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Reef Divers/Brac Reef, Jun, 2003, by Ken Hobday, OH, USA . Report 838.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	BRAC REEF RESORT: Nice location on the southwest end of the island, very good condition, extremely friendly owner and staff. The dock structure is wonderful and the hammocks there and on the beach rock. Nice pool and hot-tub. But did I mention that the hammocks rock?!? NOTE: You need to rent a car at a place up the street (they deliver to the hotel and they are cheap by the day) to bop around the island which is fascinating. FOOD: Buffet style American Plan (all meals included). Plentiful and good but certainly not fine dining. Really well suited for dive days where you just want to have no-hassle, relaxing meals. For gourmet but expensive dining, there is a hotel up the street with a very fine seafood restaurant. It's worth at least one night out. REEF DIVERS OPERATION: Valet-style to the max (I can't imagine what else they could do for you)! Boats are fairly large and very well equipped (even with defibrillators). Good nitrox service -- Nitrox tanks tended to average 3100 PSI and generally 31.6% or so O2. Craig was our lead divemaster for most trips. With over 6000 dives, he knows every site inside and out. His pre-dive briefings were great. We always had 2 divemasters -- usually Craig and Mark. One stayed on the boat and one was in the water finding interesting stuff. You could follow along or do your own thing -- totally your choice. Their style definitely favors more experienced divers in that they don't really lead a parade tour except on drift dives (we only did one); however, they were always willing to let us follow them through swim-throughts etc and offered excellent coaching post dive (my 14 year old son and I vastly improved our diving skills as a result of their coaching and with help from the other more experienced divers). Dives: Great walls starting around 85 feet and unbelievable coral. Reefs are in excellent condition for the most part -- we saw occasional damage on some of the shallower dives in the afternoon. Plenty of tropical fish, lobsters, some turtles, eagle rays, and mantas. Only saw a few nurse sharks (others saw more). Overall, the coral / reef quality exceeded the fish quality, but no complaints on the latter. We usually did 3 dives a day -- 2 on the morning trip and 1 in the afternoon.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	0-25 dives
Where else diving	St. John, Antiqua
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	80-125 Ft/ 24-38 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Recommended profile given for each dive, but not enforced. Most divers on the boat were VERY experienced -- 100's of dives.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
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	Nice tables on boats. Divemasters hand you your camera once in the water and take on return. Very high quality rentals available in shop and good developing and advice.

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Dive Review of Reef Divers/Brac Reef in Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac

Reef Divers/Brac Reef, Jun, 2003,

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Dive Review of Reef Divers/Brac Reef in
Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac