This is the final day of a most enjoyable dive trip. The rooms are colourful and very clean and the food is to die for. I think I've gained 10lbs this week!

We have gone out each day on the Holiday Diver, a very efficient and roomy dive boat with excellent dive masters, Nicky & Chris. We have seen turtles, large groupers on every dive, nurse sharks and stringrays on most dives. We enjoyed swim throughs on a lot of dives too. The corals here are in excellent condition, pristine! I especially enjoying Mixing Bowl and Meadows.

My only remorse about this week is that Nicky and Chris will soon be leaviong for South Africa and will not be here next year when we return.

Jan

August 17, 2006

From 1993 to 1996 I dove over 100 times on Bloody Bay, so returning after 10 yers, I was pleased to see that Reef Divers was still maintaining the highest standard but was more pleased to find that the rref and the marine life have both flourished.

August 13th I dove on Nancy's Cup of Tea: ran across a juvenile French angelfish and later I saw a larger hogfish and a soap fish.

August 14th, Three Fathom Wall (Mixing Bowl): saw one of my favourite fish, an indigo hamlet, along with a nurse shark and several large lobsters. One was out for a 25 to 30 foot stroll.

August 14th, Meadows: A busy location where several rays were dug into the sand. The rays kept your attention on the sandy bottom resulting in spotting a peacock flounder. Later a small turtle that went to the surface for air, it stayed on the surface for 5 to 6 minutes before heading back down.

August 15th, Bus Stop: a single eagle ray came cruising parallel to the Wall heading East. It was of large size and was in no hurry. It was seen later up by Eagle Ray Roundup. Later in teh day we saw a large parrot fish swimming about 15ft below the surface over a white patch of sand. Also a large turtle was cruising around the reef patches.

August 16 we headed to the Brac to dive on the Russian Frigate. I last dove ont he ship in September 1996, one day after watching it sink. Ten years later I was surprised to see that it had survived reasonably. Fish are using the hull as a reef. On the deck was a spotted scorpion fish. I have seen several over at Little Cayman but never on the deck of a sunk ship.

August 17, Meadows: Our group was going to go to the Wall and then turn right towards Nancy's Cup of Tea. As we appreciated the Wall a nurse shark and a large grouper caught our attentions turning us to the left. As we went over the Wall, we encountered 2 large marine reef sharks or black tips. They were not in a hurry to get away. They continue to cruise around our group of 5 divers coming within 6 to 10 feet. They did not appear to be aggressive. They would swim away then return. This continued for 5+ minutes before they left. As we travelled away, about 100 yards, 3 sharks came up from behind us but were about 30 feet below us. They also were not in a hurry. We spent a total of about 15 minutes with this group of reef and nurse sharks. This was topped off by having a turtle come swimming by the group.

It was back in 1993 when Little Cayman Beach Resort first opened. About one
month later I stayed a week at the resort and had an outstanding vacation.

Thirteen years later and many dive trips across the Caribbean we have
returned to Little Cayman Beach Resort and I have to ask, why did it take me
so long? The answer is simple; I've been looking for something better than
LCI and I've never found it. Upon my return in 2006 I can tell you that I
have found nothing better that the diving at Little Cayman. The Walls are striking. There is nothing more vertical that disappears into the inky
abyss. The coral is alive, healthy, and in about every color and shape you
can imagine. The fish life is abundant from reef sharks to eagle rays and from trunks to trumpets and everything in between. Each dive has been filled with a different experience that will make me come back again.

If you like to SCUBA there is only on place in the Caribbean, Little Cayman.
And the folks that have it together for your diving vacation is the staff at Little Cayman Beach Resort.

Thank you for a great time!

Mark Crosthwaite
Virginia

Reef Diver at Little Cayman Beach Resort is a first class operation. The boats are well designed and never felt crowded. There is a dedicated camera table, warm towels are provided as well as snacks. The diving is made easy by the very efficient dive masters. You sit at the back of the boat, your gear is brought to you, and with one step you are in the water. The dive briefings are informative and entertaining.

The dive sites are varied and fun. There are beautiful corals, wrecks, swim throughs and many fish. The dives are not hurried and we were allowed to go at our own pace. Although there are walls that drop to 6000 feet, the depth limit is 110 feet with logical safe time limitations; at no time did we feel as if the diving was unsafe.

We will return to dive with Reef Diver.

Dottie here from Reef Divers… lots of cool stuff has been seen around Little Cayman in the last several days. Some of our guests had a close shark encounter at Mike's Mount, several were in the area scoping out the divers. I really enjoy the little stuff and there is plenty of that to be found… if you look in the right places. A first for me was a Hovering Goby at Mixing Bowl… very cool little fish… looking something between a Sand Tile fish and a Yellow Head Jawfish. There is a juvenile Black Snapper hanging around the swim thrus at Meadows… you only see them as babies, the adults go down deep between 300-800 feet… too deep for me! Spotted a very shy Cubera Snapper at Eagle Ray Round-Up. Of course, don't forget… I love looking at the HeadShield slugs through my microscope magnifying glass in the sand at Jackson's. And my favorite, the Lettuce Sea Slug abound everywhere! Let's get Wet