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Katie Alpers of Indigo

North West Point (Boat Dive)
With the top of the reef at around 60ft, there is never enough bottom time on this dive. There is often a strong current so you should always check this before entering the water. I always see many more critters on this dive than at any other site in Cayman. I usually see five or six spotted morays, green morays, goldentails and juvenile drums. A juvenile nurse shark has a regular hiding spot so look out for it. You may also see ocean triggers breeding and turtles.

Hepp’s Pipeline (Boat Dive)
Directly opposite Coconut Bay Condos, this is an extension of the mini wall shore dive (or Turtle Reef) at the Cracked Conch, quite possibly one of the richest reefs in Cayman. Right below the boat is a large canyon where two sections of the wall meet. Drop down and follow the reef to the left. The mini wall curves inwards like the pipeline of a surfer’s wave. The underside of the wall is covered with beautiful sponges – stovepipes, pink and azure vase sponges and encrusting corals. Don’t forget your flashlight; the colours here are stunning deep purples, pinks and oranges.
 
Keep your eyes peeled for flounders or yellow rays in the sand, and numerous grouper cleaning stations. Continue along the base of the mini wall for roughly a third of a tank, then return along the top of the mini wall. Look for spotted scorpionfish (well camouflaged), eels, and keep an eye out in the distance for turtles (green and hawksbill), southern stingrays and if you're really lucky a spotted eagle ray.
 
When you get back to the mooring line you should still have plenty of time to explore in the shallows right below the boat. Tiny lettuce slugs and sailfin blennies are everywhere – you just need a good eye to spot them!
 
Many juveniles also hang out in the very shallow water here – juvenile queen trigger fish, French and grey angels, rock beauties etc.