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Wall to Wall Diving: "Your basic Grand Cayman dive trip", Sep, 2023, by don buswell-charkow, FL, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 12557.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	We have been diving Grand Cayman since 1994 and diving with Giles at Wall to Wall diving for about 20 years. They have a new boat since 2022, which is catamaran with twin outboards. Super stable, and fast with excellent shade. We haven't been excited about Grand Cayman for a few years because of how built up it is (Miami Light), and deterioration of the reefs. We wouldn't have gone this year, except for the fact that my grand nephew from New York City just graduated from high school and had never been anywhere other than the Gulf Coast of florida where the diving is mediocre at best. So we took him to Grand Cayman. For him, the diving was spectacular. The North Wall still has very impressive underwater topography. It is hard to argue with the majesty of the wall itself. But the coral is in sad shape with about 75% dead. Corresponding to this is a significant decline in the fish population. Yes, there are fish but in comparison to 20 years ago, I would say there has been about a 50% decline. Having said that, we had a great time. We are always happy underwater. We saw a few sharks, lots of spotted eagle rays, a few goliath groupers, and the other usual stuff. Giles dive operation is excellent with great attitudes from the dive masters/instructors. If you like wrecks, you have to do the Kittiwake with Steve. In the pre-dive briefing, he gives a fantastic history of the ship itself and the work that went into actually getting sunk in Grand Cayman. On the dive itself, he starts at the back of the ship and goes through pretty much every room (which he has previously described). I'm not a big fan of wrecks but I must say that this was the best wreck dive ever. Fredrikke, from Norway, is amazing! She has already walked about 5-6 miles in the morning on her way to work. No motorized vehicles for her. This is after she has spent an hour or two in the gym. Not only does she love to lead dives, but her love for scuba diving is so great, that she often goes diving when she isn't working! Matt is excellent as well. If you are going to dive on Grand Cayman, you won't go wrong with Wall-to-wall diving.
Websites	Wall to Wall Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Extensive diving in the Caribbean, Fiji, Tahiti, and the "Forbidden Island" of Niihau in the Hawaiian Islands, Maui, The Big Island. Saba, Belize, St Maarten, Bonaire, Turks & Caicos, St John, Tortola, Bahamas,
Closest Airport	Owen roberts, Georgetown	Getting There	We fly direct from Tampa to Grand Cayman on Cayman Airways.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	89-90°F / 32-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	70-80 Ft/ 21-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay above 90 feet and surface with at least 500 psi in tank
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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There were photographers on pretty much every dive. Cameras are well treated.

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Dive Review of Wall to Wall Diving in Cayman Islands

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Dive Review of Wall to Wall Diving in
Cayman Islands