Dive Review of Pirates Point Resort in
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Pirates Point Resort: "Still the Best!", Jun, 2016, by Richard M Tavan, CA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 9041 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	Long our favorite destination, Pirates Point had somehow not made it to our itinerary for several years. We were at least curious what might have changed after the passing of founder/owner Gladys Howard. The answer: Nothing for the worse, several things for the better. Unchanged: Gay and Eddie Morse continue to run the place like a Swiss watch. The hospitality remains friendly, relaxed, family-style, and genuine. The rhythm of the dive day remains the same and suits us "to a T," that is, unhurried breakfast, two boat dives with no time limit before a late, great lunch, and no diving or other plans between lunch and happy hour. The food is still outstanding although the new chef has put his own mark on PP dining, to wit, dinner is now plated instead of family style. The presentation is therefore more elegant and there is less temptation to overeat shortly before bed. There are many new recipes, all excellent. Lunch is now my favorite meal of the day but the dinners are more gracious and very good. Divers often abandon the other resorts and sign up for available spots in the PP dining room. Happy hour continues to include a different appetizer each day and open bar for diving guests. The ambiance is still funky, cool, and fun. The dart board, replaced a few years ago to my delight, is still lightly used and lightly lit but I enjoy it. Dominoes after dinner are now optional. ;-) They have cleaned up the bar by removing a lot of the guest-made craft art. There is still plenty of it left, though, and they still seem to bring out stuff made by current guests. The atmosphere continues to relax and delight me from the moment of arrival. (If they don't hear the plane overhead, one of the two airport employees gives them a call to come pick you up.) The DMs are still knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. (The dour one we encountered one time is gone.) Gladys' daughter Susan is now the owner and lives part-time in Gladys' lovely house on the property. When she is there, as she was for our recent trip, she continues her late mom's tradition of hosting a sushi and cocktail party once a week, inviting the resort guests and friends from around the island. The diving has improved since our last visit when the coral and wildlife seemed to be suffering a bit. The reef is in better shape. We only saw a few of the invasive lionfish thanks to conscientious harvesting by divemasters. More groupers seem to be returning. Our favorite dive sites are still great and we saw a few new ones. Variety of terrain from site to site is one of the reasons I love Little Cayman. And, of course, Bloody Bay Wall is what this island is all about. Miles long and deeper than forever, it provides the most enjoyable diver profiles I've ever experienced: Drop down in 15-20 feet of water, group up if you want a guide, swim over or through the wall and down and out along the wall as far as you like (100 FSW marine park limit), swim back and up to the boat, and continue sightseeing in the shallows as you complete your safety stop and breathe your air down to the limit or decide you've had enough. Once they are confident in your abilities, you can wave goodbye to the DM and do your own thing. They still offer a night dive once a week when conditions permit. They are pretty conservative about that but this time we got one. Pirates Point is a vacation gem. It's easy, purely recreational diving. The marine park doesn't seem to serve technical divers but I'm not one. Only two months back and I'm again ready to return. One caveat: Don't bring along non-divers unless they really enjoy "just relaxing." There is very little else to do on this six by one mile, barely populated island. There is some fishing available - ask around - but so far we haven't participated.
Websites	Pirates Point Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Monterey, CA Channel Islands, Hawaii, Galapagos, many places in the Caribbean.
Closest Airport	Edward Bodden Airfield	Getting There	US-Grand Cayman-Little Cayman
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-70 Ft/ 12-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	100' depth, back on boat with (500? 600?) pounds of air
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
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	I've only dabbled in UWP, so my ratings are not particularly significant. There is a camera table in the dry, covered part of the boat. There is a rinse tank on board where you can leave your rig. They are happy to hand gear to you after you jump in. Once you earn their trust, you can go off without a DM and shoot to your heart's content. There is household electricity, 120V with US outlets, throughout the resort.

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

Pirates Point Resort: "Still the Best!", Jun, 2016,

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