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Bloody Bay Wall

Little Cayman, Cayman Islands · 6–40m · intermediate · semi

A wall that starts shallow and drops vertically into open ocean, with sponges and gorgonians along the face.

Conditions today

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good

Good — 0.4m effective waves in the morning window.

Limiting factor: waves

Wave height
0.5–0.6m
Wave period
6–6.4s
Wind chop
0m
Sea temp
29.5–30°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayGood — 0.4m effective waves in the morning window.good
  • SundayGood — 0.4m effective waves in the morning window.good
  • MondayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are good today, with the wall suited to intermediate divers. The site drops vertically from 6 metres into open ocean, lined with sponges and gorgonians. Sea temperature is running 29.5–30°C. Raw wave heights are forecast at 0.5–0.6 metres with a 6–6.4 second period.

Divers commonly log Nassau Grouper, Caribbean Spiny Lobster, and Hawksbill Sea Turtle here. You'll often record Common Lionfish, Schoolmaster Snapper, Atlantic Blue Tang, Great Barracuda, and Stoplight Parrotfish along the wall face. The site is semi-exposed, so check conditions suit your plan before entry.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

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