Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in
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Pirates Point Resort, Apr, 2013, by Douglas Garrou, VA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 6940.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	The diving at Bloody Bay Wall is as advertised - spectacular. And we really were impressed with Pirates Point's dive operation. It isn't a "dive until you drop" routine -- two dives a day, with a (roughly) weekly night dive from shore if there's sufficient interest. I did the night dive and it was quite fun. The divemasters are long-time employees who know their stuff, get people on and off the boat efficiently, and give helpful tips on technique if desired. They don't do a great deal of instruction, but two in our crowd got AOW ratings and reported high satisfaction. Conditions were excellent -- little, if any, current, terrific visibility, and reasonably flat seas all but one day. The boat, The Yellow Rose, has a good setup and is very wide; I was surprised how easily it accommodated 18 to 20 divers. And of course the trip to the reef isn't very long. The boat dock is a short drive from the resort, so you load up in the van and head over there in the morning. This proved to be much less of a hassle than I had feared, as they have the logistics pretty well figured out. Accommodations were very nice and the whole place is vigorously maintained. The food is simply spectacular -- the quality of the work coming out of the kitchen at this place really has to be experienced. I noticed that people popped in from other resorts for dinner on a regular basis, and that's not surprising. Nor is the fact that many of the guests at Pirates were frequent customers. One caveat: if you're looking for nightlife, go elsewhere. Little Cayman has sort of a Gilligan's Island feel. We really liked that, but Type A vacationers would go nuts.
Websites	Pirates Point Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Cozumel, Morehead City NC, Andros Bahamas, Florida Keys, Jupiter Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	77-78°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-135 Ft/ 30-41 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100 foot max first dive, 60 foot max second dive, back on the boat with 500 psi. Depth limits are enforced in part because of the difficult logistics of getting divers back to Grand Cayman for the barochamber there.
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	freshwater bin for cameras on the boat, copious warnings that only cameras go there. reasonably good storage area for cameras on rack in center of boat. no compressed air line ala the liveaboards, but no biggie.

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

Pirates Point Resort, Apr, 2013,

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