bleach:
Hi All...
We have decided to make our spring trip to the sun Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, one week each.
Has anyone stayed at Paradise Villas or Sunset Beach Condos on L.C.? They seem to be about the best priced. I've seen on this board a recommendation to go with the meal plans at the resorts, any one want to second that?
We think we want to stay at Divi Tiera on C.B. Is the meal plan as good of an idea here, or are there more restaurants?
Do either of the Islands have dive shops that have smaller boats? Nitrox?
Thanks in advance
Brian in AK :ice:
Let me give you some facts, Ma'am. Just facts.
Right now, Paradise Villas doesn't have a boat working. They have their pontoon boat in the water, but without working engines. I have no idea when they will be able to get engines for it, either. You would have to ask Marc, but I don't think it's going to be any time soon. Meanwhile, their divers are going out with Little Cayman Beach Resort.
Likewise, Sea-Esta (the Conch Club Divers boat) is dead in the water. It's missing a starter motor for one engine. The word is that a new starter motor is on the way. Meanwhile, Conch Club is chartering one of our boats...when it's available. Otherwise, their divers just get mixed in with the LCBR divers.
By "Sunset House" I think you mean one of the condominium units next door to me, but am not sure. It's a 4 unit building, and one of the units is owned by some people in the UK who rent it out. It's a nice unit...but you will need a way to get back and forth between there and "the store"--about 1.5 miles. And how are you going to go diving? If you're thinking Paradise Divers, see the first paragraph above.
As far as Nitrox goes, the only source on Little Cayman is LCBR. I spent the day today doing Nitrox fills, so can tell you we are supplying Nitrox for everybody else on the island as well as for our own divers.
Regarding boat size, we are running about 12 divers/boat this week and next. LCBR has three boats (all Newton 42's) which can take a maximum of 20 divers each. Last week we did have all three filled each day with 20 divers, and it was a blast. The group on my boat was mostly from the Pittsburgh area, and they were a super fun bunch to dive with. At first I was a bit worried about 20 being too crowded, but this was such a fun bunch to go out with that I think everybody agreed that any less wouldn't have been nearly as nice! We had 3 DM's on each boat, so the divers were able to get into the water and back out again with very little waiting.
Bruce
Little Cayman
