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Turtle Reef / Macabuca - Grand Cayman
Vicksville, Cayman Islands
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Turtle Reef / Macabuca - Grand Cayman is a reef dive site near Vicksville, Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Commonly reported marine life includes nurse sharks, sea turtles, stingrays, barracuda, nudibranchs. 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
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
LionfishPterois volitans
Caribbean Reef OctopusOctopus briareus
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Southern StingrayHypanus americanus
Flamingo TongueCyphoma gibbosum
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Nearby sites
- 1Turtle Farm Wall0.3 km
- 2Cobalt Ridge1.0 km
- 3Rainbow Reef1.7 km
- 4Big Dipper2.0 km
- 5Trinity Caves2.3 km
- 6Spanish Bay Reef2.7 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org