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DIVING AND WATERSPORTS

There are 42 dive operations in Grand Cayman, 5 in Little Cayman and 3 in Cayman Brac and 2 liveaboard dive boats, the Cayman Aggressor III and Little Cayman Diver II.

coral.JPG (18298 bytes)A full range of professional dive services is available, include equipment sales, rentals and repairs and scuba instruction at all levels. In addition, there are seven full service underwater photography and video centers with E-6 processing services, including four on Grand Cayman, two on Cayman Brac and one on Little Cayman.diver3.JPG (17760 bytes)

Stingray City has become Cayman's most famous dive site, located in shallow depths in Grand Cayman's North Sound. Here, more than 30 Southern Atlantic stingrays swim freely with snorkelers and divers in 12 ft. of water. The site can be reached only by boat.

A two-man double lock recompression chamber is located at the George Town Hospital, and manned on a 24-hour on call basis by trained staff from the Cayman Islands Divers chapter of the British Sub Aqua Club, supervised by a doctor trained in hyperbaric medicine.

Watersports


katamaran.jpg (10472 bytes)Other watersports available include deep sea fishing (blue marlin, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, dolphin , barracuda, grouper, snapper); light tacklewaverunner.jpg (6829 bytes) fishing for bonefish, tarpon and permit (the Sister Islands are best) snorkeling trips; North Sound snorkeling/ beach lunch trips with local Caymanian captains to Stingray City; the Atlantis XI submarine(46 passenger) and RSL (2-passenger deep diving subs); Mistral and BIC windsurfing centers (2 operations on Grand Cayman), Seaworld Explorer (semi submersible) and glass bottom boat trips; parasailing, water-skiing, ocean kayaking; small sailboats; sunset cocktail, dinner and daytime snorkeling cruises; waverunners and jet skis and variety of "beach/ water toys" for rent at hotels along Seven Mile Beach; at Rum Point and East End (Morritt's Tortuga Club).

 

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Known worldwide as premier diving destinations, the Cayman Islands continue to protect their legacy with conscientious reef preservation, utilizing rotation of moored sites and enthusiastic diver education, ensuring enjoyment for visitors to come many years in the future.

 

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