Salt Cay Divers
Salt Cay Divers
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Scuba & SnorkellingDolphin & Whale Watching
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Under new ownership since December 2018, Salt Cay Divers is the only professional dive center on Salt Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands. SCD is a PADI certified dive resort. We provide equipment rental along with wonderful dives led by our PADI certified divemaster. He is also able to certify you for your open water dive requirements (much more fun than some quarry). Our new catamaran dive boat, the Lovely Linda, has arrived. Check out our web site. You'll see why people come back year after year for this unique experience.
Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos
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Chris K
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Couples
We went to Salt Cay for the whales and weren't disappointed! We stayed for a week in Harbourside Villa, which is owned by SCD. Very nice house with 2 bedrooms and a large great room. All right across from the Dive operation. We went out 5 times for the whales and had extraordinary in-water experiences on 2 of them. Swimming with a mom. her young calf and a male excort was a peak wildlife experience! On another trip, we got excellent but brief views of a family and the other two times were quick views of whales swimming away.
Overall, a terrific experience and the staff were outstanding! Richard and Rachel were great. Antonia is the chef at the one restaurant on the island and we had fine dinners with her every night. She is a pleasure and a very good cook!
Written 5 March 2024
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Gautier K
World1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Couples
My best day in the caribbean islands !!
100% recommended. This is a MUST DO in grand Turk and salt cay.
We took a full day trip, and we were amazed all day long ! Rachel and Richard picked us up at grand Turk, went to salt cay, and gave us a very professional and kind speech before trying to see whales. We were lucky enough to see a family of 3 whales, with a baby whale playing and jumping. Very emotional ! We were able to swim with them as they were very friendly, it was very very emotional. We saw 2 other wales on a different spot and after a good lunch in salt cay we were again able to swim with the same family like if they were waiting for us !
Thank you very much for everything Dirk & Karen, and the crew Rachel and Richard ! We felt very special until the end. Unforgettable
Written 4 March 2024
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Harper b
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Friends
Our experience with Salt Cay Divers could not have been better! Karen was excellent to communicate with. Rachel was a super help on all fronts and the captain for the whale you, Richard was superb! We also rented a cottage from them that was super comfortable. I would highly recommend taking a tour with them.
Written 4 March 2024
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Debbie T
Mystic, CT1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Couples
This little island and the people that work and live there are magical. We had a great two nights, and could not have felt more welcome. Joy, Rachel, Robert, Derk and the others were incredible. We stayed in the Harborside cottages and it was perfect !
We will definitely be back!
Written 24 January 2024
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Dieselstinker
Tampa, FL2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
My daughter and I went on a diving and vacation trip to the Turks & Caicos Island and stayed on Salt Cay for a week. We had a great diving experience with Salt Cay Divers and stayed at in one of their guest houses. Joy, Richard and Rachel did a great job with the diving and preparing the guest house for our stay. My daughter and I needed some refresher diving instructions and Richard and Rachel were great instructors and got us safe and quickly back into the diving mode.

