Dive Review of Reef DIvers/Brac Reef Resort in
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Reef DIvers/Brac Reef Resort, Jul, 2006, by Tripp Jones MD, South Carolina, USA ( Top Contributor 71 reports with 27 Helpful votes). Report 2600.
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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
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Our dive shop, Wateree Dive Center of Columbia, S.C., brought 17 divers for a week (July 22-29, 2006). Brac Reef is the "sister" resort of Little Cayman Beach Resort on Little Cayman. The resort is nice, with a pool and the food was excellent, even on a buffett line. Service at the resort is good and overall Brac Reef is fine. The dive operation, Reef Divers, is excellent. Our boat was a Newton 42 and was well equipped and the staff was superb. Our divemasters for the week, Donnie and Vickie, were about as good as any pair we have had during the past 15 years. The "valet" diving is hard to beat and they took extra time with new divers and everyone. Sharks were scarce, only seeing about 2 nurse sharks for the week. Small critters and the fishlife was superb and, by and large, the reefs and walls were in good shape. I have no real complaints at all about the service of the resort or the dive operation. Reef Divers is hard to beat. The Russian frigate, #356, renamed the "Tibbetts" is still a fun dive, even though it's been torn up pretty good by hurricanes. Cayman Airways is still less than optimal. Getting luggage to the Brac from Grand Cayman is an adventure. Most of our luggage arrived the night we got to the Brac, but it's a hassle. Going back, Cayman Airways jerked around our dive leader and really didn't seem to care about whether our luggage got back to Grand Cayman or not. Our dive shop leader had to leave on the 6:30 AM flight with about 12-13 dive bags so all of our luggage would be at the USAirways counter so we could make the Charlotte flight. The rest of the group came over on a later flight. We all made it, but only by our leader,having to fight with Cayman Airways. The terminal in Grand Cayman is needing a renovation to enlarge since the number of flights and passengers is increasingly hard to accomodate. I hope that inter-island flights by Cayman Airways will improve, otherwise it will hurt all of the resorts on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman since divers will be eventually fed up with inefficiency, especially if we were to miss dives because of this. We look forward to returning again. It's worth the hassle.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Truk, Bahamas, Bonaire, Turks and Caicos, Cozumel, Roatan, St. Kitts, St. Lucia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	110 feet; CIWOA guidelines
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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	Overall, very good.

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Dive Review of Reef DIvers/Brac Reef Resort in Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac

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