Grand Cayman Day 3

Monday, May 3, 2010

We woke up around 6:30 a.m. to have breakfast and get our gear all packed up to head down to the east end of the island for our two-tank boat dive with Ocean Frontiers. This was our first boat dive on Grand Cayman. All our other dives have always been shore dives. We were really looking forward to diving on the east end of the island as it does not get a lot of divers and its reefs are touted to be close to pristine.

We boarded the spacious dive boat a little after 8 a.m. and headed out for our first dive. The first dive spot was just a short trip out through the channel and over the barrier reef to the open water. Eric and I decided to stick with the group for this dive. Our guide took us through many swim-throughs and we were lucky enough to spot a Caribbean reef shark at the end of our dive. I actually managed to get some video of the Caribbean reef shark before it swam off. We climbed back aboard the boat and headed about 20 minutes down the coast to reach our second dive spot.

When we reached our second dive spot we again decided to stick with the group instead of going off on our own. Our guide again took us through a bunch of swim-throughs, arches, and tunnels. Unfortunately, we did not see any sharks on this dive, but I did manage to get some good video of an angel fish and a school of blue tang. We then climbed back on the boat to head back to the dock. Unfortunately, Eric got sick after his second dive and ended up feeding the fish a couple of times.

When we got back to the dock we loaded all our gear in the car and headed back to the Inn. Since Eric had a headache and was still feeling nauseous, we ended up going back to our room and laying down and napping most of the afternoon. By about 9 p.m. or so he was starting to feel a little better. Hopefully he will be feeling much better tomorrow.