Dive Review of Pirates Point in
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Pirates Point, Aug, 2007, by David Reubush, VA, USA ( Top Contributor 66 reports with 33 Helpful votes). Report 3482.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	This was our ninth trip to Pirates Point since 1995. We now come every year for 2 weeks. Of all the places we have been my wife and I believe the diving and food at Pirates Point are perhaps the best in the Caribbean. Since print subscribers can now access reports from previous years I will refer the reader to those reports and not repeat what I have said in the past. I will mention that this year the variety of things to see was even better than usual. Besides the normal number of nurse sharks and large variety of reef fish we had a pair of reef sharks that stayed at Mixing Bowl for the whole 2 weeks. There were 2 sea horses, the first green turtle I have seen in a number of years, and only the 3rd Goliath Grouper I have ever seen. There was also an especially large number of Hawksbill turtles. I also want to point out the patience and caring of the dive masters who went beyond the call of duty to help a single diver who, on their first dive, obviously needed help. The dive masters took turns being this diver's buddy/teacher so that none of the other guests had to deal with trying to accomodate this diver's needs, and by the end of the week, the diver was a much better diver.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Belize, Bimini, Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Curacao, Dominica, Galapagos, Grand Turk, Provo, Red Sea, Roatan, Utila, Virgin Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather		Seas	choppy
Water Temp	85-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	The usual Cayman Islands 100 ft. first dive, 60 ft. second dive, come back with 500 psi. After 2 deaths on Little Cayman (different operation) this year buddy diving was strictly enforced.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
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
UW Photo Comments	New, larger rinse tank on boat. First week there were 5 housed SLR's on the boat and the camera table was a bit crowded. Second week there was my housed SLR and a couple of housed point and shoots and things were much better.

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Dive Review of Pirates Point in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

Pirates Point, Aug, 2007,

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Dive Review of Pirates Point in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman