Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compas Point Reost in
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Ocean Frontiers/Compas Point Reost: "Typical Caribbean Diving...getting boring!", Jul, 2019, by Raymond Haddad, QC, CA ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 11078.
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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	This year, we decide to go diving that did not require 30 hours or more of flying … our choice was the East End of Grand Cayman at the Compass Point Resort/Ocean Frontiers. We booked for 10 nights and 9 days of diving (2 morning dives per day) in a single room condominium facing the ocean. Our package included 2 morning dives for 9 days, breakfast and a rental car with Avis 1)The rental car: the rental is free but the rest is not (insurance etc…) It cost me a little over $400.00 for the 10-day rental. 2)Breakfast: the same menu everyday. We ate there the first morning. My wife vomited prior to her first dive, felt sick and did not dive. I vomited after my first dive. I did not do my second dive …. coincidence? We never ate there again. We got groceries and had breakfast in our condominium. 3)Condominium: Clean and basic. At times we had issues with the TV and internet. House cleaning in not included. We got a house cleaning for free since we booked for 10 nights. We also ate lunch in condo. A small grocery store is about a 5-minute drive … a bit expensive. Downtown Cayman a few large grocery stores … but also more expense than home, which is normal. 4)Restaurants: like all islands a bit pricey. On site you have two restaurants. The Taco place is a good choice. Others are available close by. Just to give you an example of pricing: 2 beers, 2 salads, two small pizzas … $100.00 US (this included tax and 15% automatic tip). 5)The dive boats and staff: Nitrox is extra, very comfortable boats, you have a lot of space between divers, dive sites are not far from the resort, 55 dive sites available, they handle and rinse your gear, camera rinse tank, water , snacks ….You are split into two groups with a maximum of 8 divers per group. You can dive on our own with your buddy if you want. They will guide you for about 30-40 minutes and then bring back under the boat. Then you can complete your dive until you reach +/- 700 psi. Good dive briefings and very friendly overall. If you dive all the 55 dive sites, you become part of the Green Short Challenge Fraternity. Many times, dive sites where chosen for those who participate in this and not in the overall interest of the others divers. 6)The diving: Some found it wonderful, but I don’t want to sound like a scuba snob, but after diving almost all over the world, very average … typical Caribbean diving unfortunately. Referring back to the Green Short Challenge, I don’t understand why someone would go back year after year to dive there a minimum of 55 times! To each his own!
Websites	Ocean Frontiers Compas Point Reost
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Belize, Honduras, Australia, Palau, Fiji, Indonesia, Turks & Caicos, Maldives, Philippines, Cozumel, YAP, Little Cayman, Grand Cayman
Closest Airport	Owen Roberts International Airport	Getting There	Fort Lauderdale on Jet Blue
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, no currents
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Max 100 feet, no deco, start safety stop with 700 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	Rinse tank on the boat but nothing else. You bring your stuff back to your room.

Subscriber's Comments

By Ms Lynda Durfee in VA, US at Aug 26, 2019 18:27 EST

I've dived with them on four trips. You put your gear in a crate and they rinsed it, hung up the wet suits, and brought everything back to the boat the next morning. Didn't you take advantage of this service or has this changed since I was there in March 2018?

By report author: Raymond Haddad in QC, CA at Aug 26, 2019 19:17 EST

Yes, they still do this.

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compas Point Reost in Cayman Islands/East End

Ocean Frontiers/Compas Point Reost: "Typical Caribbean Diving...getting boring!", Jul, 2019,

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compas Point Reost in
Cayman Islands/East End