A week aboard the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II places you at the heart of some of the Caribbean’s most celebrated wall diving. Operating Saturday to Saturday out of Providenciales, this 120-foot (36m) yacht transports you directly to the drop-offs of West Caicos, French Cay, and the remote western islands. What sets this liveaboard apart is that all diving is conducted directly from the mothership. You step from the dive deck straight into the water, eliminating the rush and constraint of tender operations. The vessel cruises at a steady 10 knots, offering efficient transit, but the real pace is set by the ocean: drifting along the vertical walls of the Turks Island Passage, where the bottom is often too deep to register on a depth gauge.
Accommodation is arranged for 18 guests across 9 cabins, a scale that keeps the experience intimate. The master stateroom offers a queen bed for couples, while the 6 deluxe cabins feature a double with a single upper berth - practical for small groups or solo travellers who prefer not to share. 2 twin cabins share a bathroom, providing a straightforward option for friends or those booking individually. Every room on the Turks & Caicos Aggressor liveaboard comes with its own climate control, a media player, and a private bathroom in all but the twin-share category. After long days in the current, having immediate access to a hot shower and a controlled environment to dry cameras and skin makes a genuine difference to comfort.
The common areas are laid out for decompression in every sense. The air-conditioned saloon houses the photo centre, complete with an editing computer - a vital space for backing up cards and beginning the culling process. Above, the shaded sun deck features a hot tub and loungers, but it is the sheltered aft deck that tends to draw the crowd. Meals are often served here, under cover but open to the breeze, with views across the turquoise banks toward the next day’s dive sites. The crew host a cocktail party toward the end of the week, followed by a dinner ashore - a pleasant break and a chance to feel solid ground beneath your feet before reboarding for the final night.
Dining aboard the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II liveaboard is built around variety and local flavour. Breakfasts include cooked-to-order eggs alongside cereals and fresh fruit. Lunches lean toward buffets with soups, homemade breads, and salads, while dinners are plated and served. The sample menus show a rotation through Caribbean conch fritters, Belizean-style snapper, and comfort classics like roast turkey with all the trimmings. Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages are included throughout the trip, so the focus stays on the diving, not the tab.
What gives the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II liveaboard its edge is the consistency of the Aggressor fleet model combined with the unique geography of the islands. The wall diving here is not about one single famous site but the cumulative effect of multiple days exploring pristine reef crests, sand chutes, and the occasional blue hole. You might see reef sharks patrolling the edge, turtles working the cleaning stations, or simply the sprawl of gorgonians against deep blue water. The crew know where the current is likely to set and when the light will be right for photography. It is that local familiarity, paired with a vessel designed for the rhythm of liveaboard life, that turns a week in Turks and Caicos into more than just a series of dives - it becomes a proper expedition, with the comfort to enjoy it fully.
There are 9 staterooms on the lower deck of the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II. There is 1 Master stateroom (size: 8 ft x 12 ft) with a queen bed. 6 Deluxe double/twin staterooms (size: 8 ft x 7 ft) have a lower double bed and an upper single bed. 2 Twin staterooms (size: 7 ft x 6 ft) with single bunk beds. All have air-conditioning, TV and DVD and en-suite bathrooms except Twin staterooms which share a bathroom.
All the liveaboard staterooms have:
- Individually controlled air conditioning
- Portholes
- Private bathroom with toilet and hot water shower (except Twin staterooms)
- Hand basin, towels, toiletries and hair dryer
- TV/DVD player
- Cabinet and mirror
- Mains outlet 110 volts (US standard) - 24 hours per day
No. of bathrooms / showers - 9 / 9 - hot water
Turks & Caicos
Trip highlights: shark action, great macro life/ marine diversity
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Shark Hotel, Black Coral Forest, The Crack, Stairway, West Caicos Channel, Driveway, Gullies, The Anchor, G Spot, Double D, and Rock & Roll
Day 1
You board the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II liveaboard at Turtle Cove Marina on Providenciales in the late afternoon. The crew helps you settle into your stateroom, then gathers everyone for a safety briefing and an introduction to the week ahead. By the time dinner is served - perhaps a baked breaded chicken with fettuccine or the evening’s featured dish - the lines are cast off. The boat motors a short distance to its first night anchorage, and you fall asleep to the gentle roll of the Caicos Banks.
