Eddy's Scuba Blog

Today we woke up to our last day at Bloody Bay Wall in Little Cayman. We had two days of great diving and great weather so far. Luckily this continued on our last day in Little Cayman. The plan was to have one more day of diving here and then move to Cayman Barac overnight.

That morning I took advantage of the great morning and sunny day to take this top-side picture of one of Rorqual tenders with Little Cayman on the background. Notice the transparent turquoise water that lets you see thru the bottom on shallow places.

Today's dive sites were Joy's Joy and Randy's Gazebo which we dove before on our first day at Bloody Bay.

Joyous Dive at Joy's Joy
Joy's Joy had a very shallow plateau (less than 20 ft) which then plunged into the wall. We were told that there was a "coral chain" at about 100 ft, if you followed a certain sand groove. My dive buddy, Nadine, followed the instructions but found no coral chain. After noticing that we had "missed the target" after reaching 122 ft, we proceeded to back to 50 ft. where ran into creatures like this french angelfish and this barracuda:

We also noticed queen triggers and several Nassau groupers. However, I kind of felt dissapointed that we did not find the coral chain that we were told about. So we returned to the boat. While swimming along the boat, I noticed that its starboard was facing East, therefore getting a lot of sun, while on my side (port side) was under the boats shadow. There were three divers on the starboard side, aparently returning to boat. That's when I took this picture that captures the silloutte of the Rorqual's propeller with the three divers. Notice how close the boat is to the bottom.

Benji's Family and Nurse Shark at Randy's Gazebo
After lunch we moved to our second site of the day, Randy's Gazebo which we knew from before. Lo and behold, we ran into Benji's family, a pair of groupers that followed us and even played with us.

Here's a movie that I took of Nadine, my dive buddy, petting and playing with a Nassau grouper. The groupers were so friendly that would not run away.

On the second dive at Randy's Gazebo, we explored the West side of the wall and run into a creature that I haven't seen before. It was a "whitespotted filefish":

It had an interesting orange color with white spots all around it. While I was taking a picture of this guy, I suddenly noticed some commotion with some other divers near me. So I looked up and I noticed a 4 ft. creature swimming along the wall and number of people behind it. Fortunately, they were swimming perpendicular to me so I had the chance to "intercept" them and get a close-up. It was 4 ft nurse shark and here's a video to prove it:

The guy after the nurse shark was Roy with a video camera. Roy was one of the most colorful guys on the boat. He was the one that always joked during the dive briefings.

After this dive we had the chance to relax and watch the beautiful Caymanian Sunset.
We had one more dive left here at Randy's Gazebo. It was also our last dive at Bloody Bay Wall.

The night dives at Cayman Islands had been disappointing to me so far, and this one was as well. Compared to Cozumel or Belize, I never saw any night creatures like an octopus. We did, however, see lobsters and groupers.