DMdoogie
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I was in LC last week, and a DM who works in the Brac said that the Brac Beach Resort will open in December.
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Hi all - first post.
I was on The Brac in September and I am going to echo Sacred Silly's post about indepth. They are a great bunch of folks and Craig runs a fun operation with a kick @$$ boat. He is great with all levels of dive experience and very quickly you feel like your "one of the gang".
The price is money well spent IMO versus a resort dive and being on a boat with 20+ people. I'd rather pay extra than be shuttled around like cattle and have a stranger kick my mask off.
He also has some rentals coming on line soon. I got to see them when we were down and they are very well appointed and have killer sunsets.
Otherwise re: the Brac. The restaurants are open, the stores are mostly open. Brac Reef had the restaurant and bar / kitchen open when we were there but the lodging looked to be way behind what I expected to see.
Many stores didn't have signs up yet so that's a bit tricky for first time visitors.
Divi is just sad to look at. First it was empty now it's in shambles.
The water and diving was incredible, the Brackers were great and overall I felt no impact of the hurricane (as a visitor) other than seeing some of the lingering damage.
All and all I was very impressed with the progress that had been made, especially considering the resources available on the island.
PM me if you need any contact info for indepth.
I was on The Brac in September and I am going to echo Sacred Silly's post about indepth. They are a great bunch of folks and Craig runs a fun operation with a kick @$$ boat. He is great with all levels of dive experience and very quickly you feel like your "one of the gang".
The price is money well spent IMO versus a resort dive and being on a boat with 20+ people. I'd rather pay extra than be shuttled around like cattle and have a stranger kick my mask off.
He also has some rentals coming on line soon. I got to see them when we were down and they are very well appointed and have killer sunsets.
Otherwise re: the Brac. The restaurants are open, the stores are mostly open. Brac Reef had the restaurant and bar / kitchen open when we were there but the lodging looked to be way behind what I expected to see.
Many stores didn't have signs up yet so that's a bit tricky for first time visitors.
Divi is just sad to look at. First it was empty now it's in shambles.
The water and diving was incredible, the Brackers were great and overall I felt no impact of the hurricane (as a visitor) other than seeing some of the lingering damage.
All and all I was very impressed with the progress that had been made, especially considering the resources available on the island.
PM me if you need any contact info for indepth.
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Craig restarted operations several months ago now.
Mick has had Reef Divers running for a couple of months now. Things are slow because Brac Reef still doesn't have their rooms open (the bar is open & is serving food), but they are running a boat for customers.
For traditional hotel accommodations, the Alexander (new hotel) is open. It opened this past summer (August?)
Brac Reef has seemingly been 'sliding' on their opening date for months. To be closed for as long as they already have simply isn't typical, so there's obviously more to this than basic rebuilding issues of material, labor, cash, etc. For example, given how phenomenally expensive hurricane insurance is, it could have to do with squeezing the insurer for full payment of the losses, etc.
Divi...well, they simply aren't doing anything at all and are continuing to do their best to try to screw over us Timeshare Owners. Never buy anything from Divi Resorts anywhere.
-hh
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I just returned from our annual trip to Brac. We dive with Mick's group at Reef Divers but I can't say anything negative about any of the other operations. We spent the week with Ian and BJ as divemasters and they're two of the best I've ever dived with.
The water will soon turn choppy as thermals change in the ocean and the drier season comes but last week it was incredible. So smooth that on Tuesday morning, they asked for a consensus vote to cruise over to Bloody Bay on LC. Every hand and some feet were raised. Weather was perfect all week. Water temps were 88-86F. I recorded 86 degrees at 100 feet on Bloody Bay wall. Phenomenal. And all that with the usual 100+ viz.
The island is in remarkable shape. You can see evidence of Paloma but it's not as bad as I was expecting. I spent an afternoon talking with Tenson Scott whose NIM Things is out of business thanks to that windy bitch. He said it was the worst storm he's seen on Brac in his 70+ years. But in the usual Brac way, they're rebuilding and moving on. "Quit" is not in the Brac vocabulary.
If you're a fan of the Teignmouth Electron/Donald Crowhurst story, you better make your visits to the remains of the boat soon. After Paloma, they cut a massive channel from the South Side Road along the runway, through the tree stand and sand bank out to the beach to drain the west end. They cut the channel (now a dry wet-wash) right next to the boat and what's left of it has been shoved over to the starboard side and is making that inevitable transition into unrecognizable trash heap. And that's a sad shame given the history of the boat. Between vandals and nature, it's going to be lost to all but memory soon.
Brac is doing fine and getting better. They needed some El Nino to keep things calm on the storm front and they're getting it. A beautiful place of rest like Brac deserves some itself. We left high-80's and breezy Brac whether and landed in Atlanta to 47 and overcast. Glad to be home.:depressed:
The water will soon turn choppy as thermals change in the ocean and the drier season comes but last week it was incredible. So smooth that on Tuesday morning, they asked for a consensus vote to cruise over to Bloody Bay on LC. Every hand and some feet were raised. Weather was perfect all week. Water temps were 88-86F. I recorded 86 degrees at 100 feet on Bloody Bay wall. Phenomenal. And all that with the usual 100+ viz.
