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Pirates Point, Aug, 2005, by David Reubush, VA, USA ( Top Contributor 66 reports with 33 Helpful votes). Report 1914.
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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
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	This was our 7th trip since 1995 (and 4th year in a row) to Pirates Point. We started going right after we got our subscription to Undercurrent and received a booklet on the best places to dive as an inducement to subscribe. Ben was right then and it is still our favorite place. There are at least 10 of us who meet there the same week every year. The resort only has 10 rooms so there are never more than 20 people on a 42 ft. Newton. The second week this year there were only 3 of us which made it like a private charter. We spent 2 full weeks of just wonderful diving. The water was warm and flat, the visibility was great, and we saw lots of stuff, both large and small. On the big side we found one Goliath Grouper, saw several reef sharks, lots of nurse sharks, several eagle rays, lots of southern sting rays, and numerous turtles. On the small side we saw 2 sea horses (my wife actually found one of them), 3 pipe fish, a baby trunk fish, and lots of different varieties of other small fish. Another great thing on the diving side of the house is that there is very little turn-over in the staff so that you see the same dive masters year after year. They know your skills and also know the reefs VERY well. It is amazing the stuff they can find. On the resort side the food is to die for. The chefs (and I mean chefs not just cooks), Cam and Diane, have been there for a number of years. We always gain 5 pounds each every year and have to work hard to get it off in time to gain it back the next year. If you want to eat, sleep, and dive this is the place. If you want night life forget it.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Great Barrier Reef, Galapagos, Red Sea, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Bonaire, Curacao, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	86-87°F / 30-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	70-80 Ft/ 21-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100 ft. first dive, 60 ft. second dive, no time limit (on some days I had over 3 hours bottom time in 2 dives), return with 500 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	Dedicated table on boat for cameras, small rinse tank on boat strictly for cameras, larger. dedicated rinse tank back at resort

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Dive Review of Pirates Point in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

Pirates Point, Aug, 2005,

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Dive Review of Pirates Point in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman