Dive Review of The Club/Little Cayman Beach Resort in
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The Club/Little Cayman Beach Resort: "Little Cayman still a great Caribbean destination", Jul, 2018, by Timothy C Barden, MA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 10574 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	More on ‘Getting There’: Grand Cayman is the hub. Several airlines fly there these days, so you have more US connection options than in the past. To accommodate this, the airport is undergoing a major renovation/expansion. This is a huge problem right now if you’re flying on to Little Cayman or Cayman Brac. It’s wall-to-wall people with many confusing signs directing you where to go. The signage isn’t always right and the employees aren’t either. Build a considerable buffer into your travel itinerary. Two to three hours is a pain, but will be worth it if you get stuck in one of the endless lines at immigration or check-in. I’ve been to LCBR several times, but not for three years or so. We’d always stayed before in rooms at the resort that were quite comfortable and convenient. For a change of pace, we opted this time for some upscale condos just down the road. The Club condos are a 2-3 minute walk away by road or beach. The Club is associated with LCBR, so you can get packages with/without diving or meals at the resort. Ours included diving and meals at the resort. The complex had a small pool and Jacuzzi in the middle of the U. It all looked to be well maintained. Our unit was spacious and clean with plenty of kitchenware, bathroom accessories and extra towels. The AC worked well and the bedrooms and living room had ceiling fans too. We loved the patio and the large, walk-in shower in the master BR. The king 4-poster bed was a classic! I should have paid more attention to the advertisement that listed a washer and dryer among the amenities, both full-size with detergent supplied. I could have packed even lighter, had I realized. Some good advice: Don’t despair when turning on the hot water. It quickly gets cold, colder than the cold water ever gets, but heats up after a minute or two. Be patient. There were only two demerits that I could see. We didn’t use the TVs except to watch a couple DVDs. Good thing. For some reason, there wasn’t any reception even though they were clearly wired for dish service. Maybe someone forgot to pay the bill last month. As for the other, it might just be a difference in the electrical codes, but the outlets clearly are not grounded. We both got shocked a couple times when touching the casing of our charger or computer. It didn’t seem to bother the gadgets, though. The LCBR resort was close enough that I didn’t find it onerous going back and forth between diving and meals. We stuck to the road after our first walk up the beach. Right now, the beaches all are covered with Sargasso seaweed that smells a bit. There’s too much to rake and even a small front-loader can’t keep up. I’m not sure where they’d put the piles in any case. You could even see many large patches of seaweed in the ocean on the flight from Grand Cayman. In July’s Undercurrents, I remember reading that an unusual current flow in the Atlantic Ocean is causing it. Too bad. Otherwise, I remember long beach walks as being quite pleasant. The outside bar entertainment offering has expanded. During our welcoming meeting after dinner the first night, they listed a different activity on every night for those so inclined, even Karaoke on Friday. My rendition of ‘Snoopy versus the Red Baron’ will be long remembered! Little Cayman Beach Resort and associated dive operation remain first rate in my book. The food still is served buffet-style, but it’s varied day to day, plentiful and nearly gourmet in quality. The dive operation now claims to offer ‘Valet Diving’. Truthfully, it’s simply the same excellent service they’ve given for many years. Set up your own gear on the first dive and barely touch it the rest of the week. I must sound like an advertisement, but I’ve seen many other dive operations over the years and Reef Divers is still among the best. We were on the same boat all week with Romel and Rys, a great crew and eager to please. Their dive briefings were clear and they both were good at spotting critters. I remember the coral here as notable for the varied, vibrant colors. This year, there was a substantial coverage of leafy algae on the reef to mute the colors. It was present at all depths. It might be a short-term phenomenon because I didn’t see any coral bleaching and the reef seemed healthy enough. There was plenty of fish life to see and many turtles for which the Caymans are so famous. A few years ago, they were trying to control the lionfish by teaching grouper to hunt them. That’s had some success and you can see signs that the grouper have learned – the occasional one with a spine in its cheek. Now, though, they maintain control with weekly culling expeditions by all the dive operations. You can’t argue with the results. Their relative isolation from nearby reef systems helps. In sum, Little Cayman remains one of the better Caribbean destinations for fish life and healthy corals. To me, that compensates for the higher price compared with other places in the Carib. Little Cayman Beach Resort and their dive operation have been great for many years and still are. We enjoyed The Club condos. They were a bit more expensive for just two people, but could be comparable to staying at the resort if you had another couple(s) or a family.
Websites	The Club/Little Cayman Beach Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean. Truk, Yap
Closest Airport	Little Cayman	Getting There	American Airlines. Flights OK. Grand Cayman terminal undergoing massive renovation. Allow extra time.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	83-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Come back with 700 psi. Dive master noted and said something if someone went substantially deeper than him.
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	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Limited facilities on boat. Could use another dedicated camera dunk bucket. Best to take camera equipment back to room for maintenance.

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Dive Review of The Club/Little Cayman Beach Resort in Cayman Islands

The Club/Little Cayman Beach Resort: "Little Cayman still a great Caribbean destination", Jul, 2018,

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Dive Review of The Club/Little Cayman Beach Resort in
Cayman Islands