| With the astounding variety and myriad of Marine life | | | | it is easy to know why. What is quite interesting with |
| and intriguing breaks and the addition of crystal-clear | | | | regards to the whole diving experience of the |
| waters it is no surprise that diving in the Caribbean is | | | | Cayman Islands is the fact that the government and |
| an experience to be savoured. It is said that you | | | | the authorities have gone to such great lengths to |
| never ever forget the moment when you first put | | | | provide such an all round experience. These events |
| on your diving gear to prepare for your very first full | | | | include buying old and scrap boats (and by boats I |
| dive in ocean waters. Perhaps the apprehension has | | | | mean small ships) to actually sink and help provide |
| something to do with the fact that you are possibly | | | | diving locations. Such is the nature of the sea that |
| aware of what you might meet in the shadowy | | | | these locations have become colonized by Aquatic |
| depths below. That having been said perhaps a tinge | | | | flora and fauna and are quite remarkable in |
| of apprehension mixed with a slight dose of fear is | | | | themselves. The whole diving scene in the Cayman |
| no bad thing in these circumstances. The particular | | | | Islands is so well-organized that there is a minimum |
| area of the Caribbean that we are looking at in this | | | | amount of time wasted getting from one first-class |
| article concerns the coast around the Cayman Islands | | | | dive to another. Indeed most of them are probably |
| and Jamaica. Between them, Grand Cayman and the | | | | not more than 10 to 15 minutes travel from |
| smaller islands of Little Cayman and Cayman Brac | | | | whichever hotel you happen to be staying at. It is |
| provide more than 150 shallow dives, wall dives and | | | | because of this that the Cayman Islands have |
| wreck dives for divers to choose from. Enough to | | | | become world-famous for its diving which in the last |
| keep the average holiday diver more than busy. | | | | 20 years they have developed into a fully fledged |
| Grand Cayman is noted for its wall dives and these | | | | tourism destination. They would appear to have |
| come in all shapes and sizes ranging from gentle | | | | everything, fantastic beaches, excellent |
| slopes to fearsome almost precipice like drops that | | | | accommodation with all that you would expect in |
| plunge more than 1200 ft into the depths of the | | | | terms off additional features such as tennis, golf etc |
| ocean below. Cayman Brac has shallow reefs that go | | | | and of course water sports. Taking this all into |
| on for miles but possibly the highlight of diving off | | | | consideration and in addition to the world-class |
| Cayman Brac is the aptly titled Bloody Bay Wall which | | | | facilities available this is still a destination when the |
| plunges more than 1200 feet into the oceans depths. | | | | main sites still are actually underwater. |
| Divers refer to the wall in almost reverent terms and | | | | |