Diving Grand Cayman - Cemetery Reef

Overall Rating 2.75 out of 5

Overall Rating 2.75 out of 5

Access - Moderate; boat only and about 15 to 20 minutes from Hotels on Seven Mile Beach

Depth to 60+ ft

Visibility - moderate

Current - minimal to none

Marine Species variety - Moderate to Good; Yellow Stingrays, Turtles, Angelfishes, Blue Tang

Reef health - moderate (poor closer to shore)

Cemetery Reef is just offshore of the north end of Seven Mile Beach and is a quite good second dive site after diving on the west wall You can also snorkel this site closer to shore. You can find a variety of different marine life on this scuba diving site site including, Honeycomb Cowfish, Blue Tangs, Blue-headed Wrasse, Blue Chromis, Spotted Drum and much more. The site has a mix of coral fingers and sand flats to explore and a couple of good Encrusting Octopus sponges.

Visibility on the dive site may be deminished substantially at this site resulting from the amount of particulates in the water. Nevertheless, the dive site is appealing and if you take your time you can get some excellent underwater photographs. You can usually come across Yellow Stingrays on this dive site partly obscured in the sand. There is also an old lawn chair sitting in the sand where you can have your photo taken reclining on the chair.

Several scuba divers have seen Nurse Sharks on the site but this is not common. The reef is in poor to moderate shape across much of the dive site however you should still discover a few quite good hard and soft corals. You may find a Green Morays or two hiding in the coral reef. Make sure that you explore crevices in the coral reef. You can also discover Spiny Lobsters and additional crabs, shrimps and clams. At the scuba diving site there are more than a few expansive sandy flats that run at numerous places on this dive site and are excellent locations to search for different speices of rays. I have found several juveniles on the dive site once in a while.

Close up wide angle and macro photography are probably the best to use on this dive site owing to the quantity of sand and bio matter which are typically in the water. Cemetery Reef features a good mix of marine species on the dive site and I have spotted the elusive Spotted Drum on occasion. This is typically a dive site where you may dive with a buddy or you may be able to tag along with your dive master. It makes a nice variation from another of the standard second dive sites on the west side particularly if you have not been to the dive site it is definitely worth at least one trip.

As in all dives I recommend going slowly and take the moment to enjoy this dive site. Read other dive site reviews on my blog and see other underwater artwork on my website and/or follow me on Twitter @ images2inspire.The pool is open...

by: swsmeltzer

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