Stingray City
Billed as 'the world's greatest 12-foot dive', a shallow 3–5 m site inside Grand Cayman's North Sound.
- Open Water
Open Water≤18 m
Oro Verde
Dive site in Cayman Islands
A shallow, open wreck off Seven Mile Beach at about 50 ft, home to named residents: a jewfish, a big moray and a barracuda.
- Max depth
- 15 m
- Level
- Open Water
- Best months
- Dec–Apr
The story
Oro Verde means 'green gold' in Spanish. Originally a US Navy ship, the 250-ton vessel was converted to carry bananas from Central America to the US, was abandoned in Cayman waters in 1976 and became the first boat sunk for the dive industry.
Source: caymancompass.com
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive. Known for barracuda.
Who it's for
Open Water≤18 mSource: liveaboard.com
Recommended minimum: Open Water (PADI Open Water, CMAS/FFESSM N1).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Barracuda
- Goliath groupers
- Moray eels
Season in Cayman Islands
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Dec–Apr.
Source: dive-the-world.comWhere is the Cayman Islands?
The point shows the Cayman Islands area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Cayman Islands
Wreck
down to 34 m
MV Captain Keith Tibbetts
- Advanced
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 23 m
USS Kittiwake
A former US Navy submarine-rescue ship sunk as an artificial reef in 2011, now home to hawksbill turtles, horse-eye jacks and barracuda.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Cavern
down to 12 m
Devil's Grotto
A George Town shore dive through sunlit caves and tunnels where, in summer, tarpon hunt huge schools of silversides.
- Advanced
- Silversides
Reef
down to 15 m
Frank Sound Gardens
Sunlit coral fingers on flat sand at under 40 ft, with a chance of eagle rays along the nearby channel.
- Open Water
- Eagle rays
Macro
down to 18 m
Sunset Reef (East End)
East End's checkout reef: a flat sand bottom no deeper than 22 ft, packed with critters for macro fans.
- Open Water
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Southern stingrays at Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Lhb1239, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
