Dive Review of
Southern Cross Club in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

 All across the Caribbean, Fiji 

Dive Conditions

[Unspecified]  

Dive crews were very camera-friendly and took care to keep photographic
gear safe.  Dive boats did not have camera tables, but cameras were placed
in large coolers filled with fresh water.  If there were too many cameras,
they put more coolers onboard.  

Overall Rating

This was our third trip to the Southern Cross Club (SCC), and we enjoyed it
as much as our previous trips.  Owner Peter Hillenbrand has a real gem of a
dive resort.  The cottages are simple, but they're comfortable and they're
kept very clean and well-maintained, and the A/C works very well (a must
for me!).  Meals are served in a dining room in the main building, and the
food is wonderful.  If you have any special dietary issues, they're great
at accommodating you (for example, my wife can't eat onions, so they don't
use onions on her meals).  While we were there on our last two trips, the
annual Sister Islands cook-off was held, and SCC won the grand prize, which
was no surprise to us.

The SCC dive operation complements the resort.  Dive crews are very
friendly, and they clearly wanted us to have fun.  They're extremely
knowledgeable of the dive sites, and their dive briefings were very
thorough.  They ask you to go with the guided dive tour on your first dive,
but after they're sure about your abilities, you can do your own dive if
you like.  Sometimes Deborah and I went off on our own, but sometimes we
followed the divemaster when they promised something really good (and they
always delivered).  The reefs on Little Cayman are just as good today as
they were when we started diving Little Cayman and Cayman Brac (our
second-favorite place) back in 1989.  Sea life is prolific, and sea turtles
seem to get more abundant every year.  We saw huge groupers and barracuda
on every dive.  The massive spur-and-groove coral formations are teeming
with fish, and if you look hard enough, you'll see every manner of little
critters, which are my favorite photographic subjects.  I spent a lot of my
time on my belly in the sand flats and coral rubble photographing the
little guys, and I got some super photos.

Deborah and I are not deep divers, but it's impossible to not love Bloody
Bay wall.  We've dived a lot of walls in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and
nothing tops Bloody Bay wall!

All-in-all, another great dive trip.  There are cheaper places on Little
Cayman, but we don't mind paying a little more for the Southern Cross Club.
 We'll definitely return many more times.
 

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