Dive Sites off the shores of Cayman Brac
Surrounded by deep plunging walls and protective shallow reefs, the Cayman Islands are home to some of the best (Top 3) Scuba Diving in the Caribbean Diving! The islands’ relative seclusion in the Caribbean Sea results in some of the cleanest ocean waters with healthy coral reefs. Scuba dive in the Cayman Islands and experience an amazing underwater landscape, where vibrantly coloured marine life can be enjoyed in fairly calm and amazingly clear warm waters. Cayman Brac is located within the underwater mountain range known as the Cayman Trench – It provides incredible sea walls to explore… Walls covered in coral and sponges and descend to depths of over 2000 feet. There are plenty of caves, chutes, and swim-through tunnels to examine.
Cayman Brac diving offers shallow shore dives or sheer wall dives, just a short boat ride away from the island. With healthy reefs, plenty of wrecks and an abundance of marine life, as well as amazing visibility to over 100 feet, Cayman Brac is truly a Diver’s Paradise!
Some of the best of the Cayman Islands diving can be found around the island of Cayman Brac – Home to 65 official dive sites! Check out some of the details below (listed clockwise starting from the north/west corner):
- Snapper Point
- Double Wall
- Airport Wall
- Fisheries
- West Chute
- End of Island
- Middle Chute
- East Chute / Cayman Mariner Wreck
- This site is home to a small wreck alongside a coral wall covered in colourful sponges
- Preacher’s Barge Wreck
- Knuckles Wall
- Buccaneer’s Reef
- This site is shore accessible
- MV Capt K. Tibbets Wreck / Russian Destroyer
- This artificial reef sits in 60-70 feet (20m) of water and is accessible to explore. It’s also home to corals, sponges and plenty of fish. A great spot for underwater photography.
- Leslyn’s Palace
- Tombstone
- Garden Eel Wall
- Kissimmee Wreck
- This tugboat makes for an interesting wreck dive and is shore accessible
- Strawberry Sponge Wall
- Cemetery Reef / Wall
- This site is shore accessible
- Charlie’s Reef
- This site is shore accessible
- Patch Reef
- Piper’s Wall
- Grunt Valley
- This site is shore accessible
- Schoolhouse Wall
- Snapper Reef
- Treehouse
- Duppies
- Lynn’s Reef
- This site is shore accessible
- Atlantis
- This site is shore accessible
- Radar Reef
- This site is shore accessible
- Plymouth Rock
- This site is shore accessible
- Hoyt’s Wall
- Greenhouse
- This site is shore accessible
- Jan’s Reef
- Jan’s Drop-off
- Shark Hole
- Tailor Wall West / East
- Bert Brothers Boulders
- This site is shore accessible
- Tina’s Reef
- Ken’s Mountain / Bluff Wall
- Rock Monster Chimney
- Son of Rock Monster
- Foster’s Wall
- Prince Frederik Wreck
- This site has the remains of a 19th-century wooden sailboat and is shore accessible
- Norbert’s Reef
- Wilderness Wall
- This amazing site is shore accessible and features a large wall with a steep drop-off covered in coral and colourful sponges as well as a large variety of tropical fish. You’re likely to see a turtle and a ray too.
- Gillembo
- Walbert’s Playground
- Eden Wall
- Public Beach
- Inside Out
- Hedy’s Reef
- Cayman Keys
- Manta Canyon
- Pillar Coral Reef
- Elkhorn Forest
- Seafeather Wall
- Angel Reef
- Crab Alley
- Butterfly Reef
- Orange Canyon
- Anchor Wall
- This site features, yes a large anchor permanently lodged in the reef. The coral wall is alive with marine life as well as a popular swim-through.
- Sargent Major
- Lighthouse Reef
- This site has a reef / wall that is home to turtles and rays
- Tarpon Reef
Also check out Scuba Diving at Grand Cayman’s: West Coast; North Wall & North Sound; East End; and South Side as well as Little Cayman. Take a look at Grand Cayman Snorkeling too…
Planning a Cayman Islands Scuba Diving vacation? Go back to Cayman Islands Diving for a list of local Dive Centres / Boat Operators who’ll take good care of you
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