The Arch
Cockburn Town, South Caicos and East Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataOct–Jul
About this site
The Arch is a cave and wall dive site near Cockburn Town, South Caicos and East Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes stingrays, lionfish, groupers, nurse sharks, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Southern StingrayHypanus americanus
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Queen ParrotfishScarus vetula
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratum
Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurus
Nearby sites
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org