Grand Cayman
Little Cayman
Cayman Brac

Grand Cayman

• ORO VERDE
  Originally Liberty ship, then a freighter and ultimately a drug smuggling boat that ran aground in the Caymans, 184ft Oro Verde was purposefully sunk as an artificial reef off the west coast in 1980, having been cleaned up and all sharp objects, doors & hatches removed for safety reasons. She lies in just 50ft of water, off Seven Mile Beach, making her an ideal dive for divers of all abilities. The wreck is beginning to get covered in corals & sponges and inside you can find various species of larger grouper, morays and juvenile fish, and on the outside jacks, snapper, grunts etc. Sergeant majors can be seen in huge numbers, guarding their hordes of purple eggs from marauding fish.
  
  
• TRINITY CAVES
  Marked by a large coral head on the reef edge, Trinity Caves is 3 swim-throughs that start at the reef top in 40ft of water and twist there way through the reef to where they open up onto the wall at 90ft. In these swim-throughs you will find black coral, seafans & tube sponges and schools of glassfish. Lobsters can be seen lurking in the many holes within caves. You will also see parrotfish, tang and angelfish, chromis and chub.
  
  
• BONNIE’S ARCH
  Further round the reef from Trinity Caves is Bonnie’s Arch. >From a stunning croal garden along the top of the reef, a sand chute leads to a fragile coral arch covered in sponges and soft corals. On the nearby reef can be found some monster barrel sponges up to 6ft across. The arch is usually used as a frame by schooling tarpon, glassfish and yellowtails. The reef is home to filefish, triggerfish and grunts. One of the best dives in the Caymans!
  
  
• STINGRAY CITY
  A shallow (12ft) sand area with a few coral heads on Grand Cayman’s north side is home to a collection of friendly Southern stingrays that insist on being fed and pampered by divers. Even for veteran divers who have "been there, done that" this is a great place to interact with rays and get some great natural light photos.
  
  
• BALBOA
  One of Grand Cayman's star attractions for night diving, the Balboa lies directly off George Town Harbour. A 376ft freighter that sank while at anchor during a hurricane in 1932, she was subsequently dynamited to gain access to the harbour and today her mangled remains lie in just 30ft of water, scattered across a sandy bottom, her stern section upside down. She is covered in colourful sponge growth, particularly at the stern and Balboa is now a safe home for all sorts of nocturnal beasties including baskets stars, octopuses, scorpionfish, and large crustaceans from lobsters to spider crabs.

Little Cayman

• NANCY’S CUP OF TEA
  At the far eastern end of Bloody Bay Wall, Nancy’s Cup of Tea is a section of drop-off that starts in 35ft of water and descends into the abyssal depths. The reef in this area is also pitted with numerous swim-throughs and caves. Here a huge coral pinnacle rises from about 90ft to a peak at 40ft. You can circle round the pinnacle as you come up during the dive – hence its other name, Magic Roundabout. This pinnacle and the surrounding reef are richly covered in black coral trees, wire corals, red vase sponges, orange elaphant ear sponges and enormous tube sponges of infinite colour. The crevices are filled with glassfish, Nassau groupers, squirrelfish, bigeyes, and a host of other reef fish. With such a massive wall and deep ocean beyond, the occasional glance seward may unearth grey reef sharks or rays. This is a must-do dive on anyone’s agenda!
  
  
• MARILYN’S CUT
  Where Jackson Wall ends and bloody Bay Wall begins (didn’t you see the signpost?!) a large U-shaped crevice in the reef wall creates a large mushroom shaped pinnacle with a large cave behind and to the side. Soft corals and seafans cover the reef, and this is a particularly good place to find trumpetfish & flamingo tongues hiding amongst the fronds of soft coral. Here also lives a famous resident of Little Cayman. Depending on who you talk to the friendly Nassau grouper who makes this area his home is either called "Ben" or "Freddie". I suppose we can be grateful for the fact that they are of the same gender! He is a keen, if not over exuberant model, sometimes getting just a little too close to the lens! He hangs out near a large barrel sponge just over the ledge of the reef. The whole area is festooned with huge tube & rope sponges
  
  
• RANDY’S GAZEBO
  This site is also known as The Chimneys, which to us Brits probably sounds better than Randy’s Gazebo! A series of chimneys extend down from the reef top into the reef structure and exit on the wall. Here also is a cut into the reef framed by a magnificent archway covered in feather stars and basket, tube & vase sponges. Frame diver in the arch and get a great wide angle shot!