Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in
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Pirates Point Resort: "Another great trip to Pirates Point, Little Cayman", Aug, 2015, by David E Reubush, VA, US ( Top Contributor 68 reports with 35 Helpful votes). Report 8347.
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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 was our 19th trip to Pirates Point since 1995. My wife and I now make at least one trip there every year, typically the beginning of August for 2 weeks. The staff are more like old friends than any other description. We also look forward to seeing dive buddies who, like us, show up like clockwork every year and meeting new friends. The food is wonderful. I will refer the reader to my numerous Undercurrent trip reports from past years for more detailed description and will focus on what was different this year. The water is typically 84 F, but this year, except for 3 days when we had a cold upwelling of 82 - 83 F the water was uniformly 86 F. The visibility was greater than usual this year. With the exception of the shallows on a few windy days the visibility was over 100 ft. and there was one calm, flat day where I am sure it exceeded 150 ft. There is always something new to see, even though we have been there so many times. This year there were 2 dive sites which had decorator crabs that I had never seen before. They were so well camouflaged that, even though we knew where they were, at one location the dive master and I hung there for 10 minutes or so and saw nothing until one of them moved. I will also note there are a number of large Nassau groupers which will follow you around like puppy dogs and want to be petted. They may view divers as big cleaners. We'll definitely be back again next year.
Websites	Pirates Point Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Belize, Bimini, Bonaire, Caymans, Curacao, Galapagos, Indonesia (Wakatobi, Raja Ampat, Komodo, Lembeh, Bali, Banda Sea), Philippines, Red Sea, Southern Bahamas, St. Thomas, Turks & Caicos
Closest Airport	LYB	Getting There	Fly one of the many airlines that fly to Grand Cayman and then catch a Cayman Air Express Twin Otter to Little Cayman
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-150 Ft/ 30-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive with a buddy, 100 ft. 1st dive, 60 ft. 2nd dive (Typical Cayman restrictions) Come back with 500 psi. You can either do your own thing with your buddy or follow the dive master. We typically loosely follow the dive master because they are better at finding stuff than we are.
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
UW Photo Comments	Rinse tank on boat could have become crowded if there had been a large number of photographers, but was not a problem while I was there. Similarly, the dedicated rinse tank on-shore isn't huge.

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Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

Pirates Point Resort: "Another great trip to Pirates Point, Little Cayman", Aug, 2015,

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Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman