October 2014 Newsletter

Hello Friends,
Can you believe it’s already October and time to start getting ready for Halloween?  Time has been passing by faster than a rosy razorfish tunneling through the sand!  In this newsletter you can expect to read about: Our October special, our newest conservation efforts, our most recent non-profit partnership, and more!

The first 100% AWARE Dive Center in the TCI!

Blue Water Divers is proud to announce our latest partnership with Project AWARE.  Project AWARE (a registered non-profit organization) is a global movement of scuba divers protecting our ocean planet – one dive at a time. Focused on the critical issues of Sharks in Peril and Marine Debris, Project AWARE empowers thousands of divers in more than 180 countries to work together for a clean, healthy and abundant ocean planet.  Blue Water Divers now makes a donation to Project AWARE for every student that we certify.  It’s just one more way we try to protect the ocean that we all love so much, and we are very proud to be leading the entire country in our conservation efforts with Project AWARE.

Last Minute Getaway Special

Escape to Grand Turk before the end of October 2014 and enjoy ​savings on diving, spa treatments and accommodation (plus you’ll miss the new government tax which goes into effect on 1 November 2014!):

Reserve the Premier King Suite or Queen Suite with full or mini kitchen at the Osprey Beach Hotel with a ​minimum 5 day two tank morning dive package for 2 people at Blue Water Divers and receive 10% discount on both ​your accommodation and your ​dive packages!  In addition, you will receive a 15% discount on spa treatments with Oceanscapes Spa as well as a free rash guard for each person from Blue Water Divers!  Valid through 31 October 2014.

OR

Reserve 2 rooms or suites for at least 7 nights at the Osprey Beach Hotel with a minimum 6 day two tank morning dive package for 4 with Blue Water Divers and receive 1 night accommodation free as well as 4 dive packages for the price of 3.  In addition, you will receive a 15% discount on spa treatments with Oceanscapes Spa as well as a free rash guard for each person from Blue Water Divers!  Valid through 31 October 2014.

Contact us at info@grandturkscuba.com and mention special code “STILL SUMMER IN GT” to make your reservation while these offers last!

Have Fun Do Good 

Thanks in large part to the efforts of Katharine Hart, an Environmental Officer for DEMA, Blue Water Divers was able to host and participate in the training of several people to become Reef Check Eco Divers.  Together with all the dive centers on Grand Turk, and different dive centers from all over the Turks and Caicos, we will be able to conduct scientific studies on the health of both our coral reef and our marine life.  We are very excited and proud to be a part of this initiative!

This year, DEMA also issued a challenge to everyone in the TCI to either organize a beach clean-up, or participate in one, for International Coastal Clean-up Day.  Needless to say, we were quick to rise to the occasion!  We would like to thank all 17 volunteers who came out to help us pick up debris along the “Library” portion of town.  We would also like to thank all the other organizations throughout the TCI that hosted a clean-up, and their volunteer cleaners as well.  Together there were 168 volunteers and we picked up a total of 279 trash bags full of debris in honor of International Coastal Clean-up Day 2014!

New Merchandise

How many times have you stayed up late at night wishing that you could just somehow fill that Blue-Water-Divers-sticker-shaped hole in your heart?  Well, now you can with one of our brand new high quality Blue Water Divers stickers!  Or check out some of our new dresses and kiddy sized t-shirts.  We also have some brand new shirts and hats from the Turks and Caicos Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (TCSPCA).  The proceeds from the TCSPCA retail items are donated to benefit the Grand Turk chapter of the TCSPCA.

Social Media

We are very excited to announce that not only have we broken through 300 TripAdvisor reviews, at 299 we are SOO close to over 300 5-bubble (“excellent”) reviews!. That is a huge achievement for anyone, particularly a small dive shop such as ours, and we are glad that so many people have had an excellent time with us.  We have most assuredly been having a pretty excellent time ourselves.  A big thank you to everyone who took the time to share their experiences with us!

Last, but not least, you can keep in touch with us on our Blue Water Divers Facebook page (now at 1369k “likes”!) at and / or on our Diving Grand Turk interest group page on Facebook.