Ironborn
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I am considering a diving trip to the Cayman Islands. I wanted to do a liveaboard for a maximum number of dives and in the hopes of sampling "the best of" all three islands, but the Cayman Aggressor IV is full that week (the week of Thanksgiving). The first thing that I would need to decide for a land-based trip is whether I would want to go to Little Cayman or Grand Cayman. Grand Cayman is more convenient to reach (I can get affordable direct flights there from New York) and seems to have a wider array of options. On the other hand, it appears that many divers consider the diving on Little Cayman to be "the best of" all three islands.
I would like to know why many divers consider the diving on Little Cayman to be better than that of Grand Cayman. Of course, "better" is subjective, and other divers' tastes may differ from mine, i.e. the factors that cause them to enjoy it more may be less relevant or irrelevant to me. I thus want to see if the reasons that lead many divers to consider Little Cayman better are important enough to me to justify a more inconvenient trip there, e.g. more travel time and expense and fewer options for operators, accommodations, etc.
A) Is it the topography? In discussions of this topic, I have seen many references to Little Cayman's wall dives as part of that island's appeal.
B) Is it the marine life? Are the corals and sponges healthier? Are there larger or more numerous mobile marine organisms to see?
C) Is it the diving conditions, e.g. visibility, calm waters, water temperatures, etc?.
Is there some other factor that I have not considered?
I would like to know why many divers consider the diving on Little Cayman to be better than that of Grand Cayman. Of course, "better" is subjective, and other divers' tastes may differ from mine, i.e. the factors that cause them to enjoy it more may be less relevant or irrelevant to me. I thus want to see if the reasons that lead many divers to consider Little Cayman better are important enough to me to justify a more inconvenient trip there, e.g. more travel time and expense and fewer options for operators, accommodations, etc.
A) Is it the topography? In discussions of this topic, I have seen many references to Little Cayman's wall dives as part of that island's appeal.
B) Is it the marine life? Are the corals and sponges healthier? Are there larger or more numerous mobile marine organisms to see?
C) Is it the diving conditions, e.g. visibility, calm waters, water temperatures, etc?.
Is there some other factor that I have not considered?