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Indigo Divers: "Concierge Diving in Cayman", Feb, 2018, by Jeffrey D Hubbard MD, NY, US ( Top Contributor 33 reports with 18 Helpful votes). Report 10675 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This is concierge diving, at its best. Pickup at your lodging (@ or near 7 Mile Beach), quick ride to dock (Northwest Bay or Georgetown,) short run (less than 20 minutes) to dive site. Max of 6 divers, so our group filled it. Return to lodging. Boats are small but super well organized, so plenty of room for 6 pax + 2 crew. The bad news: No head, but crew is accommodating with alternative arrangements. Nitrox available but really no need; tanks all >3100 psi. Dives were expertly guided but no herding; no checking depth, air, & c. Just signal @ 1500 psi. We didn’t know the topography so being guided was fine. First morning dive is deeper (none >100 ft), 2d medium depth after good surface interval with cold water, fruit, home baked goods. We dove 2 tank morning dives, 2 days out of 3, + 1 night dive, for 2 weeks. Our 6 divers wore from Lavacore to 5 mm wetsuit. Kittiwake is a medium depth wreck dive, relatively recently sunk, worth doing more than once. They also offer other dives and instruction. Excellent night dive: walk through Macabuca bar/restaurant, down the ladder into the sea. Tarpon, seriously cooperative octopus, large triton & tulip shell snails out for a creep. Crew is knowledgeable and still enthusiastic about diving despite all the experience, always a plus. Of course, it’s easy to be enthusiastic about Cayman diving: easy, scenic, fairly well preserved sites, very short runs to the sites along 7 Mile Beach. Someone said, “Cayman isn’t Caribbean expensive, it’s New York expensive.” Range of accommodations from apartments to giant gin palaces, excellent restaurants from not -too-expensive to astronomical, good grocery stores, but nothing cheap. Diving is a big deal in Cayman, so lots of dive shops, too. The locals (natives + continentals) are extremely friendly and helpful, more so than in most of the Caribbean. I’m sure one can get in trouble, but we walked around a fair bit in 7 Mile Beach area and never felt uneasy, night or day. We liked having a car, but walking (Grand Cayman is really flat) is easy and taxis are available. We'll be back next year.
Websites	Indigo Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Bahamas, Fernando de Noronha, Australia, Fiji, PNG, Micronesia, Hawai'i
Closest Airport	GCM	Getting There	Many direct flights, good connex through Atlanta, Houston, Miami (not recommended because of baggage issues))
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Mostly follow-the-leader but no policing of depth & c.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Indigo Divers in Cayman Islands

Indigo Divers: "Concierge Diving in Cayman", Feb, 2018,

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Dive Review of Indigo Divers in
Cayman Islands