The island is in remarkable shape. You can see evidence of Paloma but it's not as bad as I was expecting. I spent an afternoon talking with Tenson Scott whose NIM Things is out of business thanks to that windy bitch. He said it was the worst storm he's seen on Brac in his 70+ years. But in the usual Brac way, they're rebuilding and moving on. "Quit" is not in the Brac vocabulary.
If you're a fan of the Teignmouth Electron/Donald Crowhurst story, you better make your visits to the remains of the boat soon. After Paloma, they cut a massive channel from the South Side Road along the runway, through the tree stand and sand bank out to the beach to drain the west end. They cut the channel (now a dry wet-wash) right next to the boat and what's left of it has been shoved over to the starboard side and is making that inevitable transition into unrecognizable trash heap. And that's a sad shame given the history of the boat. Between vandals and nature, it's going to be lost to all but memory soon.
Brac is doing fine and getting better. They needed some El Nino to keep things calm on the storm front and they're getting it. A beautiful place of rest like Brac deserves some itself. We left high-80's and breezy Brac whether and landed in Atlanta to 47 and overcast. Glad to be home.:depressed:
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Well Cayman Brac is looking better. The condos and Brac Reef are still in construction but coming along. I hear BR will open sometime around the first of the year. Reef Divers is open for divers..
We finished our north side house in early september and contrary to what I have read on here we have been diving and in full operation sense mid December 08. Check our trip advisor comments. The diving is better then ever. Pretty much we have been the only ones diving for quite some time now so 10 divers a week is not much impact.
The new boat is insane and we are quite happy with her performance. It has taken our Bloody Bay trips down to a 20 min. run.
To the poster that had some raised eyebrows over our price, please understand our price is based on our operating costs. We are in excess of $5 per gallon of fuel and insurance is not too nice.. With only taking 10 divers out max we have to keep the price a little higher. Its simple math but understand its not cheap. Some of what you are paying for is years of experence as well as in excess of 10K dives in local waters.
We will be going to DEMA this year so if you are around the show come by and say hello. If anyone has any questions regarding what is really going on down here feel free to give us a call on our toll free number and we will be happy to give a update.
Overall, we expect things to return to normal here sometime around early March of 10. We are pretty much booked for the xmas week but have some room around the holidays if anyone is looking to get away.
We do have very nice accomadations and diving available for anyone that wants to be the only ones out on the water.. overall things are fine here, we just need the rest of the island to come back on line so air service will return to normal.
Lots of exciting things going on so keep your eyes open. Freediving, Instructor Training and a few other little surprises to come in 2010
Best to all and hello from the Brac !
We finished our north side house in early september and contrary to what I have read on here we have been diving and in full operation sense mid December 08. Check our trip advisor comments. The diving is better then ever. Pretty much we have been the only ones diving for quite some time now so 10 divers a week is not much impact.
The new boat is insane and we are quite happy with her performance. It has taken our Bloody Bay trips down to a 20 min. run.
To the poster that had some raised eyebrows over our price, please understand our price is based on our operating costs. We are in excess of $5 per gallon of fuel and insurance is not too nice.. With only taking 10 divers out max we have to keep the price a little higher. Its simple math but understand its not cheap. Some of what you are paying for is years of experence as well as in excess of 10K dives in local waters.
We will be going to DEMA this year so if you are around the show come by and say hello. If anyone has any questions regarding what is really going on down here feel free to give us a call on our toll free number and we will be happy to give a update.
Overall, we expect things to return to normal here sometime around early March of 10. We are pretty much booked for the xmas week but have some room around the holidays if anyone is looking to get away.
We do have very nice accomadations and diving available for anyone that wants to be the only ones out on the water.. overall things are fine here, we just need the rest of the island to come back on line so air service will return to normal.
Lots of exciting things going on so keep your eyes open. Freediving, Instructor Training and a few other little surprises to come in 2010
Best to all and hello from the Brac !
Price is not the only measure of value.
InDepth
- never put artificial limits on our bottom time, which decreased the cost per minute underwater,
- took us to several sites we'd never seen in our 15 years diving the Brac,
- and provides superb service – the best we've experienced anywhere.
When I go on a dive trip, after spending all that money on transportation and accommodations, I want the best dive experience I can get. I believe InDepth provides that. The extra cost of diving with them is small compared to other costs of the trip
And the new boat is sweet !
i was in the brac this last weekend and its looking good Brac Reef is up and running the room look very good and reef diver the dive shop cant wait to get more divers. the island is al cleaned up form Pamela if we didnot know it hit it would look like every thing was normal.
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