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GAY’S REEF 30’-60’ (9-18m) Named for Little Cayman’s favorite         CORAL CITY 50-100’ (15-30m)
Christmas pianist, this is a spur and groove habitat with elkhorn     Little Cayman Snorkeling Sites:
corals in the shallows and staghorn corals a bit deeper. It is chock  THREE FATHOM WALL
full of jacks, grunts, spotted trunkfish and goatfish.                SARAH’S SET
BLACK HOLE 65-100’ (20-30m)                                           BUS STOP
WINDSOCK REEF 33’-60’ (10-18m) Boat dive offshore from air-           CUMBER’S CAVES
port windsock to shallow spur and groove area with ledges, small      JACKSON’S REEF
arches and sandy areas with conch. Tarpon amongst star and brain      EAGLE RAY ROUNDUP
corals.                                                               THE MEADOWS

GRUNDY’S GARDENS 66-100’ (20-30m)                                     Tarpon Lake: Fishermen enjoy catch-and-relsease fishing for
HAROLD’S HOLE 66-100’ (20-30m)                                        landlocked tarpon in this saltwater lake. The lake is surrounded by
                                                                      knee-deep mangrove waters full of fish, crabs and snails.

DIVERS DELIGHT 66’-100’ (20-30m)                                      Booby Pond Nature Reserve: Thousands of red-footed boobies
SOTO TRADER (WRECK) 40’-50’ (12-15m) This is a 140’ (42m)             resting and nesting can be viewed from the National Trust Build-
island freighter that burned and sank here. It is an excellent night  ing. Look for the rare West Indian whistling duck.
dive as the nocturnal octopi, morays and lobsters come out.           Owen Island: Great family picnic spot and fun beginner snorke-
                                                                      ling.

ROCKHOUSE WALL 50’-100’ (15-30m)

LUCAS’S LEDGES 50’-100 ‘ (15-30m)

SPLITVILLE 50’-100’ (15-30m)

DISNEYLAND 66’-110’+ (20-33m) Divers agree that this site is
the best diving on the south side of Little Cayman. Two tunnels
through the wall exit at 110’ (33m) depth. The site is full of reef
fish, plus hawksbill turtles, blacktip reef sharks, and eagle rays.
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