Salt Cay took a step back in time because hurricanes, recession and Covid took a great hit on the island, but Salt Cay Divers is on the right track to support the island and bringing it back to the old days of island experience and diving. This island is for the adventures traveler and offers a relaxed, friendly and peaceful atmosphere. My daughter liked it very much and I believe that she will come back to Salt Cay and dive again in the beautiful waters of salt Cay with the Salt Cay Divers.
Written 17 January 2024
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Casey O
10 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Couples
We loved loved our tour. The crew picked us up from the Grand Turk airport with a taxi and drove us straight to the boat dock. From there we took a boat to Salt Cay. The crew explained how to safely swim with the whales and dropped us in the water right next to them and we were able to spot them 6 times and swim them 4 times throughout the tour. We saw two babies with their moms and a couple of male and female pairs. It was incredible! The crew was as knowledgeable as they were respectful of the whales. Our captain Richard has been diving with whales for over 16 years and his experience shows. We will keep on booking with Salt Cay Divers for future trips! They are very kind and accommodating. Thank you so much.
Written 15 January 2024
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Shelly E
Cheyenne 5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Friends
Our dive group of eight had the great opportunity to travel to Salt Cay for a week in November 2023. We stayed in all four of the beautiful Harborside Cottages & Marsh Wiggle Cottages Salt Cay Divers has available. Each freshly renovated cottage had its own Caribbean charm. Comfortable living room and dining room furniture, nice cold air conditioning or you can open the doors and windows and enjoy the Caribbean breeze. There is informative reading material, sunscreen, and even bug spray available if needed.
Nice hot water, comfortable beds and linens, plush towels, including beach towels. There is shampoo/conditioner and body soap available. Excellent Wi-Fi in every cottage.
The cottages are beautifully decorated. Each cottage has everything you need to cook for yourself during your visit. Well stocked with cooking supplies, spices as well as salt, pepper, sugar, coffee, tea, and creamer. There was even a container of milk. Absolutely everything you need to be comfortable. You don’t have to worry about drinking water, there is a built-in reverse osmosis faucet in the kitchens so you can fill your water bottles and coffee pot directly from the faucet.
Karen, the owner, is such an accommodating, friendly, lovely person. Great customer service, answered all my questions I emailed her about immediately. Karen made all our transfer arrangements from Grand Turk to Salt Cay on their beautiful roomy and comfortable dive boat. Karen even picked up groceries, fresh bread, soda and adult beverages for our group part way through our visit. She took us on a tour of the island and pointed out what the island is known for.
There is one cute little restaurant right beside the dive shop that our group ate at several times during our stay. Everyone on the island is welcoming and friendly. We felt very safe during our visit. You can easily walk to everywhere you go on this beautiful island. If you are looking for off the grid, authentic island charm and enjoy the quiet laid back side of the Caribbean, this is your place to go.
Our group dove all week with Salt Cay Divers. Richard, the boat captain/dive master was excellent. Salt Cay Divers keeps your dive gear from your first dive to your last and clean it daily and back on the boat for your next dive.
Written 9 January 2024
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Tim F
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023
Great support and customer service. Very flexible Dive shop. Richard, the dive master and boat Capitan was excellent.
Written 27 July 2023
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HeatherLH
Javea, Spain34 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Couples
We had a fantastic 5 day weekend excursion to Salt Cay with Salt Cay Divers to celebrate my 50th birthday !!

Rachel and Richard were amazing! Rachel answered my plethora of questions and emails as we juggled the dates of our trip to fit our schedule and flight chaos ! She graciously made the arrangements to get from the airport to the small island and picked us up personally from the dock !!! She goes above and beyond !

We booked in to the Marsh Wiggle salt rakers cottage which was well decorated and outfitted with everything you would need for your stay. ( make sure to preorder your groceries with Rachel before your arrival !!!) the cottage was located Very close to the diveshop .

Captain and dive master Richard is the ultimate whale whisperer and very knowledgeable as well as respectful of the whales ! Rachel went with us on every excursion and got in the water with me when I was nervous !! They made the whole experience Very magical ! We saw so many whales breach, we snorkeled with a mother and Calf 3 times and We were fortunate enough to not only hear a male whale singing but to get in the water and witness this first hand ! Seeing these magical creatures up close is something everyone should experience, even the most nervous water people like myself !

Not only did we whale watch and snorkel but My husband went out on three different double dives with Richard, and had an amazing experience exploring the reef and wall. Salt Cay divers are very experienced , safe and professional in all aspects of diving and Snorkelling.

Salt Cay is an island time seems to have forgotten. It is quiet and charming where everyone is so friendly. We rented a golf cart which I highly recommend to explore every corner of the island (it’s an easy walk to most places. ) Other reviews have mentioned that this is not for the five star resort types, but if you want authentic island charm this is the place and the experiences in the water are 10 star quality !

The highest compliment we can give is to return with more family and friends to experience the pure magic and wonder of Salt Cay and especially Salt Cay Divers!
Written 31 March 2023
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Brad Phelps
New York City, NY128 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022
We took a fantastic snorkel tour all around the island and out to Cotton Cay. We've taken tours off of Provo before but the wildness and natural beauty of Salt Cay is truly special. Richard was extremely knowledgeable and went out of his way to make sure we had the best possible experience. Besides the excursion itself, Salt Cay Divers was beyond helpful over the course of our trip - the logistics of visiting the island are definitely tough, but Salt Cay Divers made it very doable. They helped us with transportation, food, and accommodation, and Richard personally met us at the airport, took us to our house, made sure we had everything we needed, and helped us coordinate our itinerary. We could not have asked for better service and will definitely have to return in season to see the whales!
Written 3 August 2022
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