Dive Review of Brac Reef Beach Resort in
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Brac Reef Beach Resort, Aug, 2014, by David Bader, NC, US ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 7699.
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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
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Brac Reef resort was very nice and the food was excellent. Rooms were clean and maintained well. Hotel has a nice pool, tennis/basketball court, table tennis, and of course a bar. Meals were included in our package and served buffet style. Always a choice of meat, fish, salad, fruits, bread, and desserts. Only three dives are done a day so the resort tries to fill the time with bingo, trivia, movie, and party nights to fill the time. The island is only 10 miles long and can be seen in a three hour car rental. Staff were all very friendly and polite. Quick to help out when needed. Reef Divers run morning two tank dives and one afternoon dive daily. Optional night dives are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays but no one signed up while we were there. We did sign up for an optional trip to Little Cayman for a $35 charge. The dive shop offers valet service, in fact they insist upon it. You get a gear bag when you arrive and they pick up your gear outside your room the first morning you dive. Gear is taken to the boat and set up for you, rinsed daily, and reset after each dive. Only thing you have to worry about is your mask, fins, and neopreme. You rinse them at the shop and hang nightly in their gear room which is locked each night. On the boat, you walk to the dive platform sit down and they bring your gear to you. Just stand up and giant stride in. While this sounds like a great and easy plan, I like taking care of my own gear set-up. When I checked my gear on the first day I was told they would do anything that needed to be done (i.e. don't touch the gear). Twice I had to take my gear off during a dive to fix an issue that wouldn't have happened had I set the gear up. When I questioned this policy, I was told that someone slipped and fell once on a boat and sued the company. They now don't let anyone walk around in full gear. I wore a wetsuit on the first dive but quickly packed it up after sweating the whole dive. We had several bad storms the beginning of the week which left the water murky in the shallows. We saw no large pelagics which is not what I expected. When I last dove the Caymans 16 years ago, we saw sharks on almost every dive. Lionfish were seen on every dive but the dive crew quickly dispatched them when possible. There were lots of grouper, turtles, some tarpons, angels, and other smaller fish. The barrel sponges were some of the largest I've ever seen but the reef lacked much other color. I find that typical of Caribbean reefs anymore. There is no shore diving at the resort. Shore diving can only be done on the other side of the island which would require a rental car. All in all, I had an enjoyable time and would return in the future. The only holdback would be the limited diving of 3 dives a day.
Websites	Brac Reef Beach Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	87-88°F / 31-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	First dive 110ft/50min, Second dive 60ft/60min, afternoon dive 60ft/60min
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Shop has a separate rinse tanks for cameras and gear but no rinse tanks on the boat. Boat has only a "dedicated" table but I had to move my camera after a diver placed a mask on my camera lens.

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