redseal
Contributor
Just got back from a spectacular week in Little Cayman, and wanted to share (gloat!)about the experience.
Group of fourteen divers of varying abilities from our dive shop flew in on a Saturday from the USA. IslandAir was a bit disjointed in its scheduling but the flights were smooth and brief.
Stayed at the Little Cayman Beach Resort. Jerry Hawk runs a very top class resort. Accomodations were clean, sharp, and nicely laid out. Meals were superb(thanks Aval), drinks at the bar were varied and quite potent (per reports from others as I don't drink alcohol).
But the diving: WORLD CLASS!! Reef Divers was top notch. 42 foot boats in excellent condition with DMs who really know their sites well. Entertaining, informative, professional and most of all, fun to dive with. Water was 80F, visibility was much greater than 100 feet, and the volume and diversity of marine life was incredible. We saw Caribbean reef sharks, nurse sharks, turtles, rays, lobster, crabs, shrimp, eels, and more fish, coral and sponges than I thought could fit in one area! Diving was effortless: gear setups were fully taken care of by the dive crew, entry and exit were smooth (as was the water---little surge, manageable currents), refreshments were abundant, sites were chosen well. HIGHLY RECOMMEND REEF DIVERS. Special thanks to Liz, Dottie, Ron and Gaz; they really made this a vacation to remember.
Only one suggestion: try to avoid returning to the USA via Miami International. What a frigging dog-and-pony show trying to clear immigration and customs! A supervisor told me that since the TSA took over, they have the same staffing levels regardless of volume of passenger load. Eight (yes EIGHT) international flights all arrived simultaneously and >2800 passengers had to queue up to pass through a dozen immigration agents' lines, to be followed by TWO checkpoints to clear customs!!! What an embarrassment to our country.
Hope to get back to LCBR in another year or two; it's really magnificent!
Group of fourteen divers of varying abilities from our dive shop flew in on a Saturday from the USA. IslandAir was a bit disjointed in its scheduling but the flights were smooth and brief.
Stayed at the Little Cayman Beach Resort. Jerry Hawk runs a very top class resort. Accomodations were clean, sharp, and nicely laid out. Meals were superb(thanks Aval), drinks at the bar were varied and quite potent (per reports from others as I don't drink alcohol).
But the diving: WORLD CLASS!! Reef Divers was top notch. 42 foot boats in excellent condition with DMs who really know their sites well. Entertaining, informative, professional and most of all, fun to dive with. Water was 80F, visibility was much greater than 100 feet, and the volume and diversity of marine life was incredible. We saw Caribbean reef sharks, nurse sharks, turtles, rays, lobster, crabs, shrimp, eels, and more fish, coral and sponges than I thought could fit in one area! Diving was effortless: gear setups were fully taken care of by the dive crew, entry and exit were smooth (as was the water---little surge, manageable currents), refreshments were abundant, sites were chosen well. HIGHLY RECOMMEND REEF DIVERS. Special thanks to Liz, Dottie, Ron and Gaz; they really made this a vacation to remember.
Only one suggestion: try to avoid returning to the USA via Miami International. What a frigging dog-and-pony show trying to clear immigration and customs! A supervisor told me that since the TSA took over, they have the same staffing levels regardless of volume of passenger load. Eight (yes EIGHT) international flights all arrived simultaneously and >2800 passengers had to queue up to pass through a dozen immigration agents' lines, to be followed by TWO checkpoints to clear customs!!! What an embarrassment to our country.
Hope to get back to LCBR in another year or two; it's really magnificent!
