One of the biggest drawcards for the Turks and Caicos is its remarkably level temperatures throughout the year. Visit anytime, and find a soothing, warm beach experience waiting. While summers can get a little too hot (yes, it’s possible), we have all-around great weather for most of the year. What role does the sea and…
Kiteboarding is one of the fastest-growing adventure sports in the TCI. And it’s easy to see why. The sport is thrilling and exhilarating, and even makes for great viewing, too. Plus the flat waters and steady winds of the Turks and Caicos make the location perfect. Who invented this thrill-a-minute sport, however? Today the Big…
As one of the leading ecotour and adventure companies in the Turks and Caicos, Big Blue Collective considers the environment a paramount resource; doing all we can to preserve these crucial eco systems. Hence supporting local environmental and conservation initiatives is of utmost importance. Inevitably inviting a collaboration with the TCI Film Festival, whose primary…
This July 2021 saw a real Turks & Caicos first, (two of them actually), land on a Discovery Channel show normally dominated by our northern island neighbours. This year the Turks & Caicos Islands together with our Big Blue team were selected to provide the backdrop and help host two of this year’s legendary Shark…
This summer Kaylam Pratt, 23, and Pendieno Brooks, 20, of Big Blue Collective, successfully passed the International Kiteboarding Organisation (IKO) exams to become TCI’s first local level 1 IKO kiteboarding instructors. Their course and exams took place in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, where they trained for two weeks during September of this year. Eco Guides to…
May 2021 When Eco-Explorer Mario Rigby decided to return home to the Turks and Caicos Islands and cross the archipelago under his own power, he did not realize just how much of a physical challenge this would prove to be. In 2015, Mario had set out from South Africa on foot to traverse the continent…
I recently had the pleasure of joining a Big Blue Collective private boat charter with one of the owners, Philip Shearer as Captain, which really showcased to me why private snorkel trips are so special here in Turks and Caicos. Small Group Snorkel We were a small group of 5 and it stayed that way…
Deep breathe in, deep breathe out. Absolute serenity. Your first breaths underwater are the ones you’ll never forget. The feeling of being weightless, free to connect and free to explore the beauty of the underwater realm is unmatched. For many, this first breath sparks a passion for scuba diving. Scuba diving provides an up close…
Growing up in England, it was always a big deal on family summer holidays to go out on a boat tour, pass around a pair of binoculars, and try hard to spot a distant splash or outline of a jumping dolphin. I remember the rush and squeal of excitement when locking eyes on this sort…
If last season 2021 is anything to go by then it is entirely understandable that all our guides are thinking about only one thing now and that is the whales. That is because last season was epic. From our very first whale sighting in early January, right through February and March, our team had numerous…
