Dive Review of Southern Cross Club in
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Southern Cross Club, May, 2010, by Michael J. Millet, CA, US ( Top Contributor 92 reports with 58 Helpful votes). Report 5485.
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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
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Southern Cross Club is a very comfortable place to stay; this was my 3rd visit. All the accommodations are spacious and clean. The newer units are very nice. The older cabanas are OK. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The food is good and nicely prepared. Meals are both buffet and plated. The beach is very inviting with white sand and lots of palm trees. The dive operation has 2 smaller dive boats but usually no more than 10 divers are on a boat. The dive guides know the dive sites and the marine life. However, all the dives are guided and one MUST stay with the dive guide regardless of experience or knowledge of the dive sites. The dive sites are not difficult to navigate -- usually left or right along the wall with return to the boat along the top of the reef. I found the requirement to stay with dive guide quite unnecessary and restrictive. It resulted in several lost photo opportunities. On this same trip I also dived with Conch Club Divers and they do not have this requirement. One particular dive master at SCC can be a bit over-bearing and condescending. He chided me for not being visible to him during the dive. So now I am supposed to watch for him, my dive buddy, photo ops and enjoy the dive. Yeah, right. Other divers had similar issues with this guy. This particular dive master and this dive policy is enough to discourage me from returning to the SCC for a fourth time.
Websites	Southern Cross Club
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Galapagos, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Socorros, GBR, Indonesia, Vanuatu, all of the Caribbean and Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco; return to boat with 500 psi; MUST stay with dive guide
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The dive boats have no camera tables but do have rinse tanks -- large coolers.

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Dive Review of Southern Cross Club in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

Southern Cross Club, May, 2010,

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Dive Review of Southern Cross Club in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman