Dive Review of Reef Divers/Cobalt Coast in
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman

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Reef Divers/Cobalt Coast: "Moderately good diving; delightful, small resort; wonderful people.", Feb, 2020, by Samuel B Johnson, NC, US ( Contributor 12 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 11456 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	My husband and I had a delightful, one week vacation at Cobalt Coast in Grand Cayman. We dove with the in-house dive operation, Reef Divers, which functions smoothly as an integrated part of the resort. This is a resort only for divers. We had such a good time and so liked the people and the atmosphere that we may go back. Unfortunately, honesty requires that I admit that the diving is simply good, not exceptional. Part of that, I think, is the general deterioration of the reef environment throughout the Caribbean over the decades that I've been diving there. Grand Cayman is no better, but also no worse, than the "good but not great" diving of the Dutch Antilles or the Bay Islands of Honduras. There are two drawbacks to Cobalt Coast, both of which flow from its location. It is on the northwest corner of the island, facing north. When there are strong on-shore winds, which is apparently about half the time, the breakers coming up to the shore are so strong that shore diving is impossible, and dive boats cannot approach the dock to pick up divers. (I'm a pretty aggressive shore diver, but even I had to admit that there simply was no way to make a safe entry when the waves were up.) When the dock and shore are unavailable, divers are taken by van to a beach and dock (I think on the north shore) to transfer to the dive boat. During our week, there were days we could get on the dive boat at the resort's dock and other days when we had to be transported by van. The dive sites to which we were taken and the quality of the diving were much the same either way. If I were ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Reef Divers Cobalt Coast
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Almost all of my diving has been in the Caribbean and Florida. I've dived a half dozen times in California, and once each in North Carolina and the Mediterranean. Caribbean diving includes Dominica, Roatan, Utila, Curacao, Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Saba, Cozumel and Grand Turk
Closest Airport	Owens Roberts Airport (GCM)	Getting There	Several major airlines serve GCM. We flew American.
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	35-50 Ft/ 11-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Strict buddy requirement for shore diving.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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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
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Dive Review of Reef Divers/Cobalt Coast in Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman

Reef Divers/Cobalt Coast: "Moderately good diving; delightful, small resort; wonderful people.", Feb, 2020,

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Dive Review of Reef Divers/Cobalt Coast in
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman