Grand Cayman

(Dive Travel Business - January 28, 2012) -- Kids Sea Camp has announced its Family Dive Adventure destinations for 2012: The list includes eight family-friendly dive holidays in Yap, Palau, Costa Rica, Grand Cayman, Galapagos, Bonaire, Utila and St. Vincent.

Kids Sea Camp gets kids excited about the ocean when they are young. Established by Dive Travel Pro Margo Peyton in 2001, the objective of Kids Sea Camp is to promote an awareness of marine related issues, with a strong focus on conservation. During Kids Sea Camp, students enjoy multiple activities and the enthusiasm of a staff dedicated to teaching new and fun things about the oceans with both education in a classroom environment as well as hands-on programs that teach age appropriate curriculum.

The Kids Sea Camp Line-Up for 2012 is: read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - December 27, 2011) -- The popular scuba diving television series Into The Drink  is heading into its third season in 2012. The ground-breaking adventure program set new standards for excitement and exploration when it first premiered on HDNET. The entire first season has been packaged in a three-disc DVD box set.

According to show creator Randy Harris, “The first season set the bar that the entire crew has worked to match in subsequent seasons. We travel throughout the world exploring not only some of the most pristine diving destinations on the globe, but we also show some of the unique topside and cultural experiences found in these places. Throw in a bit of humor and colorful characters and you have Into The Drink, Season 1.” The DVD Box set is available for $29.95. 

Season 1 of Into The Drink features all 13 episodes and a bonus disc with surprise footage never before released on DVD. Episodes include:
• Turks & Caicos, Parts I & II
• Honduras, Parts I & II read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - December 11, 2011) -- Sunset House Dive Resort, located on the west side of Grand Cayman and walking distance from George Town Cayman Islands, has invested over US$250,000 in renovating their premium rooms into a whole new level of service. Located on the north end of the property on the sea side of the resort, upgraded Oceanview, Suites and Apartments offer more space with 2 Queen beds or 2 King-size, flat screen cable TV and a private balcony looking out through the palm trees to the Caribbean Sea.

"We renovated all of these rooms with new bathrooms, including fixtures, travertine tile, vinyl covered concrete ceiling tiles with recessed lights and hair dryers and putting programmable safes, ironing boards and irons, microwaves, larger refrigerators to replace the existing fridges, along with the coffee makers in the spacious rooms" states Ken Thompson, hotel manager for the resort. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 4, 2011) -- Often heralded as the top dive destination in the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands has sunk the ex-USS Kittiwake off the north end of Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach creating another dive site.  The USS Kittiwake, a decommissioned 1945-vintage submarine rescue ship, was scuttled on Wed Jan 5, 2011 in the Cayman Islands to create an artificial reef that will attract both fish and tourists. 

The former WWII US Navy ship was thoroughly prepared, with the removal of any hazard materials before it was towed from the US to Grand Cayman.  The former submarine carrier will become an important artificial reef that provides a haven for local marine life as well as a key dive and snorkel site. The Kittiwake sinking is part of the dive destination’s Dive 365 initiative, an on-going program to develop dive sites across Cayman for every day of the year. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - November 17, 2010) -- The Cayman Islands will soon have a new artificial reef with the sinking of an old American warship with the upcoming sinking of the USS Kittiwake. 

The vessel will find its finally resting place on Saturday December 11, 2010 in the waters off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman so that there is just 15 feet of water above it. The location will make it accessible to novice divers and snorkelers and create a safe marine habitat for surrounding reef life.

The vessel has already been prepared for safe underwater access by divers and snorkelers, and has been thoroughly scrubbed with all toxic materials removed.  The vessel will be towed a distance of approximately 1400 nautical miles along the eastern seaboard of the US from Norfolk Virginia, by Key West Florida, and then along normal shipping lanes around the western coast of Cuba to the port  of Georgetown on the west side of Grand Cayman. The tow is expected to take 7-9 days at an average towing speed of 8 knots, weather permitting. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - July 21, 2010) -- The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) regrets to inform the public of an urgent situation that has arisen which will cause the USS Kittiwake sinking events scheduled to take place between July 24^th - 27th, 2010, to be postponed. 

(DiveTravelNewswire.com - Sept 29, 2009) -- Cobalt Coast Dive Resort and Dive Tech Grand Cayman offer a special 7-night package (Fri Nov 13 - Fri Nov 20, 2009) for $1565 pp/do for divers including ocean suite accommodations, 6 days of 2-tank boat trips, Stingray City trip, Underwater Treasure Hunt, unlimited shore diving, and more.  Guests on the package are invited to cruise to town to watch the Pirate's Landing, bus ride into town to partake in the Street Dance, trip to the beach to watch the annual Turtle Release.  read more »