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Brac Reef Beach Resort: "Challenging conditions but otherwise great", Nov, 2024, by David Van Ryn, IN, US ( Contributor 12 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 13204 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	[None]We dove here as a group in early November 2024. Access seems reliable via Grand Cayman. Lots of flights/day. Resort is great with great rooms - all of which face the water/pool. 2 stories, no elevators. The staff was fantastic. Management dealt with any issues, requests or concerns. We were able to use a very nice conference room for our meetings as well. Food was very good and plentiful, served buffet style. DR staff was great. Dive shop a short walk from rooms. Well equipped with decent appearing rental gear. Boats are spacious and well equipped with heads and rescue equipment. Dive guides are friendly and helpful. They were more than willing to help me to remove BC etc in water as I have a bad back. The dives were typical. Dove as a group. 60 minute max. Most dives 60-80 feet or less. 2 am dives with optional afternoon or night dives weather permitting. Coral not in the best shape. Bleaching and stony coral disease has taken a toll. Didn't see many lionfish. Fair number of reef fish with reef sharks and nurse sharks here and there. Now for the weather: When we arrived it was quite windy and diving limited by 6-8 foot waves. A few dives were made but several dives were canceled by small craft warnings. THEN IT GOT WORSE!! We were directly in the path of Hurricane Rafael which was Cat 1 when the eye passed 20 miles away. Minor damage to the resort but dock damage was experienced. We sheltered and did fine. We were able to have 2 solid days of diving before departure. Little Cayman fared far worse. Obviously not their fault but it did impact our diving obviously. Ratings above influenced by weather as well.
Websites	Brac Reef Beach Resort [same]Brac Reef Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Multiple Caribbean destinations, Pacific,
Closest Airport	Multiple	Getting There	Brac is served by Cayman Airways either from Miami or Grand Cayman.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	84-°F / 29-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]Group diving with divemaster.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Brac Reef Beach Resort in Cayman Islands

Brac Reef Beach Resort: "Challenging conditions but otherwise great", Nov, 2024,

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Dive Review of Brac Reef Beach Resort in
Cayman Islands