Dive Providenciales Island, Turks and Caicos

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Many diving experts, including the late Jacques Cousteau, have said Providenciales is one of the 10 best sites in the world. The island's crystal clear waters (often more than 30m/100 ft.) make it the # 2 rated dive site according to Dive magazines in 2012. Providenciales has a barrier reef that runs the full length of the island's 27km (17-mile) north coast. Finally add in dramatic vertical underwater "walls" where the coral is big and healthy you know why this island is ranked so high. Popular diving spots include Grace Bay, Northwest Point, Pine Cay, West Caicos and French Cay. The western half of Providenciales is mostly barren wilderness, home to the island's best natural attraction, Chalk Sound National Park. The park is a 3 miles (4.8 km) long bay southwest of Downtown. The color of the water is a uniform turquoise and studded with countless mushroom-like tiny islets. Also on the western part of the island is Northwest Point Marine National Park, which extends to nearby reefs and several saline lakes that attract breeding and migrant waterfowl.

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