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

Don Foster's Dive Cayman/Comfort suites, Jul, 2005,

by Tripp Jones, South Carolina, USA (Top Contributor Top Contributor 72 reports with 29 Helpful votes). Report 1764.

No photos available at this time

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving 4 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments First time have dived with Don Foster's Dive Cayman and I thought it was a well run operation. We stayed at Comfort Suites and shuttled or drove our own vehicle to the main site, which is the old Parrott's Landing facility, just south of downtown Georgetown. The boats were clean, and quite adequate. The crew, especially Tom, Jason, Sterling and Isabel were very good. We stayed at Comfort Suites, which was clean and certainly adequate for divers. A restaurant on site, Stingers, was very good, for both lunch and dinner. The coral looked fine, considering Hurricane Ivan ran through last September. There was good fish life, turtles, and the reefs still looked healthy. Trinity Caves is still a superb dive.

I would return to Don Foster's and stay again at Comfort Suites. The food on Grand Cayman is quite pricey, such as The Wharf, Reef Grill, and especially the Cracked Conch, which was not as good as previous times and I don't need to return there.

Grand Cayman is still easy to reach and I'll come back. There is still a lot of work to do as far as clean up and rebuilding. Hopefully, this can continue, but is a very slow process. The diving is still superb, although several operations shut down or have yet to reopen.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Caymans, Truk, Turks and Caicos, Belize, Roatan, Australia, St. Kitts, Bahamas
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, rainy Seas calm, noCurrents
Water Temp 82-83°F / 28-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 0
Water Visibility 60-125 Ft/ 18-38 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions General CIWOA guidelines
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 3 stars

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

Subject Matter 3 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 2 stars Shore Facilities 4 stars
UW Photo Comments My wife said was adequate.
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