Dive Review of Fisheye of Cayman/Avalon in
Cayman Islands/West side

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Fisheye of Cayman/Avalon, May, 2005, by C Vernon Hartline Jr, TX, USA ( Reviewer 5 reports). Report 1697.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	While I have been a diver almost as long as Ben Davidson,I still love Cayman. Ben and I have disagreed for years about diving in Cayman. He has a deep seated predjuice against the place so there's never a friendly article about it. He talks about feeding the Stingrays as being most dangerous because of a moray incident but never says anything about Stewart Coves shark feeding in the Bahamas or dolphin pens at Anthony's Key. Cayman was where I learned to love to dive and it's still a dammed good place to go underwater. The island was hammered by Ivan. Trees are down and someplaces are still shambles (Indies Suites amoung others). The blowholes are gone (filled up) so are Cayman Diving Lodge and believe it or not Bob Sotos as well as several other dive operations. However the reef survived nicely and the diving is still easy, convienent and still a dam site better than most places in the close proximity to the USA. Fisheye has a very comfortable boat and the divemasters (Matty, Sean and Joanna) were friendly and competent. Go see Cayman diving for yourself.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Mexico(Caribbean, Sea of Cortez & Pacific), Costa Rica, Turks&Caicos, Belize, Australia, Indonesia etc
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	maximum depth and length of dive were requested for both dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	After "Ivan",Fisheye has lost its shop. Calls are transfered to a cell phone - business is conducted in the beach parking lot. A new shop is in the final stages of preparation and completion. Not certain it will be as much as a photographer heaven as before. Seems like everyone on the island involved in diving is struggling at present.

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Dive Review of Fisheye of Cayman/Avalon in Cayman Islands/West side

Fisheye of Cayman/Avalon, May, 2005,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Fisheye of Cayman/Avalon in
Cayman Islands/West side