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Dive Review of Don Foster's/Comfort Suites in
Cayman Islands

Don Foster's/Comfort Suites, Oct, 2007,

by Kenneth Katz, nJ, united States (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 11 reports). Report 3798.

No photos available at this time

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

Accommodations 3 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 3 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving 2 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments Very professional, good briefings before each dive.Easy in/ out though a long wait on the line before descent. The boats were very clean with rinse buckets for cameras and another for masks. A night dive was right off their little cove just me and my buddy with a divemaster. Turtles were seen on each dive. The deeper dives were very interesting with lots of cuts and canyons, swimthroughs. I missed seeing anything big.There was only one nurse shark asleep under a ledge on one of the shallow dives. Sting Ray City was a disappointment. Just 4 Rays which we spent too much time hanging around. It was much more fun the first time.
The Comfort Suites was a ral bargain. The room was big and clean and there wa a restaurant on premises with a bar. The food here though bar food was reasonable though everywhere else food was very costly, around $100/ person for dinner.
Don Foster's has a small shop on the hotel property and shuffles you to their dock and back in a van( about 20 minutes each way)
This was one very busy place and by the look of all the building cranes on seven mile beach it will only get busier.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving US & British Virgin Islands, Cozumel, St. Lucia, Provo, Bahamas
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 80-81°F / 27-27°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions Most 1st dives were follow the leader,80-90 ft 30 minutes, 2nd dive approx 50 ft 50 min, sometimes you could dive your computer
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks None 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 1 stars

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

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments [None]
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