Divetech

Divetech

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
Divetech at Lighthouse Point Dive Resort offers dive packages for beginners to advanced divers. Daily boat trips which include "free" shore diving from our full service dive shop. Divetech's 18 instructors offer "try diving", resort course, Learn to Dive, referral dives, open water certifications, kids (8 & up) diving programs, underwater scooters, Rebreather support and training year round. Lighthouse Point Dive Resort, Cayman's newest green solar/wind powered hotel, you'll meet the owner-operators at your home away from home. Luxury oceanfront accommodations, sea pool, boat dock, shore diving with Divetech and a health food restaurant called "Vivo".
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Meets animal welfare guidelines

Awards
Travelers' Choice
2024

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Nicole H
Austin, TX16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Couples
My husband and I did a refresher course and boat dive with Divetech and had a wonderful experience. For some context, we’re a couple from Texas in our early forties, only about 15 dives on our log and we hadn’t dived since 2017.

Dan was our instructor for our refresher and he was fun, kind, and patient with us as we picked our skills back up. He tailored our course to what we needed to remember and took it nice and slowly with me since I needed to gather my confidence. They have a sea pool that is a nice middle ground between a swimming pool and the open water. I needed a little extra time to reacquaint myself with breathing underwater, and Dan ensured that I never felt rushed. He also helped us build on our skills with a few tips that we can carry with us as we build on our scuba journey, most especially with regards to weights and trim. Quickly after that, we were on track and out in the open water to enjoy a fun dive off the mini wall. Dan pointed out several creatures we would have missed including an octopus and a lettuce sea slug!

The next day, we were on the boat. They didn’t overpack the boat and it was a very comfortable ride. I really appreciate that there are plenty of women on staff. Jo drove the boat and guided our first dive, and Rachel guided our second. We felt like we were in very capable hands and they ran a tight ship with clear instruction. We’ve done boat dives elsewhere before and this was a much better experience in every way. The guides all have a lot of fun personality and show care that everyone has what they need to have a good time. However, if we were to do it again, we would hire a private guide so we could split away from the larger group and have someone point out things that are easy for us novices to miss.

We rented our equipment the next day and headed over to Macabuca for a last dive. The dive tanks are specific to dive sites, so we had to rent our tanks at Macabuca separately. Judging from the salty fellow working the desk at Sun Divers, we made the right choice in primarily using Divetech. But we’re glad we mixed it up by checking out a different site.

If we visit again, we won’t hesitate to book with Divetech again. We’d do the refresher again, and a boat dive or two with a private guide. Ask for Dan!

Note to Divetech: Consider some more signage at the entrance. It was a little confusing to know where to turn in.
Written November 23, 2022
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Jason G
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Solo
This was my first trip to Grand Cayman and I booked 4 days (10 dives) with Divetech. The entire experience from booking, working out details, to the diving, was flawless and as professional as it gets. Every member of their staff is extremely knowledgeable and happy to help whenever needed. The private guides are excellent and happy to be flexible around how you want to structure your dives. This is the team you want to dive with if your going to Grand Cayman.
Written July 19, 2023
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William Thurman
Claremont, CA3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2022
I had a great time doing my rescue diver course with Serena! She made the course fun whilst maintaining an air of seriousness and professionalism that matched the content of the course itself. I also did a lionfish hunting dive with Ragi that I highly recommend. Ragi was an excellent instructor, and I was able to have some fun while simultaneously ridding the ecosystem of some nasty invasive fish. USS Kittiwake is also a must see; Jo will take you out on the DiveTech boat and you can swim through the entire hull of the 220 ft long submarine scavenger 70 ft under the sea. Overall fantastic experience, one that I recommend for anyone looking to dive Grand Cayman (which should be everyone).
Written March 17, 2022
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HaveAllergiesWillTravel
15 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2024 • Family
Kelly the instructor was unpleasant, condescending and impatient. For example, when we were talking about the skills we would do on the boat dive, I asked how the inflatable dive buoy would be inflated in the water, she opened her eyes big and put her face in front of mine and said, "I will tell you when we are in the water," the way you would talk to a child when then were driving you nuts and you just want them to stop talking. She did not give clear instructions. For example, we were to follow the van, and were waved to park about 1/2 mile away. Nobody told us what was happening. We had brought all our own gear, and so why didn't they tell us to follow them, drop off our gear, and then go park? No consideration for others. Thank goodness we weren't renting gear, because her compass kept getting stuck - she would have to hit it for the needle to move, and said that she "found it on the bottom somewhere." For the night dive, the instructor's light was flooded and very dim. After those five dives, I felt like I wanted to give up diving forever, but then we did four more dives with two different dive companies and I was back to feeling hooked. We will continue diving, but I could never recommend DiveTech. They were also untruthful about our schedule. When I contacted them, I told them the most important thing for me was to complete the wreck dive, which they assured me was no problem. Upon arrival to the shop we were informed that the weather was too poor all week to do the wreck. We ended up diving that wreck the following day with another company (Red Sail), and the weather was sunny and the seas were calm. DiveTech took us out for our deep and boat dives on a terrible day, pouring rain and very rough seas. I am guessing that they just had other divers wanting to do those reefs, not the wreck, and they wanted the most customers. Their rinse buckets didn't contain disinfectant, only plain water, so our gear stank the next day. Their lockers were in terrible condition and there was not even a bench to sit on to change. It was a very poor experience. I do not know why it is a "5 star" dive shop on the PADI website. Red Sail was a fantastic customer oriented experience, and we did two dives with Fluvio Bonati from Seahorse Dive School, which were PHENOMENAL.
Written June 26, 2024
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Gary M
Texas49 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022
I've traveled to Grand Cayman on many occasions and have heard good things about West Bay dive operation Divetech. Today, 1 November, is a stormy day and a group of us stopped by Divetech's facility to inquire about doing a shore dive when the weather clears.

