Sample itinerary

Throughout the week you may dive all areas of Grand Cayman, the Russian Destroyer in Cayman Brac and the Bloody Bay Wall area of Little Cayman. The itinerary is completely dependent on the winds and weather. With all dives from the mother ship, unlimited diving is offered. Diving begins Sunday morning and ends Friday around noon when the Cayman Aggressor returns to port. The crew hosts a sunset cocktail party at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner ashore. Saturday morning at 8:00 am, guests are transferred to the Grand Cayman Airport or a local hotel in the vicinity of the yacht. Throughout the week there will be opportunities to go ashore for swimming, snorkeling and beach combing.

A sample of dive sites visited:-

3 Fathom Wall (Mixing Bowl)

This is the crossroads of BBW. Here, the "shear" wall, meets the "gentle slope (less dramatic". This site offers more fish than any site in LC. Schools of Bermuda chub, 3-spotted goatfish, snappers and grouper of all sorts can be identified here. The rubble of the shallows is home to an array of creatures, including the timid yellowhead jawfish. If you are more adventurous, make a cut through the coral fingers and end up on the wall (there are several passages covered over by coral formations). Lobster are frequently seen on the wall area. Turtle, spotted eagle rays and an occasional reef shark or nurse shark can be spotted at any time.

Angelfish Reef

Coral fingers, and small coral heads make this sight truly enjoyable for night diving as well as a day dive.

Balboa (wreck)

Located in only 40ft. of water, this site is usually done as a night dive; however, it provides some magnificent colour and life during the evening hours. Channel clinging crab, lobster, squid, octopus, and much, much more call this wreck "home".

Big Tunnels

Highlighted by three (3) swim-throughs ranging from 80ft-130ft. Tarpon are sometime found in and around this site.

Bonnies Arch

70ft. Maximum, this site has a beautiful arch that provides wonderful photo/video opportunities. Seahorses are sometimes found here. Angelfish frequent this area. Channel clinging crab can be spotted under the edge of the outlying reef system.

Bullwinkle East

The site gets it name from the large elkhorn coral that forms the top of this shallow reef.

Cumbers Caves

In this portion of the reef, a "sand avenue" separates the shallow wall from the deep wall. To get to the "deep blue", simply locate one of several passages through the reef. . . you might ask upon seeing the "inside" of the reef, "is this what Bedrock looks like?"

David Nicholson (wreck)

This "front end loader" was name for the late Dave Nicholson who was a diving icon of the Cayman Islands. Lying just offshore of the Sunset House Hotel, one can sometimes find lobster and large grouper under the stern of the wreck. A great "photo op" is also available at the statue of the Mermaid (designed by Simon Morris).

Doc Poulson (wreck)

Sitting in an open sandy area, with coral reef nearby, the small cable laying vessel was sank for the purpose of a wreck site. Good growth on the wreck provides a home to many juvenile fish including the pygmy file fish. Look for bristle worms on the green tube sponge located on the vessels spotlight.

Eagle Ray Rock

Found outside of Smith Cove, Eagle Ray Rock is noted for the "L"-shaped passage on this large coral formation.

Eagle Ray Roundup

This site is a continuation of Jackson's Wall/Reef and offers many of the same features. It is not unusual to see a spotted eagle ray "snooping" for mollusk in the sand.

Grand Cayman

Grand Cayman provides a wide variation of reef life and fish – everything from juveniles to spotted eagle ray and sometimes a shark.

Pending the side of the island you are diving, you will find dramatic walls starting from 50ft-70ft. The shallows will feature a "spur-and-groove" coral formation or sites that are more noted for their swim-throughs.

More noted for its small reef life, don't be surprised to spot a turtle at any time find a southern stingray feeding nearby.

Great Wall

The name says it all. The CAIV is moored in 15ft. of water, and the wall begins at 18ft. – and it is a shear drop. This portion of Bloody Bay Wall is full of pristine vegetation growing off the wall – gorgonians, soft and hard corals and all types of rope sponges. Turtles are often seen munching on a sponge or just swimming by at 40ft. Look for juvenile spotted drums and juvenile smooth trunkfish here.

Jackson's Wall/Reef (also known as The Meadows)

The mooring pin is set in the middle of several coral heads, which can be traversed. Various snapper call this portion of the reef "home". Cosmo the grouper can also be spotted in and around this site. Jackson' Wall is highlight with swim-throughs onto the wall. Once again, look out for Caribbean reef sharks. In the sand area of the shallow, a spotted eagle ray can be seen feeding.

Jax Dax

Similar to Angelfish Reef, a diver can spend time around the coral reef, or venture to the sandy area where garden eels call home. In the rubble of this reef, look for yellowhead jawfish.

Joy's Joy

The mooring pin is set in 25ft. of water, but the highlight of this dive are the many passages and swim-throughs found in the 70ft. range.

Kelly's Cavern

Water conditions throughout the years have helped form this section of Cayman reefs; specifically, all the passages which wind in-and-out of the hardpan coral. You will find the top of this reef rich in vegetation. Look for the elusive batwing coral crab hiding in the coral.