Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point in
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Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point, Oct, 2012, by G. Tripp Jones MD, SC, US ( Top Contributor 71 reports with 27 Helpful votes). Report 6724.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was another return trip for my wife and me to Ocean Frontiers and Compass Point which has become one of our favorite destinations. We flew from Charlotte to Grand Cayman, getting a car rental as part of our package and then drove about 35 minutes to the East End to Compass Point Condos and Ocean Frontiers. The condo is a nice one bedroom unit only steps from the dive dock. Ocean Frontiers keeps records in their computer as to size tanks, C-cards, preferences, etc which is really nice. Nitrox is available, consistent in percentages, and reasonably priced. The boats are quite adequate, roomy and well run by the crew. There is not one crew member who was not helpful, courteous, friendly and very professional. The weather was spotty with some rain, wind, sun, clouds, etc. The reefs look to be in very good shape overall, and the fish life was quite good. We saw only a few sharks, but the other boats saw more. There were lionfish seen and they have a lionfish hunt weekly and really try to cull the population as best as they can. We dived two am dives daily and could add two more in the afternoon. An option for a 1 tank pm dive would be nice, but was not available. Night dives are available, as well as a "fluorescent" night dive also. A car is needed since there is no restaurant on site, although a bar/grill combination is planned. Local restaurants, such as Over The Edge, Tukka's, South Coast Bar and Grill, Lighthouse and a few others are really good and most are reasonably priced. Overall, I think this is consistently about the best overall dive operation we have dived with in 20 years of diving. The entire experience is superb and all of the others diving with us felt the same way. We'll be returning again.
Websites	Ocean Frontiers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Truk, Australia, all over Caribbean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	85-°F / 29-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	CIWA guidelines; could dive own profile.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	My wife, the photographer, had no complaints.

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point in Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman, E. end

Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point, Oct, 2012,

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point in
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman, E. end