Cayman Brac Beach Resort

Cayman Brac Beach Resort is located on a private white, sandy beach overlooking the dazzling Caribbean. This intimate, family-owned dive resort is a picture-perfect divers getaway. Guests love exploring vast reefs teeming with marine life on virtually current-free dives.

How To Get There

The resort is located on a private beach on Cayman Brac, the most easterly island in the Caymans just a 35-minute flight from Grand Cayman.

Dive Overview

Warm Caribbean waters hold an exciting world of diverse, colorful marine life divers can experience on virtually current-free dives especially great for new divers and photographers. The Reef Divers dive center staff provides unique Valet Diving service which takes all the work out of your dive vacation. A not-to-be-missed dive is on the famous MV Captain Keith Tibbets wreck.

Accommodation Overview

Cayman Brac Beach Resort has 40 modern, Caribbean-chic beach view room. The resort went through extensive renovations in 2015. The restaurant, fitness center, dive shop and boats are just a short walk through landscaped gardens.

A beautiful, freeform pool and hot tub with a poolside Tipsy Turtle bar that has an upper deck - are perfect for watching sunset with your favorite beverages. The Caymans use the same type electrical outlets and power as the U.S. and Canada, so no adapters are needed if traveling from these areas.

Each of the 40 oceanview resort guest rooms is furnished with:

• Attractive Caribbean decor
• Beds King bed or two doubles (guests can request a bed type but we cant guarantee)
• Patios or Balconies
• Individually controlled air conditioning, as well as an overhead ceiling fan
• Tiled or carpeted floors
• Color cable television
• Radio/alarm clock
• IDD telephone
• Hairdryers
• Irons & ironing board
• Coffee centers
• Room service
• Coin laundry, drying lines, and laundry services available
• Bathroom amenities: soap, shampoo, conditioner [add]
• Towels for use at the pool or on the beach
• Free Wifi

Food & Drinks

The Palms Restaurant serves chef-prepared international cuisine that is almost reason enough to visit the resort. Meals are served buffet style with a wide variety of fresh selections each day. And every nights menu has a completely different theme, so guests have an opportunity to discover favorites and new, exciting options each evening. The chef can accommodate most dietary restrictions if advised in advance.

The Tipsy Turtle poolside bar specializes in refreshing tropical drinks and delicious finger foods serving 11:30 AM 11:00 PM daily (opens 12:00 noon on Sundays). Its a great place to relax, meet friends, and talk about your days adventures in between meals, while waiting for dinner, or watching the stars come out at night from its top deck.

Dive Information

The boats depart each morning at 8:30 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. Water temperature ranges from 78 in the winter to 86 in the summer.Divers are encouraged to place their gear in a bag outside their door the first morning where the dive staff will pick it up, take it to the boat and set up their gear. After that, the dive staff will take care of everything, including packing up your gear and rinsing it after the days diving.

Diving Highlights

Cayman Brac is the site of one of the worlds best wreck dives, the Russian Missile Frigate #356, renamed the MV Capt. Keith Tibbetts. Turtles, Spotted Eagle Rays, Reef Sharks, Nassau Groupers, Moray Eels, Stingrays, Horse-Eye Jacks, Barracuda, Flying Gurnards and more!

• 100 different hard and soft corals and over 500 types of fish.
• Cayman Brac Beach Resort diving affords near unlimited visibility, usually 100 to 150 feet, with little or no current.
• The Warm water at Cayman Brac Beach Resort is a joy. Temperatures average 78 to 80 in Winter, Summer is 82 to 86.
• Trips to Bloody Bay Wall Marine Park are offered during the week, but are weather dependent.

Dive Center Information

The resort owns and manages its own dive operation, Reef Divers, whose shop is conveniently located on the beach near the dock just a short walk away. They are affiliated with PADI, SSI, and the Universal Referral Program.

Dive Center Features

• Guided Cayman Brad boat diving trips
• PADI and SSI instructional programs, including completion of eLearning certification classes
• Aluminum 80cf tanks (standard air and nitrox)
• ScubaPro rental gear
• Some dive items, t-shirts, and souvenirs for purchase
• Fresh water rinse tanks (separate one for cameras)
• Dive gear drying/storage room
• 4 Newton boats, custom-designed for divers and diving

Diver Information

Professional instructions and boat captains balance protecting your safety and the marine environment with providing unforgettable dive experiences. Dive training and certification are available. Please inquire in advance to make arrangements. Nitrox upgrade is available at an additional charge.

Not certified? Complete the PADI online EAN eLearning class before coming to the island and complete it a Cayman Brac Beach Resort for a nominal fee. Or schedule the complete course while there, and the nitrox upgrade may be at a reduced rate or even free. All diving with Reef Divers requires presentation of a certification card and completion of some paperwork which can be done quickly.

Reef Divers Valet Diving service makes diving easier and more fun for everyone by doing all the heavy lifting. Guests are issued mesh bags at check-in for their boat gear to use while visiting. These are picked up from outside dive guests doors early the first dive day and thats the last time divers will have to carry it until they pack to leave.

The staff takes care of setting up, cleaning, drying, storing this gear. The resort has a drying room for hanging wetsuits and other items. So the only gear divers should take back to their rooms are cameras, loose computers, and personal items. The boats have towels for divers use and carry fresh, cold water and snacks.

All boat dives are done from moorings to preserve the reefs. There are normally no currents in the Caymans, making this a great destination choice for new divers, photographers, or anyone who wants to just leisurely explore beautiful reefs and marine life. Dives are briefed on board with hand-drawn maps showing the dives routes.

Divers may follow the guide or choose to go off on their own within the established dive profile. Gearing up is as easy as getting gear on the boat. Reef Divers does the work. Guests sit on wide, stable platforms on the rear of the boat and the staff brings their tank and BCD to them. After helping don the gear and stand up its one giant stride into the beautiful Cayman Caribbean. And at the end of the dive, divers may hand up their fins and climb the ladder out or opt to remove all gear in the water.

Reef Divers dive shop is open daily 7:30 AM 5:00 PM (closed for lunch 12:30 1:00 PM). Morning 2-tank boat trips require divers to be on board by 8:00 AM (7:45 AM first day to allow time for boat procedure review). Afternoon 1-tank boat trips require divers on board by 1:45 PM. Check with the dive shop for availability and departure time for night dives (adjusted seasonally) or if interested in an extended morning trip to Little Caymans famous Bloody Bay Wall Marine Park (weather permitting at an additional charge).