Diving in the Cayman Islands

1 destination and 17 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.

Where to dive in the Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands

Best Dec–Apr

10 Open Water, 7 Advanced

Cayman Islands

Billed as 'the world's greatest 12-foot dive', a shallow 3–5 m site inside Grand Cayman's North Sound.

Wreck

down to 23 m

Cayman Islands

A former US Navy submarine-rescue ship sunk as an artificial reef in 2011, now home to hawksbill turtles, horse-eye jacks and barracuda.

Cavern

down to 12 m

Cayman Islands

A George Town shore dive through sunlit caves and tunnels where, in summer, tarpon hunt huge schools of silversides.

Reef

down to 15 m

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Sunlit coral fingers on flat sand at under 40 ft, with a chance of eagle rays along the nearby channel.

Macro

down to 18 m

Cayman Islands

East End's checkout reef: a flat sand bottom no deeper than 22 ft, packed with critters for macro fans.

Wreck

down to 15 m

Cayman Islands

A small, intact cable-laying ship upright at 50 ft, with schooling jacks, groupers and morays around her hull.

Photo credits

Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Coolcaesar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Southern stingrays at Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Lhb1239, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons