Diving

Grand Cayman 2011
  • Map of the divesites I visited with Indigo Divers : Diving
  • Sun rising over the West Bay dock as we get on the dive boat : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • I cannot recommend Indigo Divers highly enough. Chris and Katie Alpers run an incredible operation, six divers max, and often just four. The last two days I was solo with Chris. : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • First divesite was Chain Reef, a Banded Coral Shrimp on a sea fan : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Flamingo Tongue Cowrie, also on a sea fan. The markings are not on the shell, but on the snail's mantle that it extends to cover its shell as camouflage. : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Chain Reef tube sponges : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Schoolmasters, a species of snapper accompanied by small Fairy Basslets : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Vase sponge : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Sea fan : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Dash Gobys scooting along the bottom on their pectoral fins : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Squirrelfish : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Another Flamingo Tongue Cowrie : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A school of Blue Tangs on Chain Reef : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The Oro Verde was a ship intentionally sunk in 1980. Since then, many storms have broken up the wreck and spread it across the bottom. : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A transmission housing : Diving, Grand Cayman
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  • A Yellowhead Jawfish poking out of its burrow : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A feather duster worm : Diving, Grand Cayman
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  • Turtle and French Angelfish : Diving, Grand Cayman
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  • Yellow Stingray cruising the bottom : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Fileclam : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A French Angelfish cruises out from the wreck to stare me down : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The seabed away from the wreck is a carpet of garden eels extending from their burrows to feed : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A turtle cruises past at North West Point : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Spotted Moray at North West Point : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • An intermediate Spotted Drum. As it gets older, the spots on its dorsal fin will grow to cover more of its body. : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Giant Anemone : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Arrow Crabs in a crevasse : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Another Spotted Morray with a cleaner Goby : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Reef system at Hepp's Pipeline : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Spotted Trunkfish : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A Goldentail Moray, note the yellow spots and the yellow ring surrounding the iris : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Lionfish are a prolific invasive species that are killed on sight by Caymanian divemasters. This photo was moments before Chris speared the fish, cut off its venomous spines with a pair of shears and then left it to be immediately gobbled up by ravenous groupers that were hovering nearby. : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A Peacock Flounder camouflaging itself on the bottom at Hepp's Pipeline : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • French Grunt : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Chris holds a tiny Decorator Crab : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The Decorator Crab attaches little bits of debris and foliage to disguise itself : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Yet another Flamingo Tongue Cowrie : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • An inquisitive Goldentail Moray : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Porcupinefish : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Bow of the USS Kittiwake, a US Navy salvage ship intentionally sunk only a month before our trip : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Official Kittiwake website: http://www.kittiwakecayman.com : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The bow showing the anchor winches : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • View of the stern : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The rudder and propeller of the Kittiwake. The sandy bottom here is approximately 65 feet. : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The main deck of the USS Kittiwake : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Another view of the main deck : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The top of the stack is only at 15 ft, making it a good site for snorkelers as well : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • A school of squid flying overhead in formation. One guy seems to be heading the wrong way, there's a rebel in every crowd... : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Every Navy ship has to have a pants press to keep those creases sharp : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The bathroom mirrors- the only underwater shot I have ever taken of myself! : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • The mess hall : Diving, Grand Cayman
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  • Dedication plaque on the outside of the wheelhouse : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Inside the wheelhouse : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Schooling jacks overhead : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Chris Alpers taking a photo of the school of jacks : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Turtle cruising the reef at Orange Canyon : Diving, Grand Cayman
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  • The reef at Orange Canyon : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Bonnie's Arch is a natural arch formation in the coral : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Leopard Flatworm : Diving, Grand Cayman
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  • The Leopard Flatworm swims off to find a landing spot : Diving, Grand Cayman
  • Peacock Flounder : Diving, Grand Cayman
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  • Bonnie's Arch : Diving, Grand Cayman
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