on west caicos). Also available is some wreck diving on the 80 foot long cargo freighter SouthWind and on a second 110 foot long freighter sunk by local dive operators.

Much of Turks & Caicos Islands has not been explored and many new sites are still opening up.