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Dive Review of Wall to Wall Diving/plantation Village in
Cayman Islands/Grand Cayman, West

Wall to Wall Diving/plantation Village: "Great Dive Operation; sad state of coral", Aug, 2022,

by don buswell-charkow, FL, US (Reviewer Reviewer 5 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 12037 has 1 Helpful vote.

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food N/A
Service and Attitude N/A Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments We have been diving Grand Cayman since 1994. We have been diving with Giles of Wall to Wall diving for about 13 years. We usually go to Grand Cayman every year but missed the last three years due to schedules and then Covid. Since last trip, Giles got a new boat. It is a very nice, spacious, smooth catamaran, twin engine, and fast. Unfortunately, due to strong, consistent winds we were unable to dive the North Wall, our usual and favorite dive sites. So everything was on the West side, off 7 mile beach. Wall-to-Wall diving is an excellent dive operation. We use NItrox and they measure the O2 level each morning. They set up your dive equipment and keep everything on the boat for the whole time you are there. Very attentive and safety oriented. But they let you dive your own profile if they are sure you are competent. The West side was calm with great visibility. The state of the coral is, however, sad. Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease has wreaked havoc. In past years, the coral was so abundant that you almost don't notice it; kind of like hiking in a forest and you don't "see" the trees. Now, the coral is dead and brown. Most of the former bright neon colors are gone. There are islands of healthy coral, as some of the corals have natural immunity. But it is hard not to be saddened while diving. Steve is Giles's divemaster and he is delightful. Full of good humor but an excellent divemaster. He usually did the first morning dive and then Giles did the second. We generally stayed with them except at end of dive, when we still had plenty of air. Not as many fish as in past years but still plenty to look at. We saw a few nurse sharks and one reef shark.
Websites Wall to Wall Diving   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Extensive diving in the Caribbean, Fiji, Tahiti, and the "Forbidden Island" of Niihau in the Hawaiian Islands, Maui, The Big Island. Saba, Belize, St Maarten, Bonaire, Turks & Caicos, St John, Tortola, Bahamas,
Closest Airport Georgetown Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 88-°F / 31-°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 70-80 Ft/ 21-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions [Unspecified]
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

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

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

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments I didn't bring my camera but there is plenty of room on the long table and a rinse bucket just for cameras
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By Craig A Wood in PA, US at Sep 21, 2022 09:18 EST  
Sad to hear about the state of the coral, thanks for the report
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