Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point in
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Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point: "Another great trip to the East End", Oct, 2014, by G. Tripp Jones MD, SC, US ( Top Contributor 72 reports with 29 Helpful votes). Report 7916.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
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Comments	This was our 6th trip to the East End to dive with Ocean Frontiers and stay at Compass Point which is on site and about 30' from the dive pier. We flew from Charlotte to Grand Cayman nonstop (2 1/2 hours) and had a rental car ( included in the package) for the 35 minute drive to the East End. The condo is very nice, clean and quite a nice facility. The dive operation, Ocean Frontiers, is still the best dive operation we have been with in 20+ years of diving. The boats leave at 8:00 am for a two tank dive, with the options of 53+ dive sites being an extremely flexible option, depending on the weather. We did the 6 days of two tank dives and added the 3 tank safari and the "macromania" dive, led by Brittany, to the week of diving. The viz was very good, 100+ on deep dives and 70+ on reef dives. One day we had a hellacious current and did a drift dive, covering 6 (SIX) dive sites. It was great diving, with a super dive staff, and we were quite happy with the experience. The diving was good, but saw only 3 sharks all week, but others at the resort saw more. A few turtles were seen and the fish life was good. They really try to cull the lionfish population. The resort has an on site restaurant, Eagle Ray's, which has improved very much in the last year. Local restaurants we visited included Tukka's ( the best), Over the Edge, Kurt's Korner, and the South Coast Bar and Grill. We ate breakfast and lunch in our condo after visiting the local grocery store, but enjoying the local restaurants for the evening meal. I really enjoy returning to Compass Point/ Ocean Frontiers and we will definitely return.
Websites	Ocean Frontiers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean, Truk, Australia
Closest Airport	GCM 35 minutes	Getting There	USAirways Charlotte to GCM
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100 ft first deep dive, then 60 ft. 2nd. Dive your computer
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point in Cayman Islands/East End

Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point: "Another great trip to the East End", Oct, 2014,

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Dive Review of Ocean Frontiers/Compass Point in
Cayman Islands/East End