Dive Review of Brendal's Dive Center/Green Turtle Club in
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Brendal's Dive Center/Green Turtle Club, Aug, 2011, by G. Tripp Jones MD, SC, US ( Top Contributor 71 reports with 27 Helpful votes). Report 6177.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	This was our 4th trip to dive with Brendal at the Green Turtle Club on Green Turtle Cay. Our dive shop, Wateree Dive Center, Columbia, SC chartered a 19 passenger plane from Jacksonville, Fla, to Treasure Cay airport ( 1 hour 15 min flight) and then took water taxi over to GTC. The flight was postponed a day due to Tropical Storm Emily, but we made it and were glad we did. The diving is good, with warm water, fair to good viz, which is about like usual for this time of year (August). There were a good number of sharks and I was pleased that there were more large and medium sized grouper than last few years. Also, the number of Lionfish was lower and Brendal and staff are aggressive if ridding the reefs of these predators. There were a lot of juveniles and small critters and I think the aggressive approach to controlling Lionfish is paying off. The dive boat is adequate, and is limited to 14 divers. The dives are long, generally 50 feet or so, and Brendal takes pride in finding creatures that divers want to find. He and his staff really do a fine job and they take care of your equipment daily. The Green Turtle Club is fine for food and accomodations. Our group stayed in duplex units on Turtle Point and these are fine. We get golf carts to travel to the village of New Plymouth (12-15 minutes ride) to eat at several restaurants ( Harvey's, Laura's Kitchen, etc) and these are quite good. Lobster was plentiful, although somewhat pricey in places. Our group had a breakfast package at the club, took a sandwich on the dive boat and had dinner later. The last dive( 2nd) is followed by great rum punch on the way in. We would leave the dock about 9 AM and return about 2:30 PM. Dive sites were generally 30 minutes or so away from the dock. We will continue to return to Green Turtle Cay to dive with Brendal. He and Mary, his wife, really do a good job. Jack and Tasha, his dive masters were exceptional. They are leaving to go to Toronto and will be missed. This is a "fun" trip and we look forward to returning.
Websites	Brendal's Dive Center Green Turtle Club
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Truk, Australia, Turks & Caicos, Belize, Roatan, Bahamas, Bonaire, Curacao
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-70 Ft/ 9-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	500 lbs back on boat
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	My wife, the photographer, had no complaints.

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Dive Review of Brendal's Dive Center/Green Turtle Club in Bahamas/Green Turtle Cay

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Dive Review of Brendal's Dive Center/Green Turtle Club in
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