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Dive Review of Red Sail Sports/ Tortuga Divers/Morritts Londoner in
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman

Red Sail Sports/ Tortuga Divers/Morritts Londoner: "Grand Cayman is still very good", Oct, 2022,

by Kim S DeVoe, CO, US (Reviewer Reviewer 3 reports). Report 12137.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 5 stars Food N/A
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 4 stars
Snorkeling 3 stars
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 4 stars
Comments The week of 10/22 - 1/29 is the slowest week of their fall off season, and they were running Tuesday thru Saturday only. We like most, arrived on Saturday and were unable to dive the first two days with Tortuga divers, but used those days to visit the turtle beach and shore dive at Sunset House. Which has a nice reef and is a good place to shore dive from; so all good.
Red Sail/ Tortuga dive boats are a well run operation, with very experienced Captains and Instructors. They are organized and efficient, with excellent dive site briefing and hand drawn maps. The boats are comfortable to ride in with a covered area and seating fore aft or up on the flying bridge seating. Entries are from a rear dive platform with and two ladders on either side.
The dive sites are not in as bad a shape as I had been reading about in Undercurrent. There was some coral degradation, but the fish life was abundant. We had one day on the North side that was calm enough to dive Julies Wall (next to Babylon), and it was in great shape. When it is too rough on the north and East side, it is only a 25 minute boat ride around the corner to the South and much calmer seas. Where High Rock Drop off and Three Sisters are excellent deep dives with healthy coral. And very nice shallow dives in the caverns and swim throughs in Little House and Iron Shore Gardens. Overall the reefs are not much different than when we came in 2019 before the COVID shutdown.
We have been to Grand Cayman 5 times, as Morritts is a easy exchange from our Home resort in Breckenridge, CO. So it is very familiar, but we were impressed with the improvements topside. Especially the roads to the East End, which are now wider and with shoulders in most places. We are always happy to go back, and this trip did not disappoint, as the diving was good and the dive operator excellent as always.
Websites Morritts Londoner

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Bonaire, Cozumel Turks/Caicos, Bahamas, Saba, Saint Martin, St Kitts, St Barts, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Kona Hawaii, Australia, Playa Mexico, Cenotes in the Yucatan, Fl Keys
Closest Airport Georgetown Getting There Fly from Denver to Grand Cayman with one layover in Houston

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas choppy
Water Temp 84-°F / 29-°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions All deep dives are guided, but most shallow dives you can dive your own profile with a buddy
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish N/A
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 3 stars Boat Facilities 3 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 3 stars Shore Facilities 3 stars
UW Photo Comments Camera table is multipurpose with phones and all manner of equipment on on it. Not really any dedicated space for cameras except in a dedicated dip bucket
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