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
Advanced≤30 m
Tarpon Alley
Dive site in Cayman Islands
A Grand Cayman wall at 15–24 m named for the many (at least 100) tarpon that shelter in its reef.
- Max depth
- 24 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Dec–Apr
The dive
A wall dive. Known for turtles, eagle rays and barracuda.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: frommers.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wall
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Eagle rays
- Barracuda
- Tarpon
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
