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Jack McKenney's Canyon
Blakes, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Max depth30.5 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Jack McKenney's Canyon is a cavern, channel, reef and wall dive site near Blakes, Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 30 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, lobsters, sea fans, moray eels, jacks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Yellowtail DamselfishMicrospathodon chrysurus
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
Black TriggerfishMelichthys niger
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus bahianus
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Nearby sites
- 1Pat’s Wall0.2 km
- 2The Maze0.2 km
- 3Old Issac’s0.2 km
- 4Lighthouse Wall0.4 km
- 5Playing Field1.5 km
- 6Sunset Reef1.7 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org