Dive Review of Brac Scuba Shack/Caribe Sands in
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Brac Scuba Shack/Caribe Sands : "Concierge diving with Personality Plus", Oct, 2017, by Bob Brinson, NC, US ( 1 report). Report 9956.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Brac Scuba Shack is a family dive operation providing true concierge diving with Personality Plus on their 36 foot Newton boats. Within weather limits Capt. Stewart took us wherever we wanted to go including Bloody Bay Wall at Little Cayman. We dove the week primarily with our group of seven divers but easily accommodated another local couple for a few dives with us. BSS limits the number of divers to 10 providing lots of room on a very stable platform. We had daily encounters with lots of grouper, turtles and Black Tipped C. Reef sharks off in the blue. On the macro side DM Caz was amazing in finding juvenile drum, secretary blennies, lettuce sea slugs, cyphomas and other critters. The corals were showing a bit of bleaching due to the same warm waters that caused recent hurricane activity. Hopefully the corals will come back as the colder weather arrives. We stayed at the Caribe Sands so it is just a short walk down the dock to where the dive boats are tied up. Our gear went on the boat on the first morning and stayed there through the entire trip with a daily fresh water rinse. Caz and Stewart have perfected the valet diving system started by Martin and Liesel many years ago at Brac Reef: take a seat with your fins, here's your gear. BSS is not a resort so it takes a little more effort to put together a week's diving, lodging and meals. However co-owner Liesel is more than willing to help with the arrangements. There are several very good restaurants on the island including Brac Reef Resort (another fine dive operation among several in the sister islands) that has great food and a terrific bar just down the road. They will run a tab on your credit card for the week. On a Caribbean scale the Brac has a multitude of fish, good visibility and generally good diving weather all year round. Unlike many places in the Caribbean the reefs are still healthy and the island has remained relatively unchanged since the 1980's when I first dived there. Brac Scuba Shack was a great private diving experience for our small group.
Websites	Brac Scuba Shack Caribe Sands
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Micronesia, Caribbean, Bahamas, Honduras, Belize, ABC's, North Carolina Atlantic
Closest Airport	(GCM) Owen Roberts International	Getting There	Direct from Charlotte NC through GCM Owen Roberts connect with Cayman Air to Cayman Brac
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	500 psi back on board; dive within MOD for EAN mix
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Ratings are on a Caribbean scale. Although there aren't dedicated camera tubs on board, the set up and care of our camera equipment was extremely satisfactory because there is just a lot of room to work on it on board and the staff treated it gingerly.

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

Brac Scuba Shack/Caribe Sands : "Concierge diving with Personality Plus", Oct, 2017,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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