The facility was not busy due to the weather and our experience with the staff was not positive. We asked about the mini wall, where the three buoys were attached and other general, non-proprietary questions. The responses from one of the staff were less than enlightening and we were repeatedly told when you sign up we will give you that information.

Well, I own a U.S. dive operation (which was not disclosed during our visit) and you lost any future business and referrals on my part due to the demeanor of the staff.
Written November 1, 2022
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Chris M
9 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022 • Friends
We had a super fun time diving on the reef right off the shop by ourselves but our group opted to do a lionfish culling course as well - would not recommend booking this experience with Divetech.

Our lionfish hunting course started out with some snarky comments from our dive instructor who wasnt wanting to teach this course that day and was complaining to her coworker she would rather be boat diving instead. Then there was more complaining because of an equipment switch that had to be done because one of the people in our group was replaced by a different diver.

Our lionfish hunting instructor was outspoken about being anti-hunting (not a good start), didnt know the difference between a Hawaiian sling and a polespear, and after a discussion about how the best place to find lionfish would be at a reef that was off the beaten path, not at Divetech, we jumped right in and swam out to the reef at Divetech - and there werent many lionfish.

We spent almost half of our oxygen swimming out at a depth of 15 to 20 feet to where we would start hunting. We did the same thing on the way back. This meant we only had about 6 minutes of actual dive time to drop down and hunt lionfish. This could have been easily avoided by swimming out on the surface and swimming back on the surface.

Just not a real smooth experience that could have been easily made better with a few modifications. But again, the reef was gorgeous and they rented functioning equipment
Written April 27, 2022
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Michelle A
5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Couples
Had an incredible Discovery Dive experience. Dan and Kelly are amazing instructors- kind, caring, funny jokes, clear instruction very safety conscious.. Would highly recommend them. Was my first time diving and will definitely be back!
Written June 17, 2023
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Vacation549548
10 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
We called around to a few dive companies before we decided to pick Divetech. We picked them because Daniel was super friendly and easy to talk to over the phone. He answered all of our questions and was very knowledgeable and helpful.

On the day of our tour, it was Daniel that helped us. From start to finish, we could tell that he was passionate about diving and really loves his job. He made us feel very safe and was also very funny!

We highly recommend this tour company and make sure to ask for Daniel!

Gary and Maya
Written January 30, 2023
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oliver 470
11 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Family
Chose this company as a YouTuber Divers ready we follow had used them when in Grand Cayman. We were not disappointed. Our boys had their junior open water and their instructor Brett appeared very thorough and professional. We also met Kelly,Dan and Ian who made us feel welcome and safe. The famous Captain Jo was very gracious. We would definitely use them again if we went back to here
Written July 11, 2023
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Lisa C
20 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 • Couples
We were picked up from our resort in a broken down van with no AC and a broken door. Upon arrival I checked my equipment and got on board. No one did a safety check. You were completely solo and no one cared if you had a diving buddy. First dive down we were told to let the dive master know when we were at 1500 psi. Dive master never looked back or asked. I started losing air quickly at the ship wreck and showed my buddy I went down in air to 800 really quickly which was super concerning. She swam ahead quickly to let the instructor know. Shortly after I started my ascend about half way through the dive. After everyone was up I expressed my concern about a leak and was dismissed. Was told I was prob nervous and that I was prob breathing hard. I was not. Second dive- same thing happened. I think they were very unprofessional. I don’t need a baby sitter but for such a serious safety sport I felt they were absolutely not professional, nor did I feel safe/secure. Do not recommend.
Written September 1, 2022
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