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Dive Review of Reef Divers/Brac Caribbean Beach Village in
Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac

Reef Divers/Brac Caribbean Beach Village, Jul, 2003,

by Bob & Doris Schaffer, CA, USA (Contributor Contributor 14 reports). Report 585.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 3 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving 1 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 1 stars
Comments Usually prefer live aboard operations, but for land-based, Reef Divers does a wonderful job. Very efficient management of getting divers in water and knowledgeable and friendly dive captain and guide (Jason and Vicki) that were with us for the entire week. Provided facility to rinse and store dive gear near the boat so that we were not faced with carting it back and forth each day. Boats are in good condition and no dive site more than a 45 minute run, but a bit crowded (can take 20)which isn't too bad until all divers on boat are on the same dive site at same time. Tropical Storm Claudette had just been through the area which probably affected visibility. All in all, a pretty good dive experience.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving California, Mexico, Galapagos, PNG, Micronesia, Australia, Solomons, Red Sea, Cocos Island, Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, dry Seas calm, noCurrents
Water Temp 84-86°F / 29-30°C Wetsuit Thickness 0
Water Visibility 30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions No deeper than 130 feet
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 1 stars
Large Pelagics 2 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 4 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 3 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Camera table on the boats a bit small; the care and attention given to equipment by crew was excellent. There were spectacular moments of video and photo opportunity but they were too few and too far between compared to other areas of world by reason of diminished amount of sea life in general and particularly the larger, more interesting species.
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