Lets remember there Manny,,,

This guy who asked about the island is new to diving. You all knowing
divers out there know what I mean!!


"Manaul Zia Marchena" wrote in message
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> After having not been to GC since 1990:
> I spent the Twelve Days of Christmas in Cayman (returned this week) and
dove
> with Red Sail for a few days, but when the weather turned they didn't
> move any boats over to the South Sound and dive the south area like
everyone
> else. When I spoke with the shop they said they would provide an
abbreviated
> service to that area. Went to Don Foster's and finished out the week with
> them diving North, South and East. Foster's, for those of you who don't
stay
> at resorts but use condos and apartments instead, is a great shop with
great
> personnel. I was very surprised by the level of service, the attitude of
the
> employees, the quality of boat and the freedom they allowed the divers.
> Their tip jar was stocked at the end of each trip....I think at times they
> got tips from every diver on board (and there is an almost perfect bakery
> across the street :^).
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> By the way, the East side...IMO...is the best diving left on G. Cayman.
The
> West is pretty beat, the North is showing significant wear, though the
South
> is really a great area....particularly the shallow dives. But little on
the
> GC compares to Brac or LC.
>
> One more thing that I found out. While Red Sail will not do package
> pricing during the Holidays...only a la carte pricing, Fosters runs
> their same package pricing all year long. In our case Red Sail (priced a
la
> carte) was $ 3,200.00 for 4 divers for seven days. If we had booked with
> Fosters it would have been $ 1,700.00. I am certain that the 10 minute
drive
> to Fosters for 7 days is worth the $ 1,500.00 difference. Especially since
> we were in a West Bay condo and had to drive to Red Sail anyway. Lucky I
> didn't pre-pay Red Sail (since it was priced a la carte anyway) and I did
> end up saving some money....doing the remainder of our diving with what I
> believe is a better group.
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> We saw a Hammer at the North Wall as well. The shop said they
> have been seeing it for a few months now. Still it was 30 feet away....not
> much thrill in that. I guess Galapagos will ruin certain moments :^)
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> Glad to see Papagallos still serve a great supper. I thought Sting Ray
City
> was quite cool...we dove it with a private boat in the mid morning. An
> excellent experience...particularly for kids and younger divers.
>
> AND we got every football game on the satellite at our condo. Too bad my
> team was in Gus Ferottes hands..............
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> "Richard Turner" wrote in message
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> > I must dissagree with the coment on Red Sail. I have dove with them
from
> > their Rum Point location and we owned the boat!! There were 4 divers on
a
> > boat thay would handle 30 divers!! That is personal service. I would
> > recomend diving the North wall if you can. The diving is superior to
the
> > West side. We saw a Hamerhead Shark our first dive in Feb 2000!!
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