Questions about Little Cayman Beach Resort

[danpass]

ok, well the single person tax is ~$250. Which would have been airfare.

There are a couple of specials ....... will have to think abou this lol.

 

[JW13]

3 nights = 2.5 days???? You wish.............

Let's say the three nights are Saturday, Sunday and Monday. You get there on Saturday and check in after 3:00. Your first dive day is Sunday and you only get to dive Monday morning because you fly out on Tuesday morning and they won't let you dive Monday afternoon. Because of the Cayman Airways flight schedule, there usually isn't any way around it.

I believe 3 nights = 1.5 days of diving.

 

[danpass]

mostly. When I spoke with Mary I believe she told me that 3 nights = 6 total dives. My notes are in the office lol

 

[AggieDiver]

It depends on when you fly out and whether you book a 2 or 3 dive package. I believe they require an 18hr minimum SI, so if you fly out on the 10am flight, you can dive until 4pm the day before. So that would allow you to do 3 dives a day for 2 days. If your package only includes morning dives, you will only get 4 dives in 2 days. If you are on an earlier flight out of LC, you might not be able to do the last afternoon dive.

 

[danpass]

Ok, I'm looking at my notes now:

3 nts = 5 dives
4 nts = 8 dives

(So just one extra night is a 60% increase in dives.)

 

[PatW]

You might try talking to the reservation people. I believe that if there is a storm LCBR will allow for you to book at a later time with no penalty except if the later date is pricier, you pay the difference. Now as to the airfares, that would be between you and Cayman Air.

 

[-hh]

How is the weather in the off-season (hurricane-on season) on average? What are the odds of a TS or Hurr in August historically? lol

Traditionally, the statistical peak is mid-September. That was when I traditionally would head to the Brac...and even though we've been going down in the spring for the past few years, I still would go down in the fall - - the heat of the summer has passed, but the water is still quite warm. Yes, there's the risk of a cyclonic event, but in 20 years of fall visits, we only got 'hit' once (Lily in 2002). And if we add in the "just plain lousy" days where the weather caused diveboats to be cancelled, I think our count is at perhaps ~8 days out of nearly 300 days on-island.

How many flights would I be paying for? Miami to GC then separate Otter flight to LC?

Unless you can find a custom charter, the only air service to Little Cyman (LYB) is Cayman Airways (KX)

Coming from Miami, you could choose to stay on Cayman Airways (KX) for both of the flights you need, which might be a bit less expensive than having Carrier "A" into Grand Cayman (GCM), then CAL over to LYB. There is the occasional (once per week?) direct MIA-CYB flight to the Brac, but this is only on KX and IIRC it is generally only run as MIA-->CYB ... for CYB-->MIA, you'll be compelled to do CYB-GCM, then GCM-CYB.

If you get a US carrier to get you to GCM, figure that the cost of a round-trip ticket GCM-LYB to roughly be around $150; less if you catch a sale.

..Assuming no Tropical Storm, weather generally is light ESE winds with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the upper 70s to around 80. Chance of rain 20% every day for brief but intense showers.

Generally, this means northside diving (Bloody Bay & Jackson's), which is what most people going to Little Cayman will want. There can be a few days of higher winds & seas on the southside, which can make the diveboats' daily commute out of South Hole Sound and aound the point to the protected lee (~10 minutes or so) potentially a bit rough.


-hh

 

[New Scuba Guy]

I'm curious about Little Cayman Beach Resort too. My wife and I are booking a vacation there for the 2nd week of October. We wanted to get in to the Southern Cross Club, but nothing is available until October 28th.
Everything I've been reading about LCBR is pretty positive. I know that we will have 3 flights from JFK Airport. How is the staff, the diving, the accommodations, the food, etc? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!:shark:

 

[justadyver]

Just go to the main page for cayman islands. then review pages 2,3,4,5 you will find a lot of info on LCBR. there are 3 or 4 trip reports. all good info. was there in november loved it.

 

[BDSC]

I'm curious about Little Cayman Beach Resort too. My wife and I are booking a vacation there for the 2nd week of October. We wanted to get in to the Southern Cross Club, but nothing is available until October 28th.
Everything I've been reading about LCBR is pretty positive. I know that we will have 3 flights from JFK Airport. How is the staff, the diving, the accommodations, the food, etc? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!:shark:

Do you already have flights from GC to Little Cayman that week? If not they may be hard to come by. We were going to go from the 5th - 12th but changed to the 12th - 19th so our group could get seats.

Staff- Excellent
Diving - Excellent
Rooms - Excellent
Food - Excellent
Etc. -Excellent

See the pattern here! I can promise you won't be disappointed. That's why we keep going back.