Tiki Hut Anchorage, North West Point, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos

We make good time in the steady force 6 winds especially once we get behind the large reef which stretches from South Caicos to Providenciales. We can see a blue shadow on the underside of the clouds hanging over the reef, otherwise the only indication of it’s presence is the reduced swell. We are within 8 miles before we see West Caicos which is south of Providenciales but not shown on yesterday’s map.

The squalls then start but we decide to press on to some dive moorings which we will be able to pick up at North West point, Providenciales (left hand red peg) taking advantage of the slightly longer days this bit further north. We finally tie up about 6.45pm by which time it would be pitch black in Grenada, but here it is not quite sunset. A very nice looking resort of thatched huts overlooks us as we settle down to a well deserved hot meal and early night before we move round to Turtle Cove marina (right hand peg) tomorrow morning.