Dive Review of Brac Scuba Shack in
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Brac Scuba Shack: "Shore Diving on the Brac", Jul, 2018, by Bill Goodwin, FL, US ( 2 reports). Report 10440.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving
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Comments	This was my 16th trip to Cayman Brac for the express purpose of shore diving. I rent tanks and weights and buoy (required) from Brac Scuba Shack where Liesel, Martin and their excellent staff are super helpful and knowledgeable. Brac Reef rents tanks for shore diving too but they are mostly geared to people staying at the dive resort. Both Scuba Shack and Brac Reef offer boat dives (even to Little Cayman when conditions allow) and that's the way to go for most wall diving here. You can swim out to the wall from many shore entry spots but it's a lot of swimming. Shore diving here is mostly about friendly reef life, especially eagle rays and groupers, with some fairly healthy coral on the mid-depth reefs and healthy populations of parrotfish, snappers, grunts, barracuda and most of the other usual suspects. Viz these days is typically between 60 and 90 feet, currents usually zero to negligible, but toward the east end there is more chance of a current. To eat you have a handful of places available if you don't buy groceries at one of the three well-stocked stores and cook in one of the VBRO rental houses where we always stay. Taco Tuesday at Captains Table features cheap and delicious tacos created by owner Caesar from Mexico City. His daily menu is enticing and Brac Reef has a serviceable kitchen and a good bar. If you are brave, there are several "locals" places such as Sasha's new place on the south road (Name has Tiger in it I believe), Aunt Sha's place, Pat's place and the delis in each of the grocery stores will take care of you. PoPo Jebs will take care of your pizza needs and Barry's Jerk chicken (weekends only) takes you to Kingston in a culunary way.There are other places tucked in the sea grapes but discovery is always fun so cruise the island. Honestly, the diving is so easy and pretty with enough highlights to keep your attention that the so-so diversity of reef life won't disappoint you too badly.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Lembeh Strait, Maui, Monterey (CA), Channel Islands (CA), Southern CA Coast, Cabo, Gulf of Calif, Alabama, South Florida, Costa Rica, San Blas Is (Panama), Bonaire, Cayman Brac, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenada, Carriacou, Bequia, Roatan, Cozumel, Aquarius Undersea Lab (FL Keys), Denver Aquarium
Closest Airport	West End	Getting There	Cayman Airways from Grand Cayman or from Miami (direct on Saturdays), many airlines fly into Grand Cayman.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	60-90 Ft/ 18-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Only one tank per diver rented at a time. No solo diving unless solo certified with bailout bottle. Complete freedon for shore diving.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	on your own although most rental homes have rinse tank provisions. BTW, One of my photos taken here won first place (a liveaboard) in a major u/w contest some years back, so you can definitely find good subjects and conditions. It certainly is the only place a pigmy frog fish ever landed on my head from an overhanging bit of reef!

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Dive Review of Brac Scuba Shack in Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac

Brac Scuba Shack: "Shore Diving on the Brac", Jul, 2018,

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