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Pirates Point Resort, Aug, 2014, by David E Reubush, VA, US ( Top Contributor 68 reports with 35 Helpful votes). Report 7718.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	This was our 18th trip to Pirates Point and our 2nd in 2014. I'll refer you to my January report for a description of the resort and dive operations. I'd like to use this note to mention that the fish life this summer seemed to be the best since the lionfish invasion began. There were tons of juveniles, particularly fairy basslets, which are a favorite food for lionfish. So, the weekly joint lionfish hunts by the island's resorts and the nassau groupers which are learning to eat lionfish must be having a favorable impact. We also saw the first arrow blennies and chalk bass in many years. I am encouraged that the fish life is really beginning to recover. I will also note that Pirates Point does not enforce any kind of dive time limit. While others talk about the number of dives you can make in a day that number usually comes with a time limit for each dive of an hour or less. I much prefer doing the 2 dives at Pirates Point with no limit and coming back for a leisurely lunch over having 2 short dives, coming back to a rushed lunch so that you can turn around and go back for an afternoon dive. In the 2 weeks we were at Pirates Point on this trip I did 26 dives with a total bottom time of 2197 minutes, an average dive of 84.5 minutes. I plan on doing even better than this when we return next summer.
Websites	Pirates Point Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Belize, Bimini, Bonaire, Caymans, Curacao, Galapagos, Indonesia (Wakatobi, Raja Ampat, Komodo, Lembeh, Bali, Banda Sea), Philippines, Red Sea, Southern Bahamas, St. Thomas, Turks & Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	85-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	60-90 Ft/ 18-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1st dive 100 ft., 2nd dive 60 ft., stay with a buddy, come back with 500 psi
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	Rinse tank on boat could have become crowded if there had been a large number of photographers, but was not a problem while I was there. Similarly, the dedicated rinse tank on-shore isn't huge.

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

Pirates Point Resort, Aug, 2014,

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