Spanish Bay Shore Dives.

[ianr33]

I am planning my annual pilgrimage to Cayman. Looking at renting a house just West of Spanish Bay Beach Resort. We will be doing mainly shore diving. I have dived a lot around Cobalt Coast and the Turtle Farm but have never made it as far as Spanish Bay , although I have heard good reports of the shore diving there.

Anybody have experience of this area?? Thanks

 

[CJ's]

Spanish Bay is a little way along the coast from Cobalt Coast and the topography of the diving there is very similar....gently sloping hardpan out to around 30ft and then the shelf drops off. The drop is steep in some parts, almost a mini-wall, and sloping in others dropping down to coral fingers that head out into sand flats between 60-70ft deep.
It's a long swim out to the drop off (maybe further than at Cobalt) which is also mostly sloping, no really dramatic wall to speak of but great corals and sponges which make this area a haven for turtles.
The downside is that it is the Northside which means that waves can get big, particularly in the winter months, making that entry/exit over the ironshore quite tricky.
CJ