Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2019 | Page 61

Popular
Cayman Islands
DIVE SITES
Eden Rock & Devil’s Grotto (Grand Cayman)
Eden Rock and Devil’s Grotto are two of The Cayman
Islands most popular dive sites. Located 46 feet beneath
the surface of the water just south of Seven Mile Beach,
these are underwater mazes which are a wonderland
of colourful fish including Parrot Fish, Silversides,
Tarpon plus Barracuda. Suitable for both beginners and
intermediate snorkelers, equipment rental, shore or boat
dives can be arranged from the Dive Centres in the area.
Photo Credit: Sharife
Bloody Bay Marine Park (Little Cayman)
Suitable for both skilled or beginner scuba divers, this
is Little Cayman’s top dive site with its main attraction
being the Bloody Wall which is a reef wall that starts
at about 20 feet beneath the surface and then sharply
drops to a depth of 5,000 feet. At 100 feet, the Cayman’s
native stingrays, sharks and turtles can be seen.
Captain Keith Tibbetts Wreck (Cayman Brac)
Located about 200 yards from the shore, a 330 foot long
Russian Frigate, now known as Captain Keith Tibbetts
Wreck, was deliberately sunk to create an artificial reef.
Today, swimming among the coral and sponge of the
wreck which is positioned at a depth ranging from 30
to 100 feet, are amber-colored scorpionfish, groupers,
green moray eels and countless other species.
Photo Credit: TripAdvisor