Trip Report CAYMAN BRAC BEACH RESORT/REEF DIVERS

[Budgirl]

Really? I would LOVE to hear what Reef Divers says about both the exclusion incident and the "vaping VIP.

It's interesting that the Little Cayman Beach Resort website says their waivers are digital and will be emailed to the guests prior to arrival. But the Cayman Brac Resort website omits this information. Both websites refer their rental gear charges to this PDF.

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I can't tell if the OP left the computer on the boat, or forgot to bring it on the boat. If it's the latter, then I would expect the boat to have a spare computer or two if there is a malfunction with the diver's own gear.

It's interesting that the Little Cayman Beach Resort website says their waivers are digital and will be emailed to the guests prior to arrival. But the Cayman Brac Resort website omits this information. Both websites refer their rental gear charges to this PDF.

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I can't tell if the OP left the computer on the boat, or forgot to bring it on the boat. If it's the latter, then I would expect the boat to have a spare computer or two if there is a malfunction with the diver's own gear.

He had it on the first dive, removed it during surface interval when he took his wetsuit top off, forgot to put it on the 2nd dive which was 60 foot. This was on day 5 of 6 days of diving, we dove nitrox 32 the whole week. We both dive conservatively and don't push limits. They made him sit out dive #3 of the day. We didn't argue or make an issue.

The next day was when the crap hit the fan because they wanted to ban him from the final day of diving - he had been out of the water for 20 hours at this point and we were not facing a deco lock out situation.

I posted this here on ScubaBoard not to bash the dive operation, but if I was travelling to the Brac and diving with this operation, I would want to know how strict they are with regards to the rules.

 

[Snoweman]

Personally, I think it's ridiculous they banned him from the third dive. If they had two DMs with you, they would have seen that he was diving conservatively (I assume above the rest of the group).

 

[ReadyDiverOne]

It's interesting how things change. I have been to LCBR twice, once in 2010 with my son and once in 2014 with my wife. My son and I largely dived independently and reboarded the boat at around an hour. My wife and I generally dived with the guide for the 45 or so minutes before returning to the boat. My wife was low on gas before me. I was allowed to swim around by myself until I had expended the hour or so.

I have only dived in Cayman Brac once in 2017. I did the trip by myself. I never had a buddy. I stayed within reasonable sight of the group through the first 45 min and then dived by myself to the limit around an hour. It was all very relaxed and good diving.

My wife and I are considering returning to Little Cayman this fall.

This. This is how my experiences at LCBR have been.

 

[Damselfish]

He had it on the first dive, removed it during surface interval when he took his wetsuit top off, forgot to put it on the 2nd dive which was 60 foot.

All this about restrictions aside, develop a new habit. If you take your computer off between dives, put it in or on your BC someplace not on a table bag etc. Then at least it will be with you even if you have to put it on later underwater. Mine has a buckle so I buckle it through a metal ring on my BC.

 

[Budgirl]

Personally, I think it's ridiculous they banned him from the third dive. If they had two DMs with you, they would have seen that he was diving conservatively (I assume above the rest of the

All this about restrictions aside, develop a new habit. If you take your computer off between dives, put it in or on your BC someplace not on a table bag etc. Then at least it will be with you even if you have to put it on later underwater. Mine has a buckle so I buckle it through a metal ring on my BC.

Good idea!

 

[mbs]

How did they even know he didn't dive with his computer? Been a few years since I have been at Brac or LCBR, but I do recall their procedures to be quite rigid, but once in the water diving with your buddy there was no problem. Am I reading that you now have to follow the DM??