Cayman North Wall Dives - Andes Wall
Andes Wall, in Grand Cayman, is just a short distance past Rum Point and is certainly one of the best dive sites on the North Wall that can be reached by the west side dive Operators. This site has never disappointed me and you should try and talk you dive boat operator into the site the next time you are diving the north wall. Standard conditions on this dive site are 100+ feet of visibility and there is a sheer drop along the wall of several thousand feet.
Andes Wall is just about 10 to 15 minutes past Rum Point on the North Side and one of my two favorite dive sites on the North Wall. You may dive this site as a shallow dive on top of the wall or as a wall dive and I highly suggest the wall dive.
We subsequently made our way through the "notch" in the wall and as we emerged on the wall at around the 100 feet depth mark directly on my left was another Spotted Eagle Ray. I was thinking this is going to be a fabulous dive.
There are usually a excellent variety of fish on this dive. On this dive we saw Schoolmasters, numerous kinds of Basslets, Princess Parrotfish, Bermuda Chub, Blue Chromis, Trumpetfish, Gray Angelfish, Spiny Lobsters, Spotted Eagle Rays and much, much more. The soft corals are amazing on this part of the island and they are especially abundant around the mooring ball on this dive site. You can find a number interesting locations to take pictures of sea fans, or sea rods, sea whips and obviously numerous colorful stony corals as well. and a great deal more.
The soft corals are awesome on this portion of the island and they are particularly plentiful around the mooring ball on this dive. You will find quite a few amazing places to get photos of sea fans, or sea rods, sea whips and naturally numerous colorful stony corals as well. We then made our way through the "notch" in the wall and as we emerged on the wall at around the 100 feet depth mark directly on my left was an additional Spotted Eagle Ray. This is going to be a amazing dive.
Then I got one of my better shots of the dive trip. I was setting up to get a shot of a Giant Slit-Pore Sea Rod and looking up in direction of the sun to frame the soft coral I observed one of the Spotted EagleRays that was following us throughout the dive and repositioned a little and the rest...well I will leave it up to the photograph to speak for itself. Needless to say I really believe I found a amazing image.... This dive site is enchanting and as a scuba diver it is an essential dive when you come to The Cayman Islands and if you happen to be an underwater photographer, maybe you will create a little magic of your own. Go to my website or my blog for more information. The pool is open.....
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