Core Days
Come Sunday morning, the rhythm sets in. Dives begin early and continue through the day, with up to 5 dives possible, including a night dive. The Turks & Caicos Aggressor II liveaboard spends the week rotating between 3 main areas: West Caicos, French Cay, and the walls off Northwest Point. You dive directly from the mothership, so transitions between sites are smooth - a short repositioning, a fresh briefing, and you’re back in the water.
West Caicos offers some of the most varied terrain. At Driveway, you descend onto a broad sand chute that slopes toward the abyss, flanked by coral heads where anemones grow in the shallows. Black coral and purple tube sponges cling to the wall, and yellow-headed jawfish hover near their burrows. Nearby, Gullies invites you through a penny-slot crevice that opens at 75 feet onto sponge-encrusted ledges. At The Anchor, a 17th-century anchor wedges into the reef, a quiet piece of history surrounded by schools of creole wrasse. Night dives here reveal octopus hunting and sleeping parrotfish in their mucous cocoons.
French Cay is where the gorgonians take over. At G Spot, such a pleasurable dive, the wall is dense with deep-water gorgonian fans and orange elephant ear sponges. Turtles cruise the edge, and eagle rays sometimes pass below. Double D continues the innuendos and presents 2 massive coral mounds teeming with life - barrel sponges, pillar corals, and the occasional spotted scorpion fish posing for cameras. Rock and Roll starts shallow at 40 feet, a garden of elkhorn and pillar corals where juvenile barracuda linger and lobsters hide in the cracks.
Northwest Point delivers the drama. At Black Coral Forest, the wall begins at 45 feet and drops beyond 300. An overhang at 75 feet hosts at least 5 species of black coral. Shark Hotel lives up to its name: Caribbean reef sharks sometimes cruise the plateau at 90 feet, and a chimney cuts through the reef to the deep wall beyond. The Crack offers a swim-through along a massive fissure, with a barrel sponge and anemone marking the way. Resident turtles often appear, unbothered by bubbles.
Between dives, there is time for shore excursions. The Aggressor crew may take you to a sandy spit for beachcombing or a snorkel in the shallows.
Final Day
Friday morning arrives with a continental breakfast in Turtle Cove Marina. Disembarkation is straightforward: you gather your gear, say your goodbyes, and head for the airport or onward to a hotel if you are extending your stay. The walls and the reefs and the rhythm of the week with the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II liveaboard stay with you a while longer.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].
A week on the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II liveaboard settles into a rhythm that feels natural very quickly. You wake early, roll out of a cabin with its own climate control, and step onto the dive deck before the sun gets high. The first dive of the day happens before breakfast, and there is something satisfying about surfacing with an empty stomach and the smell of coffee and toast already drifting from the saloon. The second dive follows once the boat has repositioned, often along a new stretch of wall or over a sand chute where turtles like to hover. By late morning, the table is set.
Breakfast aboard this yacht is cooked to order. You can choose eggs any style, pancakes, French toast, or something lighter like fresh fruit and yogurt. The galley keeps a basket of breakfast breads - johnny cakes make a regular appearance - and there is always cereal and oatmeal for those who prefer to keep it simple. What matters is that it is hot, and you have time to eat it while the boat moves to the next site, the shallow shelf of the Caicos Banks sliding past the windows.
Lunch is served after the third dive, usually as a buffet on the shaded aft deck. You might find vegetable soup and homemade bread alongside a curry almond chicken salad, black bean and corn salad, and a pasta option. Some days it is fajitas with all the fixings, or cheeseburgers fresh off the grill. The liveaboard crew set out plates and let you help yourself, so you can grab a plate, find a spot in the shade, and eat with wet hair and sandy feet while someone recounts the shark encounter from the last dive.
Between meals, there is always something to nibble. The mid-morning snack might be a chocolate chip cookie still warm from the oven. After lunch, maybe brownies or banana bread. By late afternoon, the Aggressor crew will bring out something more substantial - maybe BBQ chicken wings with blue cheese dip, or conch fritters with a chili sauce. These snacks appear on the dive deck or in the saloon, and they disappear fast. It keeps energy up for the afternoon dives and the night dive that follows dinner.
