Diving near Cayman Islands

In 1503 Christopher Columbus set foot in an unknown island, which was subsequently known as La Tortugas because of the many turtles who live there. The island has become a favoured venue Spanish seafarers capabilities come here to hunt for turtles. Within 40 years, the number of turtles has declined, interest in the island fell. A name to change with the times : some charts identify the island of La Gatargos, Las Cayman (The Little Crocodile ") or" Gaymanas (town big snakes). Grand Cayman is famous for its "Stigray City" - is a place for diving, located on the north side of the island, within the Barrier Reef. Only here can see so much rays at the same time. There you will be ready for the first release of adrenaline in the blood when you descend about 250 southern stingrays and surround their "wings", with the desire to get free food. Accompanied you get raves from sealed containers and frozen lure primutsya fed to each animal individually. Once rays God, they become very docile, and they can be approached closely. This is the best time to photograph and watch as their prey in the environment : during hunting stingrays fall to the seafloor and flying on its "wings" above upper layers of sand and exposing crustaceans, worms and shells. Stingray City ingenious way established a balance between nature and human enterprise, and remains to be seen who will ultimately bear the primary responsibility. Suffice it to say that the celebration of meetings with these amazing animals gladly received several hundreds of thousands of divers. Undoubtedly, this will continue for many years. Wall Cursed Gulf. Situated to the north of the island of Little Cayman, Wall Cursed Gulf offers a variety of dives, each of which is fundamentally different from the other. The wall starts at a depth of 6-8 m, which gives you an opportunity as long as you enjoy spectacular and unforgettable spectacle. Low filled coral canyons and sand slides that lead you through an amazing cave in the deep blue water is undimmed by the outside reef. Although the wall itself is widely known and there is to watch over the summer months on a small plot Naval Reserve "Cursed Gulf" usually quite extraordinary. Manta rays feed here. When Mantas eats, it reveals recipient lower jaw on both sides of the mouth, the lower jaw is the edge of craters, guiding the flow of plankton in the mouth. Oh Day this bulging, which are similar to the devil horns, to be folded to the body when navigating had faired. Do not even attempt to ride on the roof-top and grab his tail. Keep in mind that this does not pet animals, and if they feel some threat, the protective mechanisms designed specifically to cause you harm, as is evidenced by their name. If you want to touch the hands of a pair, do not do this in gloves, because they can damage the material protective mucus layer that covers like a tiger skin rays. If this leaves removed, the exposed skin can get infected as a result of skates and may even die.