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Some Cayman dive ops will not take you diving without a refresher if you have been out of diving for a decade or longer as the OP has. I STRONGLY urge at least a pool refresher before the trip.

Today, May 28,2018 Jaron Solomon, the accused in this dive shop attack, pled guilty to a reduced charge of Assault GBH (Grevious Bodily Harm) in a last minute plea avoiding a trial on an attempted murder charge.

Projects are still underway to upgrade the Owen Roberts International Airport serving Grand Cayman. But as they go they have already opened certain areas that have been completed (or nearly so). The next time you travel to Cayman it should be a better experience. New arrivals hall with...

Local reports are that the initial roll out will be limited to Cayman Airways flights from Miami on Sundays only. Not sure how soon it might be expanded to American Airlines flights and/or other days of the week. For now the plan envisions the Cayman Customs and Immigration officers flying...

Very doable to go to the GT Yacht Club. And certainly much preferable to hanging around the airport. I think they are still offering a free shuttle for the very short ride to the yacht club.

North shore of East End does not have many swim throughs. The South shore of East End does.

And the site is open again. Not sure what additional measure may be in the offing, if any, to securely anchor the wreck again. Another move or two like this one and she'll just drop over the wall to a depth too deep to dive.

The weather system that became hurricane Nate was organizing as it left the Cayman area. It was just enough to throw some rain our way and send some rough waves. But is also left one of Cayman's favourite wreck dives forever changed by toppling the Kittiwake onto its port side. Local...

The Cayman Islands are well known for wall diving. Where Little Cayman stands out is in having particularly shallow tops of the wall in Bloody Bay. This can allow for particularly long dive times, depending upon the diver's air consumption rate, as there is much to see even in the shallows.

WATER SPORTS OPERATIONS GUIDELINES CAYMAN ISLANDS TOURISM ASSOCIATION (CITA) Updated October 2016 Includes Appendix C which does cover Tech Diving Found it in a Google search of this very website...

Phase 2, marking the halfway point, is scheduled to be done by end of 2017. The work yet to be done is more extensive. The Cayman Islands Airport Authority releases periodic newsletter updates on the redevelopment. The most recent newsletter is from April 2017. Local media reports hint at a...

As others have mentioned Grand Cayman has a very real rush hour. Staying in Bodden Town and traveling into George Town for a morning dive might get you stuck in traffic. Plan ahead, go early, and grab breakfast in town. Rum Point gets crazy busy with locals on Sunday afternoons.Very little...

Maybe they ran CYB to MIA direct in the spring? Has not been a non-stop route since at least the summer schedule which started 12 March. I know there has been a lot of talk about CYB to MIA non-stop but was not aware it had ever actually commenced despite the upgrades made to the Brac...

There has been some damage to a dock in North Side by Over the Edge. Wouldn't be surprised if the dock at West Bay Public Beach suffers as well. Was a bit odd to see southwest swell coming in along the shore in High Rock. Rough seas all around except inside the reef off the tip of the island...

It's that time of year and dive ops will add on some extra night dives if they can get the interest. Coral spawns in a massive synchronized spawn. This year the spawn is predicted for September 12th and 13th. Most years Ocean Frontiers puts on a program for the coral spawn. Come on down and...

My GCM to CLT flight (AA flt 822, depart GCM 2:53pm arrive CLT 7:00pm) on August 11 was on time , maybe even a couple minutes early, and yet we ran into a long line at immigration that backed up around the corner. Seems that flight, at least on a Friday, arrives at the tail end of a group of...

Well, Cayman does have a Cayman Islands Customs office for inbound customs clearance. But that has no impact on making a connection in Charlotte for your return trip home. And, yes, we do want a US Customs and Immigration clearance setup at the airport in GCM, but so far that has not been...

This is the usual anniversary sale. Put it on your calendar for every August. Details will vary year to year, but always, always, always every August, usually early August.

The accused Jaron Solomon was in court last Friday (July 28, 2017) and pled not guilty on an entirely unrelated matter - threatening to kill six police officers and resisting arrest among the highlights. He is facing charges along with his brother, who was apparently not involved at all with...

Sounds good. And if you are all flying from south Florida then book on Cayman AIrways. Two free checked bags, complementary in flight rum punch, and they have the boarding ramps at GCM. Cayman Airways serves Miami several times daily as well as service to Tampa. Southwest offers daily...