West Bay, Grand Cayman, Ilhas Cayman

Eagle's Nest

Eagle's Nest is one of the signature North Wall dives off Grand Cayman's West Bay coast, a sheer vertical drop where the Cayman Trench plunges thousands of feet into the abyss. The mooring sits in roughly 12 metres of water on the reef shelf, with the wall lip starting near 18 metres and dropping straight down beyond recreational limits. Divers typically cruise the wall at 24 to 30 metres along an undercut face decorated with deepwater sea fans, rope sponges, black coral bushes and large barrel sponges. The site earns its name from frequent eagle ray encounters gliding along the blue, while Caribbean reef sharks, hawksbill turtles, queen angelfish and schooling horse-eye jacks round out the cast. Visibility on the North Wall regularly exceeds 30 metres during the dry season from December to May, when prevailing trade winds lay flat and crossings from George Town are smoothest. Currents are typically light, but the deep drop-off demands strict gas planning and conservative no-deco profiles. Operated by virtually every West Bay dive shop, Eagle's Nest is a standard advanced wall dive.