Perhaps known as the world's offshore financial centre, The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea. There are three main islands – Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. What amazes divers with the islands is that they are an exposed top of an underwater mountain or simply known as the Cayman Trench which is more than 6,400 metres/21,000 feet deep. Deep dives equate to perfect diving. The mountain sides are vertical in some places and just a few hundred meters from the shore.

One of the three islands which is very popular for scuba divers is the Grand Cayman. Its North Wall is a deep dive of more than 1,800 meters/6,000 feet sporting perfectly visible spotted eagle rays and sea turtles which are attracted by plankton and other marine life. Since there is little to no current, experiencing the great coral reefs of the islands is mostly preferred by the beginner divers. For advanced divers there is the famous West Bay, ankle deep from the shore but drops to more than 700 feet. Silversides, French angelfish, and Barrel Sponges among others comprise the marine life in the Grand Cayman island which is home to the territorial capital, George Town – the very first place to be explored by divers.

Lying roughly east to west are the other two islands known as “sister islands” – the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. It is rare to dive on the south sides because of the prevailing south-east winds. For the experienced divers, the wreck of MV Capt. Keith Tibbets awaits, the only Russian warship available to divers in the Western hemisphere. For the beginner divers and with favourable weather conditions, Little Cayman sports the Bloody Bay Wall and Jackson Bay offering shallow dives of 6 metres/20 feet but could drop to 1,828 metres/6,000 feet.

One of the best wrecks in the islands is the Kittiwake sunk on purpose to create an underwater destination. It sits on a sandy bottom and is 17 metres/55 feet deep. It created an amazing artificial reef which is also a much photographed dive site. Its insides can be explored by advanced divers while the beginner and novice divers can marvel at its amazing exteriors.