Mr. Black,
You cannot catagorize all of the diving on Grand Cayman by the tiny amount
you saw either at Divetech or Sunset House.
When you posted your original request for info. I responded, and invited you
out to the East End. To my knowledge, you never came.
The East End has pristine walls and shallow reefs of far better quality than
anywhere else on the island and definitely on a par with the Sister Islands.
As your last trip was "nearly twenty years ago" I doubt that you have
experienced much of what Grand Cayman has to offer in the way of diving.
I am sorry about your experience with the Doing It Rightist you encountered.
As I also mentioned, I have seven staff who all dive somewhat DIR, not one
is loud-mouthed, arrogant, self-centred or obnoxious, if we were , then I
guess we wouldn't have been voted the World's Best Staff by the readers of
Rodales.
If you know the name of this individual, perhaps I could contact him and
explain that his attitude does nothing to enhance the progression of DIR.

Regards, and please look us up next time you visit Grand Cayamn.

Fraser Purdon

Operations Manager  www.oceanfrontiers.com

GUE Instructor   www.gue.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J. Black" <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>
To: "Aquanaut Mail" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 6:13 PM
Subject: Tech Diving in Grand Cayman


> Was in Grand Cayman for a week of tech diving and have a couple
> of comments.
>
> The good:  Divetech, www.divetech.com, and Cobalt Coast Resort,
> www.cobaltcoast.com, were first-class and I recommend them highly
> to rec and/or tech divers alike. The IANTD trimix course I took
> met my expectations, and the instructors at Divetech are heavy
> on knowledge and light on ego (in contrast to this mailing list).
> And meeting Tom Mount briefly at Sunset House, teaching a rebreather
> course, was a pleasure...Tom, you are in great shape for your age,
> and thanks for a great course.
>
> The not-so-good:  The diving at Grand Cayman sadly does not
> compare with her sister islands, Brac and Little.  Although very
> good in general, the wall on Grand pales compared to the wall on
> Little (but then few if any other walls in the Caribbean can compare
> to Little).  The shallow stuff at Divetech, where most deco time is
> spent, is sandy, lacking in coral and marine life, and basically
> dull.  A few lettuce-leaf nudibranchs are crawling about, but I
> expected lots of coral and marine life right up to shore, and that
> just is not the case.  Finally, Grand Cayman has developed exponentially
> since my last dive trip there, nearly twenty years ago.  It has become
> an island for the very rich, moreso than any Caribbean island I have
> visited (Cozumel, Roatan, Cayman Brac, Grand Turk, Providenciales,
> Bonaire, Curacao, Martinique, to name some), and a diver can do much
> better IMHO.  Oh and I'm pretty sure I saw my first Doing-It-Rightist
> ever on a dive trip, at the resort.  The Halcyon BC and steel-springed
> finstraps were evident, plus the guy was a loud-mouthed, arrogant,
> obnoxious, self-centered type...yep, that'd be DIR.
>
> MJB
>
>
>
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