The evening meal is the main event. Dinner is plated and served, often with a starter like tomato wedge salad or warm carrot soup. Mains rotate through the week: baked breaded chicken with fettuccine, filet mignon with mushroom sauce, blackened shrimp over pasta, roast turkey with all the trimmings. The menu pulls from Caribbean and American influences: Belizean red beans and rice with snapper one night, cumin pork chops with pineapple salsa another. Desserts are homemade: banana foster, key lime pie, apple and peach cobbler. On the final evening, the crew hosts a wine and cheese reception before taking everyone ashore for dinner at a local restaurant. It is a pleasant break, and a chance to stretch your legs on solid ground.
Drinks are included throughout. Soft drinks, juices, and local beer and wine are available whenever you want them. The Turks & Caicos Aggressor crew keeps a cooler on the dive deck stocked with water, so you can grab one before kitting up.
Nights aboard the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II liveaboard are quiet but not silent. After the night dive, some guests head to the salon to watch a movie or browse the small library of fish ID books. Others sit on the aft deck under the stars, comparing dive logs or just listening to the water move against the hull. The hot tub on the sun deck stays warm, and there are always a few people soaking while the boat drifts on anchor near French Cay or West Caicos. By 10 or 11 pm, the boat is mostly asleep, ready to do it all again the next day.
It is a routine built around scuba diving, but the food and the pauses between dives are what make it sustainable. You eat well, you rest, you dive again. By the end of the week, the rhythm becomes something you miss when you are back on land.
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Flowers and his staff made my first live aboard adventure wonderful. At age 85 my strength isn't what it used to be but they were able to minimize that weakness and I was still able to get in 16 dives in 5 days, including a night dive, which I thought I would hate. It was great thanks to Ali, Rusty and the team.
Everyone on the staff was attentive to my smallest needs, and the food was superb. I had hoped not to eat that much, but every meal was better than the last. I can find no room for improvement. The biggest inconvenience was getting into bed and hitting my head on the wood above." -
Dr Chuck Vogel, USA, 21 October 2024 ...
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Very good and helpful service team on board. Very good cuisine, both quality and arangement. The best of all my Aggressor trips." -
Janusz Jablonski , Poland, 7 October 2022 ...
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Excellent and very warm crew, The best chef in my 18 liveaboard trips. the only minor negative was not really hot water in a shower. They said that it is by design and more hot shower was available at the dive deck." -
Joseph M Backer, United States, 7 March 2022 ...
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Service was excellent, great crew. Food was good and boat was clean and all in order. All instructions were communicated in an efficient and timely manner." -
Ryan Chanatry, USA, 24 December 2014 ...
MORE TRIP DETAILS
Dive experience: Certified divers are required to dive within the limits of their certification. There is no direct in-water supervision of divers.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, soft drinks, hot drinks, alcoholic drinks, transfers to the boat from the airport/hotel/port, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (max 18 divers per DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts, sales tax.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Restaurant meal on final evening, scuba equipment rental (incl dive computer: USD 225 per week), dive insurance, port fees: 7 nights: (USD 110 per person) 10 nights: (USD 158 per person). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).
Optional extras: Nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (USD 100 per person per trip), torch (USD 8 per night). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival. Note: prices of items purchased onboard are subject to change.
How to get there: You should aim to arrive here on Saturday. For more details, including airlines, visit our Turks & Caicos travel information section.
You will be greeted at the airport by a uniformed crew member and transferred to the port for boarding between 3 and 6 pm. The liveaboard departs that evening and anchors in readiness for scuba diving to begin Sunday morning. The Turks-Caicos Aggressor II returns to Turtle Cove Marina after lunchtime on Friday. On that evening the crew host a cocktail party followed by dinner in a restaurant ashore. You can check out at 8 am on Saturday morning and be transferred to the airport.
The last dive of the tour will be at around 12 noon on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Non-diver rate: None.
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travelers may choose to share a stateroom, or pay a supplement of 65% of the normal published price for their own cabin.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 8 guests and 1 extra person can join the cruise in a Twin bed stateroom free of charge (total 9+ guests).
Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 16 guests and 2 extra persons can join the cruise in a Twin bed stateroom free of charge (total 18 guests).
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