This handy Cayman fish ID card represents some of the more popular and common fish and corals you are likely to encounter during your Cayman Islands dive or snorkel vacation. While you should avoid making contact with any living marine life any time you enter the ocean, items captioned in red correspond to images that can potentially deliver a particularly painful encounter.

Our Cayman fish ID card depicts only a tiny fraction of the vast marine life inhabiting the waters of the Cayman Islands, which boast over four thousand species of fish, close to one thousand species of coral and hundreds of different undersea plants, algae and other marine organisms.

Boat diving provides the greatest opportunity to encounter Cayman sea life; with any of our recommended dive operators you can expect to see an enormous variety of different fish, corals and other sea denizens on any given dive.

Night Diving from boat or shore will introduce you to many different Cayman fish and marine life, as well as allowing much closer encounters with sealife that are typically elusive or inactive during the day.

Shore Diving, even without a guide will likely result in the sighting of many fascinating sea creatures, due to the sheer abundance of sea life throughout the waters of the Cayman Islands. Note: Always use a surface device to alert others to your presence and never dive without a buddy.

The phenomenon of extravagant beauty within Cayman's undersea world is the product of millions of years of evolution. Sadly, during our relatively brief tenure on this planet, we as a species have severely damaged almost 90% of the world’s reefs and completely destroyed over 25%. While recreational diving is not the leading cause of destruction, it is certainly a contributing factor. Whenever entering the ocean, please exercise abundant caution in not creating a negative impact on this extremely delicate environment, where a single callous fin kick can cause literally decades of destruction. Please, touch nothing – take only pictures, keep only memories, leave only bubbles.

Marine Eco Facts:
• It can take 5 to 10 thousand years for a fully developed reef system to evolve.

• Coral reefs are home to over 25% of all marine life and are among our most fragile and endangered ecosystems.

• Pollution, over fishing, reckless dredging and nefarious diving practices are the principal causes of reef destruction.

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