City overview
The Turks & Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory of about forty islands and cays at the southeastern end of the Bahamian chain, best known for Grace Bay Beach on Providenciales and for the reef that runs the length of the archipelago. Providenciales holds almost all of the country's resorts, restaurants and shopping, while Grand Turk, North, Middle and South Caicos and Salt Cay stay quiet and largely undeveloped. Jewish life in the country is young and centres entirely on Providenciales: Chabad of Turks & Caicos Islands, founded by Rabbi Shmulik and Chaya Berkowitz at the end of 2019, is the only Jewish congregation anywhere in the islands. The resident community is small and expatriate, and it swells through the winter season with second-home owners and visitors. Kosher food on the island is limited but real, and everything Jewish sits within the Grace Bay area.
Half Moon Bay
Turks & Caicos · $10 per person
A three-quarter-mile crescent sandbar joining the uninhabited cays of Little Water Cay and Water Cay, with a shallow sheltered lagoon on its inner side.
Time needed
2 to 3 hours
Hours
Monday: Open 24 hours; Tuesday: Open 24 hours; Wednesday: Open 24 hours; Thursday: Open 24 hours; Friday: Open 24 hours; Saturday: Open 24 hours; Sunday: Open 24 hours
Tips
Most people arrive on a boat excursion, though it is about 1.3 miles by kayak or paddleboard from Leeward, where a sit-in kayak handles the wind better. The lagoon stays flat even on windy days, which makes it a favourite with kiteboarders. Rock iguanas live here and feeding them is illegal.
Neighborhood
Caicos Cays, off Providenciales
Activity providers
Kosher map of Turks & Caicos
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.