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Stingray City Marine Parks

It’s an exhilarating, one-of-a-kind adventure. Laws and regulations have been established by
The world’s best 12-foot dive on a sandy the Cayman government for a complete and
seafloor in Grand Cayman’s North Sound comprehensive system of Marine Park Zones
where Southern Stingrays congregate in strategically placed throughout Grand Cayman,

numbers is a must-do! Accustomed to the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.Working in
human interaction, these gentle creatures conjunction with local watersports operators, the
waste no time surrounding both divers and government maintains a system of permanent
snorkellers alike. In and around they glide moorings at all popular dive sites.The purpose
honing in on their favourite delicacy, the of these moorings is to prevent coral and sponge
morsels of squid that your dive or snorkel damage by the continual daily anchoring of boats.
guide will bring along. Joining the Stingrays

are Yellowtail Snapper, always eager to gulp The Cayman Islands government has divided
up what the rays miss.Whether you’re an the reefs into: 1) Marine Park Zones;
experienced diver or a family of first-time 2) Replenishment Zones; and 3) Environmental
snorkellers, the memories of swimming Zones. Each carries its own restrictions and
amongst these graceful giants will stay with regulations.The Marine Park Zones encompass
a large number of wall diving sites and
you long after you surface. Be forewarned, shallow coral reefs where much of the diving

however, one trip to Stingray City is but a is done.The Replenishment Zones are mostly
prelude to another.And another.And another.
shallow water lagoons, sounds and fisheries
where stocks of conch and lobster are allowed
to breed and reproduce undisturbed. The
Islands’ lone Environmental Zone was
established to ensure the preservation of the
mangrove fringed North Sound – See maps
on page 20.

As an added measure of protection for the

islands’ fragile eco-system, diving with gloves
is prohibited, so that divers and snorkellers are
not tempted to touch any of the marine life.

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