Last Day In Cayman

It's just after 1 pm and my flight leaves in a few hours. The last two days of diving in Grand Cayman were excellent. We never made it to a site called "Aquarium," which we really wanted to see because of all the fish, but instead we dove an interesting wreck called Balboa, and had an excellent first (and deepest, at 94 feet) dive called Little Tunnels.

On Thursday, we had to dive on the South side of the island due to the heavy surf on the side where we're situated, so we had to take a van about 10 minutes away to where they put the boat. However, the South side diving (Bullwinkle West, and another site I'm blanking on at the moment) was very dramatic. Tall coral structures with plenty of swimthroughs and what I call see saw surf (where you have to ride the tide one way, then kick to get somewhere when the tide's going the way you want to go).

These structures reminded me of Cozumel (Punta Sur and Palancar Gardens come to mind), and had ample sea life with really interesting reef structures.

For our last dinner, we headed out to the Reef Club at Royal Palms for an excellent meal of grouper, sea bass, ceviche and shrimp. I highly recommend this restaurant. Great service and food, and incredible views (ask for a table upstairs...great place to view the sunset).

So, another dive locale checked off on the checklist, and one I'll most assuredly head back to at some point.