Here is our Grand Cayman map — the beaches, the reefs, the districts and the spots most visitors never find.
Get off the beaten path and truly explore Cayman’s hidden treasures in your own unique style.
Use it to see where the best beaches are, how to find the coral reefs worth snorkelling, and which adventures are family friendly versus the ones that need a bit more experience.
Click the map to open it full size, or download the printable PDF before you land — mobile signal is fine across the island, but a saved map beats hunting for it later.
If you want a more in-depth insight on what to do in Cayman, contact us any time. We live here, and we are happy to help.
Two pages, free, no email required: the island map with every beach, reef and snorkel site marked, and a district-by-district guide to what each part of Grand Cayman is actually good for. Save it to your phone before you land, or print it for the hire car.
Grand Cayman is small enough to cross in under an hour, which means you can base yourself anywhere and still see all of it. Here is what each part of the island is actually good for.
The reason most people come. A long, flat crescent of public beach on the west coast with calm, clear water and the island’s best sunsets. Governor’s Beach and Cemetery Beach are the easiest public access points, and Cemetery Beach has a reef close enough to swim to. It is flat the whole way, which makes it ideal on two wheels, and the water is calm enough at dawn for paddleboarding.
The capital and the cruise port, where ships tender passengers ashore. Beyond the duty-free shops, the waterfront hides two of the best shore-dive sites anywhere: Eden Rock and Devil’s Grotto, a maze of swim-throughs and caverns often filled with silversides. Much of it is shallow enough to enjoy from the surface with a mask and snorkel.
North past the top of Seven Mile Beach, the island quietens down. West Bay holds the Cayman Turtle Centre and the curious little rock formation called Hell. Keep going and Barkers National Park is undeveloped coastline — sand tracks, mangroves and almost nobody around. It is the best ride on the island.
Shallow, warm, sheltered water a long way out, and a completely different pace from the west coast. Starfish Point is exactly what the name suggests — look, photograph, and leave them in the water. The calm North Sound here is the best kayaking on Grand Cayman.
The huge protected lagoon in the middle of the island. Its mangrove channels are a nursery for juvenile fish and rays and the calmest water anywhere on Cayman. Stingray City sits out on a sandbar and needs a boat trip to reach — but the mangrove edges are yours to explore by kayak, and the Sound holds one of the Caribbean’s few bioluminescent bays after dark.
The quiet end, and the one most visitors skip. Rugged ironshore coastline, the Blow Holes where surf forces up through the rock, and long empty beaches. The water is rougher and more exposed than the west, so it is a driving and walking day rather than a paddling one — bring shade, because there is very little of it.
You do not need a boat to see something worth seeing here. Cemetery Beach on Seven Mile Beach has a reef within swimming distance, Smith Cove just south of George Town is sheltered and easy for children, and Spotts Beach on the south side is where people go to look for green turtles. All three work with basic gear; a sea scooter makes the swim out irrelevant. The Grand Cayman snorkeling map marks every site on the island, with the entry points and how hard each one is.
Cayman drives on the left. The west side is essentially flat, distances are short, and traffic is light outside the George Town rush — which is why so many visitors skip the rental car. Mornings and late afternoons are far more comfortable than midday, and there is little shade along West Bay Road, so carry water.
We drop the gear wherever you are staying and collect it when you are done — anywhere from West Bay to South Sound, including Seven Mile Beach and George Town. No pickup, no queue, no deposit run into town.
See all rentals and pricing, or call and WhatsApp us on +1 (345) 525 4455 and we will tell you what suits where you are staying.
