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Scuba Forum / General / October 2005Eden Rocks Shore Dives in Grand Cayman
During a western Caribbean cruise, I had the chance to do some quick scuba diving while at port in Grand Cayman. Since time was limited, I did some prior research and decided to try the shore dives at Eden Rocks. It was actually not bad and the price was right. I wrote an article about it and it's at; http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com/scubaartedenrocks.htm Clint "Clint" <pepmax@videotron.ca> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :During a western Caribbean cruise, I had the chance to do some quick scuba :diving while at port in Grand Cayman. Since time was limited, I did some [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : :http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com/scubaartedenrocks.htm Nice to see that you had a good time. About those lockers, did you bring your own combination lock, or your own padlock (dive with the key), or did the dive center rent/give those out? Dan Bracuk If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. Dan, We used one of their lockers and their keys. I had the key in the watertight compartment I store my ID in while diving. It was no problem at all as the lockers were big enough for both myself and my partner. Clint Free Spirit Activewear http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com Premium Quality Scuba Diving Activewear > "Clint" <pepmax@videotron.ca> pounded away at his keyboard resulting > in: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption > =---- Eden Rock is one of my favorite night dives. Last time I was on Grand Cayman, I did it every night I was not out on the Nicholson. We stay at Sunset House. Lee It would certainly be a much less expensive night dive since there's no dive boat required. Clint Free Spirit Activewear http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com Premium Quality Scuba Diving Activewear > Eden Rock is one of my favorite night dives. Last time I was on Grand > Cayman, I did it every night I was not out on the Nicholson. We stay > at Sunset House. > > Lee Love Devil's Grotto, thanks for the memory! I need to get back to Cayman, 3 days just wasn't enough. > Love Devil's Grotto, thanks for the memory! I need to get back to > Cayman, 3 days just wasn't enough. Neither was 10. Jayna likes Brac better than Grand Cayman. Personally, I much prefer Grand Cayman. There's more to do when you're not diving and more opportunities to dive a lot, including shore diving. Each time we've been there, we've arranged a visit to the Sandbar/Stingray City and done at least one night dive to meet the tourist submarine at the Nicholson, directly off Sunset House. It's impossible to describe how cool it is to be on the wreck when the tourist sub arrives. The closest you can get without doing it, is some of the scenes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Jayna's usually content to do her two boat dives a day and her one or two night dives that are included in the package. As I recall, Sunset House will let each guest have a couple of tanks overnight. It's not unusual for me to use mine and Jayna's for diving Devil's Grotto, the caves crevasas and swim throughs at Eden Rock and/or Sunset Reef and the Nicholson. I've not yet done a swim out to the wall at night. Maybe next time. Often as not, my problem is finding a dive buddy that's willing to dive as much as I like. It sounds crazy in this forum, but they're not exactly growing on trees. Lee > yet done a swim out to the wall at night. Maybe next time. Often as not, > my problem is finding a dive buddy that's willing to dive as much as I like. > It sounds crazy in this forum, but they're not exactly growing on trees. Too bad I don't live closer then. Um, not that I'm growing on a tree, just that I'll dive as much as I can. Now meeting up with a sub would be a real cool dive! Thanks for bringing it up. I would like to do that one next time I'm down there. I wonder if it's possible to do something similar at the other Atlantis submarine locations. Clint Free Spirit Activewear http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com Premium Quality Scuba Diving Activewear >> Love Devil's Grotto, thanks for the memory! I need to get back to >> Cayman, 3 days just wasn't enough. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Lee "Clint" <pepmax@videotron.ca> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :Now meeting up with a sub would be a real cool dive! Thanks for bringing it :up. I would like to do that one next time I'm down there. I wonder if it's :possible to do something similar at the other Atlantis submarine locations. I did it in Aruba. It was indeed, very cool. Dan Bracuk If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. > Now meeting up with a sub would be a real cool dive! Thanks for bringing > it up. I would like to do that one next time I'm down there. I wonder if > it's possible to do something similar at the other Atlantis submarine > locations. I would assume so. You just have to figure out when and where they're going to be. In Grand Cayman, that was easy. We knew they did the Nicholson on nights that the cruise ships were in port and the hotel knew which nights that was. We watched for the tourist transport boat to approach, knowing that as soon as they loaded their passengers, they'd be on the way. When the boat approached, we swam out. Lee > I would assume so. You just have to figure out when and where they're going > to be. In Grand Cayman, that was easy. We knew they did the Nicholson on > nights that the cruise ships were in port and the hotel knew which nights > that was. We watched for the tourist transport boat to approach, knowing > that as soon as they loaded their passengers, they'd be on the way. When > the boat approached, we swam out. They were probably telling the passengers ``if we're lucky, we might be able to spot some divers on the wreck.'' > Now meeting up with a sub would be a real cool dive! Thanks for bringing it > up. I would like to do that one next time I'm down there. I wonder if it's > possible to do something similar at the other Atlantis submarine locations. > > Clint The Atlantis Sub operation in Coz makes twice daily visits on the north end of Chankanaab Reef area. A number of times the sub driver has paused long enough for us to approach for a moment so long as we stay clear of the props. He'll wave us off if the schedule gets cramped. This is a much smaller sub than other locations.  Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' >> Now meeting up with a sub would be a real cool dive! Thanks for bringing >> it up. I would like to do that one next time I'm down there. I wonder [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the props. He'll wave us off if the schedule gets cramped. This is a much > smaller sub than other locations. It would be interesting to meet the sub during the day, but it was spectacular to meet it at night. Lee >>>Now meeting up with a sub would be a real cool dive! Thanks for bringing >>>it up. I would like to do that one next time I'm down there. I wonder [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Lee Everytime I've seen this one cruising along, especially on cloudy days, all the lights are on. I can only imagine the sight of the lights looming up out of the shadows at night. If we could get a large enough group together drifting on the up-current leg, hold our lights really still, we'd look like another sub coming at him. Left full rudder - Rig for impact!! <grin> (sowwy, distant childhood visions of the Seaview still hanging around) Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' |
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