Dive Review of Conch Club Divers/Paradise VIllas in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

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Conch Club Divers/Paradise VIllas, Mar, 2010, by John , CA, US ( 1 report). Report 5426.
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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	We go on a diving excursion every year with an informal group of ten or so family and friends -- most very experienced divers with advanced certifications -- and have been all around the Caribbean. We have to say that this year's two-week trip to Little Cayman, the Paradise Villas and Conch Club Divers was absolutely fantastic. The pace is relaxed, and the diving, service, and accommodations were superb. We will return. The diving: some of the best we have encountered. We dove with Conch Club Divers on the good ship Sea-Esta. The crew -- Bill (who owns the CCD operation), Ann and Tim -- were expert, knowledgeable, efficiently helpful, accommodating and a delight to dive with. Bill is a skillful boat handler and all are outstanding dive masters/guides. Ann delights in finding the smallest of interesting critters among the coral and sponges, and Tim in his pre-dive briefings regaled us with (apocryphal) tales of Blackbeard the Pirate and the Cuban Navy. (Yes, he somehow managed to connect the two.) We were free to follow them under water or explore on our own, sticking to the agreed-upon dive profile. The diving itself was excellent, with the Bloody Bay wall, wonderful sponges and coral formations teeming with colorful small reef fish, lots of arches and swim-throughs, and abundant sea life, especially turtles (lots), cow fish, hogfish, file fish, trigger fish, angels, hordes of smaller reef fish, lobsters, crabs, and the rarer nurse and reef sharks, moray eels, and eagle rays. The Paradise Villas was an ideal place for us to stay. The villas are right on the water, and are charming with what we call “Caribbean Rustic Elegance". The staff -- Marc, Sabine, and Michelle -- are wonderful people and took very good care of us without being all over us. The service from Patrick and Emma at the Hungry Iguana restaurant was great and the food is not fancy but quite good; the curry lovers among us said that the curry served on "Curry Night" is among the best they have ever had. This is not a place to go if you want to rub elbows with hordes of tourists, shop ‘till you drop, and boogie until dawn. But if like us you want a relaxed and gracious experience with wonderful people right on top of fabulous dive sites, we highly recommend the Paradise Villas and Conch Club Divers.
Websites	Conch Club Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Ambergris Caye, Turneffe Reef, Lighthouse Reef, Bonaire, Tobago, Roitan, Puget Sound, Monterey Bay, Ireland, Lake Michigan
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Keep within No-Deco limits.
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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Conch Club Divers/Paradise VIllas in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

Conch Club Divers/Paradise VIllas, Mar, 2010,

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Dive Review of Conch Club Divers/Paradise VIllas in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman