Diving in the Cayman Islands Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Diving in the Cayman Islands
The three Cayman Islands are the exposed tops of an underwater mountain. The underwater sides of this mountain are near vertical in places, sometimes within a few hundred metres from the shore. In addition to the coral reefs, with their typical Caribbean fish, and invertebrates, the wall diving is an unusual experience for most scuba divers. Scuba diving in the Caymans can be done from a boat, or at some dive sites, from a shore entry. Visibility is good due to the island's geography. There is very little runoff of silt or fertilizers from the land, and the steep walls result in the reefs being unusually close to deep ocean water. Grand Cayman Grand Cayman dive sites may be split into roughly into 4 regions; The prevailing south-east winds make it unusual to get to dive the South Side dive
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