Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compas point east in
Cayman Islands/Grand Caynan

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Ocean Frontiers/Compas point east: "Grand Cayman East End", Jan, 2024, by Tim corwin, NY, US ( 1 report). Report 12876.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	Compass Point East was outstanding. We had a beautiful condo on the beach literally 75 steps from the dive boats. Two pools, hot tub and great, reasonably priced restaurant on the premises. East end of Grand Cayman is uncrowded, but you do need a car. The west end of the island is MUCH better protected, but is an absolute crowded zoo. On the east end, if the wind is blowing from the east, it is ROUGH. One day with 30 knots of wind, we were shut down completely. A couple of other days, we crashed through nine foot breakers getting through the reef cut and four to five footers at the dive sites. When the wind changed direction, everything calmed down, but it blew from the east for four days out of ten. The dive operation, Ocean Frontiers, was superb and the dive masters couldn’t do enough for you. The three 46 foot dive boats were fast and stable and easily handled rough water. Visibility varied from 50 to 100 feet. The reefs and walls were outstanding and second to none. The fish life SUCKED. Except for a few reef sharks and some good size barracudas and turtles, there were NO fish larger than six inches and not even many small fish. Because of the lack of fish, the reefs are starting to get out of balance. Algae is beginning to grow on the corals and with very few grazers on the reef, it is overtaking many sections of reef. Overall, the diving was good, but if you book here, be prepared to dive the west end. When the wind blows east.
Websites	Ocean Frontiers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean, Maldives, Australia, Hawaii, Ecuador, Venezuela, Florida north and south, northeast US, North Carolina, many other places
Closest Airport	Owen Roberts	Getting There	One flight per day from Fy. Lauderdale.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	76-82°F / 24-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compas point east in Cayman Islands/Grand Caynan

Ocean Frontiers/Compas point east: "Grand Cayman East End", Jan, 2024,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compas point east in
Cayman Islands/Grand Caynan