Angelfish Reef - Grand Cayman

★★★★☆ (85)

Nice easy shallow dive site with lots of coral fingers to explore looking for critters and sand patches to catch stingrays or eagle rays feeding in.

Named after the abundance of angel fish you can see - Queen angel, blue angel, Gray angel, French angel and the Rock beauty.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Green Turtle
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species approx.: 200

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Moray Eel
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Total number of species approx.: 25

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Eagle Ray
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Total number of species approx.: 27

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Barracuda
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Loggerhead Turtle
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Reef Manta Ray
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Ocean Sunfish
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Total number of species approx.: 600

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Wrasse
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Total number of species approx.: 300

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Octopus
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Total number of species approx.: 2

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Nurse Shark
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Total number of species approx.: 80

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Stingrays
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Total number of species approx.: 90

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Angelfish
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Total number of species approx.: 130

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Pufferfish
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Total number of species approx.: 100

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Parrotfish
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Total number of species approx.: 250

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Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species approx.: 12

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Lionfish
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Total number of species approx.: 130

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Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species approx.: 110

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Snapper
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Total number of species approx.: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species approx.: 40

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Triggerfish
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Total number of species approx.: 300

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Squid
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Total number of species approx.: 85

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Surgeonfish
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Total number of species approx.: 60

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Soldierfish
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Total number of species approx.: 60

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Squirrelfish
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Total number of species approx.: 350

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Damselfish
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Total number of species approx.: 90

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Goatfish
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Total number of species approx.: 3400

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Shrimp
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Total number of species approx.: 55

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Lobster
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Total number of species approx.: 2

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Tarpon
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Total number of species approx.: 30

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Sand Eel
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Total number of species approx.: 40

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Jackfish
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Total number of species approx.: 50

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Frogfish
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Total number of species approx.: 20

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Porcupinefish
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Total number of species approx.: 25

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Boxfish
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Total number of species approx.: 3

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Trumpetfish
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Total number of species approx.: 8

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Bannerfish
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Total number of species approx.: 120

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Flounder
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Total number of species approx.: 7000

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Crab
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Moon Jellyfish
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Dive Centers Catering This Dive Site

Sunset Divers

390 South Church St., KY1-1106 George Town, Cayman Islands

Dive Sites Nearby

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Christina's Wall (★4.3)

This dive site description is under construction and a brief description with all the dive details will be added soon, stay tuned for more info soon.
Aqualung

Pallas (★4.2)

One of the best sites of the south side, Pallas Reef features beautiful, wide canyon-like finger corals sloping down into sand patches with a dotting of swim-throughs, small archways, and overhangs. Be sure to spend time on the shallow top reef as well, home to soft corals and juvenile reef fish.
Mares

Gary’s Wall (★4.2)

If you like deep this is your site with the mooring pin starting at 82 ft and the sheer drop of the wall with overhanging coral formations along the top and sand channels between the fingers.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Laura's Reef (★4.4)

A beautiful South-side dive, Laura’s Reef is a winding maze of canyons, finger corals, and swim-throughs, all bordered by a picturesque sloping sand patch that stretches out towards the trench. The topography really shines on this dive site. There is always a new nook or cranny to explore here.
Mares

Bullwinkle East (★4.3)

One of the best dive sites to access on the south by boat with easy swim throughs and archways, big canyons to swim down while exploring the shallow dive site.
Mares

Black Forest - Grand Cayman (★4.5)

Perched on the edge of the drop off are massive coral heads, with sloping sandy bottom to the drop off. Big canyon ways to swim around and explore.
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Disneyworld (★4.3)

2 massive coral heads are located west of the mooring line in the middle of the sand. The dark spots can been seen from the surface, reminiscent of a certain mousey friend. At the bottom of the mooring line, you’ll find the hardpan stretching towards shore and the mini-wall parallel to shore.
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Eagle Ray Rock (★4.3)

Located on the edge of the big wall are massive coral heads and a sloping sandy bottom with a few canyon ways to swim through at the bottom of the mooring line.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Smith Cove (★4.5)

Accessible by boat or from shore. Bottom of the pin is 32ft. This dive site has a mini-wall type structure with plenty of sand around the massive coral heads, and even one small archway to swim under near the mooring line.
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Armchair Reef (★4.2)

Bottom of the mooring line is 35 ft. This dive site is full of colorful reef around the edges of the mini-wall. The maximum depth can reach 70ft where you can see nice massive sponges.
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Mermaid Reef (★4.4)

Located off of Sunset House, this is the area of the reef where the “mermaid“ statue is located. The “mermaid“ statue is easiest located if you enter through the sea pool, swimming directly out the cut and following the “sandy area“ to the statue
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Sunset House Reef (★4.4)

Sunset House Reef is the most popular dive site in all of the Cayman Islands. This is shore diving at its best with so much to see in shallow clear water, it’s an amazing dive for both scuba divers and snorkelers alike.
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Devil’s Grotto North (★4.5)

Located off George Town, Devils Grotto is a popular dive site among beginners as well as intermediate snorkelers. Devil’s Grotto features massive hulking coral heads with open chimneys and swim-throughs filled with tarpon, parrotfish, barracuda and schools of silversides.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Balboa (Wreck) (★4.6)

The remains of this shattered skeleton of a 375ft ship wreck sank 1932 from a hurricane while carrying lumber. Because of its location in the main port of Georgetown, it was blown up and sunk to allow container ships to pass over the wreck. This dive site needs permission from Port Security to dive it.
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Killer Pillar (★4.3)

Only 1 of the very few sites in all of the Cayman islands to find this rarely seen pillar coral growing. Other marine life to be seen include grunts, snappers, parrot fish, and octopuses too!
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Lone Star Reef (★4.4)

Beautiful shallow reef system with ledges all over the dive site. There is an exit to an underwater fresh water cave system located on the southern part of the site, which on a rainy day you can feel the thermocline exiting the system.
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.
Aqualung

Caribbean Club Sand Chute (★4.4)

A gradually declining sand chute, this is a great spot to see eagle rays and stingrays as they love to forage in the sand, with finger coral stretching towards shore!! Also a great snorkel spot.
Melissa H. (#2528645)

Meridian Drop (★4.4)

An enchanting wall dive with a with a nice sandy patch with a chance to be engulfed with oceanic trigger fish and the mini wall with bright orange elephant ear sponges.
Scubapro

Oro Verde (Wreck) (★4.5)

Originally a U.S. Army transport ship, the Oro Verde spent its last 10 years of life transporting bananas between Ecuador and Miami. It eventually ran aground in 1976 on the reef surrounding Grand Cayman, right off Seven Mile Beach.
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

Eagles Nest (★4.4)

Colorful sponges intertwined with staghorn corals create a backdrop for spotted eagle rays and lots of turtles. Also look for nurse sharks hiding amongst the reef.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Jax Dax (★4.7)

Great shallow dive site with a beautiful coral formation. Includes spur and groove formation with one giant finger coral connecting the shallow reef to the deep reef system.
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.