SNUBA Turks and Caicos
Snuba is an alternative to scuba diving and was invented in 1989. The activity is pretty popular in several locations across the globe, including the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Caribbean, and Hawaii. At The Turks and Caicos company, we can organize snuba diving trips for our clients.
Diving Into the Basics of Snuba
Snuba diving is the combination of scuba diving and snorkeling. The difference is that snuba divers do not need to carry bulky air tanks on their backs. The air tanks are attached to a small raft that remains stationary on the water’s surface. Snuba divers are typically connected to the raft with a hose that allows them to dive down approximately 15 feet (standard) or even 20 feet. Unlike snorkeling, you don’t have to come up to the surface for air. You are free to swim around freely for an extended period of time.
Snuba diving tours are often available in central Providenciales, at the beach that’s near the Bight Reef. This beautiful location comes with an easily accessible reef system and is home to a wide selection of sea life, including the occasional nurse sharks, hawksbill turtles, stingrays, lobsters, and colorful reef fishes. If you travel further to Princess Alexandra National Park’s offshore barrier reef, you will be able to explore a more complex reef structure.
Before you snuba dive, it is important to note that no one is allowed to remove anything from the reserves and marine parks. Divers must also avoid leaving personal items behind. These rules are essential for preserving the islands’ underwater world and preventing corals from getting killed.
Why Go Snuba Diving with The Turks and Caicos company ?
At The Turks and Caicos company, we keep our snuba groups small. This allows our guests to better explore the fascinating reef at Providenciales. Next, our guests do not need to go through any formal training, take pool classes, or hold any diving certifications. Our snuba diving tours are perfect for the entire family, including kids who are at least eight years old.
Our tours come with a trained instructor and are designed to allow our guests to relax and enjoy the fun of breathing underwater without the use of heavy equipment. It’s a rare chance for you to come face-to-face with coral reefs, exotic marine life, and schools of fish!
How To Come Prepared
A typical snuba diving session can last up to an hour. For your trip, it’s recommended that you pack the following items with you:
- Insect repellent
- Underwater camera
- Swimsuit
- Change of clothes
- Sneakers
- Towel
- Cash
- Sunscreen
- Water shoes
Alternatively, you can get our concierge attendants to prepare everything you need.
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FAQs
Snuba is a guided underwater activity that blends the ease of snorkeling with the immersive feel of scuba diving. Instead of carrying a tank on your back, you’re connected by a flexible air hose to a small raft that floats on the surface and follows you as you swim.
This means you can breathe naturally underwater, at depths of up to 15 or 20 feet, without needing any prior training, certification, or pool sessions. We run our snuba tours from the beach near Bight Reef in central Providenciales, where you’ll swim alongside hawksbill turtles, stingrays, lobsters, and colorful reef fish in an easily accessible reef system.
For guests who want to go a little deeper into the experience, we can also arrange trips out to the more complex reef structure at Princess Alexandra National Park.
Our snuba tours are designed to welcome the whole family, and we set the minimum age at eight years old, which is standard for the activity worldwide. There’s no upper age limit, and we regularly host grandparents, parents, and kids on the same tour. Because no certification or prior diving experience is required, snuba works well for guests who aren’t confident swimmers or who have never tried anything like scuba diving before.
Every participant should be reasonably comfortable in the water and free of any medical condition that would make breathing underwater unsafe. Our trained instructors stay close to each guest throughout the tour, so nervous first timers and children alike get plenty of guidance and reassurance.
If you have questions about whether snuba is a good fit for a specific member of your group, our concierge team is happy to talk it through with you before you book.
Pricing for our snuba tours depends on your group size, the season, and whether you’d like to add extras like an underwater camera rental or a longer session at Princess Alexandra National Park. Because rates can shift with availability and demand, we don’t publish a fixed price and instead recommend reaching out to us directly so we can quote you an accurate, up to date rate for your travel dates.
Booking through us also means our concierge team can bundle your snuba tour with other excursions or your resort stay, which often works out better than pricing each activity separately. We keep our snuba groups small by design, so early booking helps us lock in your preferred date, time, and rate before spots fill up.
Snorkeling keeps you at the surface, looking down into the reef, and requires you to lift your head for every breath. Snuba puts you inside that same underwater world for an extended stretch of time, since your air comes through a hose connected to a raft above you rather than through a snorkel tube. That difference changes the experience entirely. You can swim closer to the reef, watch fish and turtles at eye level, and stay down for a full hour without coming up for air.
It’s a noticeably calmer, more immersive way to experience the reef than snorkeling, but it doesn’t require the training or certification that traditional scuba diving does. For many of our guests, snuba is the moment snorkeling stops feeling like enough and full scuba diving starts to feel less intimidating.
Booking a snuba tour with us starts with a quick call or online inquiry, and our concierge team will help you choose your preferred date, time, and location, whether that’s Bight Reef or the barrier reef at Princess Alexandra National Park.
We recommend booking a few days ahead of your preferred date, since demand for our small-group tours is high and spots fill quickly during peak season. You can reach us at 866-216-8058 if you’re calling from the United States, or 646-374-0048 for international calls, or simply contact us online and we’ll follow up with availability and next steps.
Once your tour is confirmed, our team can also help you prepare, from arranging gear through our concierge attendants to coordinating the rest of your Turks and Caicos itinerary around your snuba experience.