Gateway To Cayman's North Wall

by Geri Murphy

Diving Teamwork
Holiday Inn has joined forces with Red Sail Sports to provide a full range of dive services, including PADI training courses, scuba equipment rentals and daily dive boat trips. Red Sail is one of the island's largest chains of dive operations, maintaining a fleet of dive boats and the largest staff of certified scuba instructors and dive boat skippers.

 Red Sail recently acquired a new 48-foot Pro Custom dive boat specifically for catering to Holiday Inn dive guests. This high-speed craft can carry 20 divers and cruise at more than 20 knots, making it one of the fastest dive boats on the island. Based at Safe Haven, the boat is just minutes from the hotel. Named the Tropical Wave, this custom-built boat can reach the North Wall in 13 minutes.

Tropical Wave has a large dive platform on the stern equipped with two dive ladders to make re-boarding easy. It has a freshwater shower and two freshwater rinse buckets - one for camera equipment and the other for dive gear. A platter of chilled fresh fruit is served after each dive as an added treat.

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