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Lighthouse Point
 571 NW Point rd., West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
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Max Depth: 26-30ft/8-9m
Average Viz: 91-100ft/28-30m
Entry Type: Shore
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Plenty To See
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Spring: 76-80°F/24-27°C
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From ScubaDiving.com
Lighthouse Point, Grand CaymanStart with a sheer wall that plunges to 4,000 feet. Add a scooter, tons of pelagics and epic visibility, and you have Grand Cayman’s most adrenaline-filled dive.
Located off Lighthouse Point 20 minutes north of Georgetown, the site lies just off a 100-foot-long jetty. Giant-stride in or climb down the ladder, then it’s a quick swim to the action. Conditions rarely vary from ideal: no wind, waves or current.
The scooter saves air consumption considerably and allows you to keep pace with marine life — and you’ll see a ton of it. Eagle rays, nurse sharks and turtles cruise by regularly, often in numbers that will inspire jealousy come happy hour. Divetech instructor Helen Artal finds that seeing as many as 14 eagle rays in one dive here is fairly typical. “You’d be unlucky not to see turtles here,” she adds, mentioning that divers will also likely encounter behaviors not commonly wit- nessed elsewhere on island. Because on average no more than 20 people explore the site each day, wildlife is less disturbed. Artal has seen flounder mate and stingrays stir up clouds of sand while hunting.
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Divetech instructor will guide you with a scooter for $90. Note that with a scooter, depth will be limited to 100 feet.