Explore Seven Mile Beach

Situated on the western side of Grand Cayman, Seven Mile Beach attracts visitors all over the world with sparkling waters and incredible underwater topography. Scuba diving at Seven Mile Beach can find divers traversing dramatic deep walls at West Wall, exploring world-famous wrecks or gaining certifications through dive courses held in shallow sites.

Dive Caymans Seven Mile Beach from any one of the dive resorts and dive centres on the coastline or hop on visiting liveaboards departing from George Town to dive all three scenic Cayman Islands.

Places to explore

Kittiwake

Explore Seven Mile BeachSituated on the western side of Grand Cayman, Seven Mile Beach attracts visi

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Diving at Seven Mile Beach

Situated on the western side of Grand Cayman, Seven Mile Beach attracts visitors all over the world with sparkling waters and incredible underwater topography. Scuba diving at Seven Mile Beach can find divers traversing dramatic deep walls at West Wall, exploring world-famous wrecks or gaining certifications through dive courses held in shallow sites.

Dive Caymans Seven Mile Beach from any one of the dive resorts and dive centres on the coastline or hop on visiting liveaboards departing from George Town to dive all three scenic Cayman Islands.

Top Wildlife Sightings at the Seven Mile Beach

While scuba diving at Seven Mile Beach, divers are likely to see a number of hawksbill and green turtles resting in pristine coral gardens while smaller crustaceans and leopard flatworms hide in the reef. Among Nassau grouper and barracuda, eagle rays often swoop past in deep walled sites or can be seen in the shallow, feeding on macro life in the sandy seabed. Nurse sharks are witnessed patrolling sites while if you are very lucky, you may even see a hammerhead shark.

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
160 Sightings
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
156 Sightings
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Green Turtle
130 Sightings
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18
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8
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22
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6
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11
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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
125 Sightings
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14
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Hawksbill Turtle
67 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600

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Wrasse
54 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300

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Octopus
51 Sightings
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Loggerhead Turtle
25 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100

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Parrotfish
296 Sightings
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22
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23
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18
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18
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27
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25
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8
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14
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29
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Total number of species: 90

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Angelfish
244 Sightings
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18
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22
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21
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7
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9
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20
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24
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Total number of species: 80

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Stingrays
209 Sightings
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16
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11
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22
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17
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16
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18
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21

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Total number of species: 12

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Lionfish
140 Sightings
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8
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7
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24
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11
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8
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13
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14

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Total number of species: 130

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Pufferfish
140 Sightings
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11
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Total number of species: 130

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Butterfly Fish
135 Sightings
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13
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9
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16
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7
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15
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6
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7
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12
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14

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Total number of species: 250

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Grouper/Basslets
130 Sightings
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11
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23
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14
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16
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11

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Total number of species: 7000

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Crab
102 Sightings
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5
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Total number of species: 85

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Surgeonfish
86 Sightings
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12
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11
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8
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6

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Total number of species: 2

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Nurse Shark
85 Sightings
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Total number of species: 60

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Spiny Lobster
81 Sightings
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3
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Total number of species: 350

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Damselfish
73 Sightings
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Total number of species: 55

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Lobster
70 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3

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Trumpetfish
68 Sightings
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3
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11

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Total number of species: 40

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Triggerfish
66 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90

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Goatfish
66 Sightings
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14
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11

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Total number of species: 110

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Snapper
64 Sightings
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14
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Total number of species: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts
64 Sightings
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13
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4
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Total number of species: 40

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Jackfish
56 Sightings
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9
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Total number of species: 60

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Squirrelfish
54 Sightings
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8
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3
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5
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Total number of species: 30

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Sand Eel
47 Sightings
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3
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4
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4
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9
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2
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2
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2
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10

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Total number of species: 60

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Soldierfish
41 Sightings
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4
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1
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5
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2
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4
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8
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0
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7
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2

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Total number of species: 8

Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl

Bannerfish
31 Sightings
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2
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Total number of species: 25

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Boxfish
29 Sightings
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Total number of species: 28

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Clownfish
27 Sightings
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Total number of species: 120

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Flounder
23 Sightings
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3
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8
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2
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0
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0
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0
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4
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1
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2

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Total number of species: 3400

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Shrimp
21 Sightings
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3
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5
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5
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1
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3
A
0
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0
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2
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0
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1

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Total number of species: 2

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Tarpon
19 Sightings
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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2
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10
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0
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4
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0
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Total number of species: 80

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Emperor
16 Sightings
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The best Months to dive at the Seven Mile Beach

As Seven Mile Beach is located on the leeward side of Grand Cayman, the sea here is almost always protected and calm. However, from June through to November, the island can experience hurricanes and the weather can be unpredictable. Aside from a freak hurricane, Seven Mile Beach diving is possible all-year-round.

Dive Centers

Octopus

Vistra (Cayman) Limited, KY1-1205 Grand Pavillon, CYM

Dive Sites

Melissa H. (#2528645)

Wildlife Reef (★4.5)

Long stretching coral fingers with big open sandy patches. Hardpan like bottom on shore side; plenty of reef or sand to explore in both directions.
Ocean Frontiers Ltd., KYI-1801 East End

USS Kittiwake (Wreck) (★4.7)

The Kittiwake is one of the best-known wrecks in all of the Caribbean, if not the whole world, and sits just offshore from Seven Mile Beach. Due to its shallow depth (no deeper than 65 feet) it’s popular not only among scuba divers but freedivers and snorkelers as well.
Aqualung

Paradise Reef (★4.5)

This beautiful shallow reef site has lots of hard and soft corals, schooling horse eye jacks, turtles or a sleeping nurse shark nestled among the reef.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Aquarium - Grand Cayman (★4.5)

Just as the name suggests - it’s an aquarium of fish. This shallow dive site has the spur and groove formation with sand in the deeper water, and hardpan like bottom towards shore.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Doc Poulson (Wreck) (★4.3)

Doc Poulson is a purposefully sunk wreck as an artificial reef on the western part of Grand Cayman Island. This is a fun wreck to dive and a great night dive.