Dive Review of
DiveTech (Turtle Farm), Eden Rock, Sunset House/Morritts Grand Resort (East End) in
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman Shore Diving]

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Dive Conditions

None - unsupervised shore diving  

DiveTech had best facilities for cameras - dedicated rinse tank and
carpeted table for set up.  In general, photographers were pretty much on
their own to manage their gear for these shore dive situations.  

Overall Rating

My wife and I have a time share on GCI, which we use each year.  We have
stopped doing boat dives due to the cost and the availability of excellent
shore diving sites.  Our favorite on this trip was the DiveTech operation
at the Turtle Farm in West Bay.  They also have a shop on Cobalt Coast a
little farther around the point, but weather prohibited us from diving
there.  We also dove Eden Rock, which is an excellent way to get back in
shape (45 - 50' max depth), and Sunset House, which is where Kathy Church
has her photo shop.  Both the Turtle Farm and Sunset have "mini
walls" and access to the main wall with a little effort on the swim
out and in.

We saw numerous turtles, moray eels, large tarpon, and the usual tropicals
in abundance on nearly every dive.

The weather was warm (OK, hot), sunny, and calm for most of the trip. 
Hurricane Charlie passed near GCI near the end of our vacation, so we lost
one day of diving.  Had we had addtional time, we were looking at Spanish
Bay (dive operation there), Armchair or cemetary reefs (no dive
operations), or other areas well described in GCI tourist and diving
guides.

I would rank shore diving in GCI on a par with Bonaire.  You don't have to
worry about rampant theft from your vehicle, there are a large number of
sites with easy access, and many sites have dive operations on shore, so
that you do not have to transport tanks all over the island.  The downside
is that the wall is farther offshore and there are no diveable wrecks from
shore; also you won't find the exotics - sea horses and frog fish.  And, it
is much easier to get to Grand Cayman than it is to get to Bonaire.  Both
islands are on the expensive side, but there is more variety of food
available on GCI. 

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