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Cayman Dive Lodge, Jan, 2004, by Karen Moore, MI, USA ( 2 reports). Report 1062.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Great operation/Great staff/Great diving. I had badly broken my ankle one month before our dive trip (requiring a plate and 3 screws). My cast came off 2 days before we arrived on Cayman. I had e-mailed Jim that I would need extra assistance, and then never worried about it. We had been to CDL 2 times before, and the staff and service were unbeatable. Again the staff was fantastic. I never touched my equipment. Divemasters helped me into my gear at the back of the boat, and I just leaned into the water. After the dive, I took my gear off in the water, with staff assistance getting it on board. This trip occurred just before the Undercurrent article about extra special treatment for divers being offered in some places. I was treated like a queen! The divemasters were always concerned about what the divers wanted to see, divers' needs, and where the best conditions existed. The coral was healthy. The East End has great swim-throughs, caverns, and canyons. We saw silversides and jacks in the caverns, many tarpon and large morays, parrotfish, filefish, angels, puffers, lobster, crabs, barracudas, several flamingo tongues, a shy hamlet or two, a permut-an Atlantic fish, and a soldier fish with an isopod on it. I am sure there were plenty of other fish that I am forgetting. The rooms are comfortable and adequate. No TV or phones in the rooms (we consider that a plus). There is a wonderful open air dining room with great food prepared by Tim and Roy. Buffet breakfast followed by hot lunch buffet that is ready as soon as the boat comes in from the 2-am dives (1 wall dive, and 1-60 foot dive). There is an afternoon snack followed by a sit-down dinner. The staff eats with the guests, and comraderie abounds. Dawn is the friendliest bartender around. If guests have booked a 3-dive package in advance, the pm boat goes out even with only 1 diver on board. Night dives and trips to Sting Ray City are available. We love the quiet of the East End and we love CDL. Big thanks to: Jim, Kim, Julian, Eileen, Mark, Sas, Rico, Rich, Dawn, Tim and Roy for helping us have another grand time in Grand Cayman.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Florida, Bonaire, Cayman Brac
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-110 Ft/ 30-34 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	110 feet with computer 500 psi left in tank at end of dive
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Camera table and rinse tank for cameras on board. Cameras handed to divers.

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Dive Review of Cayman Dive Lodge in Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman

Cayman Dive Lodge, Jan, 2004,

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Dive Review of Cayman Dive Lodge in
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