Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in
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Pirates Point Resort, Aug, 2010, by David E Reubush, VA, US ( Top Contributor 68 reports with 35 Helpful votes). Report 5646.
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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	N/A
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Comments	This was our 12th trip to Pirates Point. August would not be the same without our annual pilgrimage to visit Gladys and her staff. (Some of whom predate our first visit in 1995. The turnover being low so that you develop a friendship with everyone.) You can read my reviews from previous years in the Undercurrent archives. Things have not changed. The diving is, in our opinion, the best in the Caribbean and the food is as good as the diving. The diving is also some of the easiest you will find anywhere with warm, flat water, great visibility, and generally no currents. Unfortunately, the lionfish invasion has continued. We saw one or more on just about every dive. The divemasters have been catching all that they can with nets and we had lionfish sushi several times during our stay. The big news is that the "official" lionfish spear arrived just before we left and should make it much easier to catch and remove the lionfish. The Cayman Islands Department of Environment has been very conflicted about taking any fish from the marine park, but finally realized that the lionfish needed to be removed with something more effective than a net.
Websites	Pirates Point Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Belize, Bimini, Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Curacao, Dominica, Galapagos, Indonesia, Red Sea, Roatan, Turks & Caicos, Virgin Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	86-88°F / 30-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100 ft. first dive, 60 ft. second dive, come back with at least 500 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	Rinse tank on boat only for cameras, camera table on boat generally uncrowded except for beginning of trip when boat was full of photographers, big, deep sink back at resort for camera rinsing.

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Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

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Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman