Dive 182 : Oro Verde Wall, Grand Cayman
Dive No. 182 of 236Date Dec 17, 2002
Bottom Time
To Date132:27
This Dive0:34
Cumulative Time133:01
Location Oro Verde Wall, Grand Cayman
Time IN 15:01Time OUT 15:35
SI
 PG
 PG
74'
DEPTH		 0:03
15ft STOP
0:34
Air Temp 78F
Water Temp 81F
Visibility 90'
Buddy Howard, Lily
Dive Chart
Notes
Second day of diving on our cruise vacation. First dive in Grand Cayman with Red Sail Watersports. They had a great big catamaran with lots of room for everyone but getting there from the cruise ship was a nightmare. We had a limited time in Grand Cayman and Red Sail did everything in their power to make it enjoyable.

The dive itself was Ori Verde Wall where the wall sloped gently. It was covered densely with corals, huge sponges and sea fans. Saw lots of Black and Nassau Grouper, Hogfish, Harlequin Bass, Blue Parrotfish, Black Durgon, lots of Anemones, etc. The fish life was nice and visibility was great even though it was overcast.

I played with the macro lenses on my camera for a while and snapped off a whole roll of film even though it was a short dive. This time I had much better luck with the macro lenses.

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Several Bar Jacks circled the bouy line on the way down.
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Howard doing his first Caymans dive.
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That looks like a Tiger Grouper backing away from the camera.
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Probably a Redband Parrotfish.
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Nice close-up of a Bubbletip Anemone.
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A Soldierfish with an Isopod attached to it's brain.
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Spotted Trunkifish against colorful corals and sponges.
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Lily finally gets a chance to dive again.
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Tiny fish around a Barrel Sponge
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Several Yellow Goatfish.
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A Rock Hind sitting on a rock.
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Notice the tiny Arrow Crab next to the Anemone.
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Anonymous
17-Dec-2006 19:36
I dove Cayman last summer and became certified there. I have seen and learned so much from diving!
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