Shark Hotel
Turks and Caicos Islands · Turks and Caicos Islands
Shark Hotel is a cleaning station on the Northwest Point wall where Caribbean reef sharks reliably gather in numbers that make it one of the most reliable shark dives in the Atlantic. At the cleaning station at around 20 metres, five to fifteen reef sharks at a time circle the coral heads while cleaner wrasse tend to them. The site earns its name from the regularity of the aggregation — divers kneel on sand patches and watch the sharks move in slow arcs overhead. Blacktip sharks occasionally join the gathering, and the wall below hosts large schools of horse-eye jacks.
Conditions
Depth
15 to 40 m
Advanced depths
Current
Usually still
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
25 to 40 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
24 to 29°C
swimsuit or 1mm
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 |
| Vis (m) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 30 |
| Current | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Gentle | Gentle | Still | Still | Gentle | Gentle | Moderate | Moderate |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Cleaner Wrasse
Last confirmed Jan 7, 2026 · 23 records
Very likely
Most dives
Caribbean Reef Shark
Last confirmed Jul 28, 2025 · 5 records
Very likely
Most dives
Great Barracuda
Last confirmed Mar 18, 2026 · 20 records
Likely
About 6 in 10 dives
Horse-eye Jack
Last confirmed Jan 7, 2026 · 2 records
Likely
About 6 in 10 dives
Nurse Shark
Last confirmed Sep 13, 2025 · 4 records
Likely
About 6 in 10 dives
Spotted Eagle Ray
Last confirmed Mar 19, 2026 · 4 records
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
French Angelfish
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Mountain Coral
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Gear