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My dive buddy constantly remarks on the lack of sharks or other large predators in the Caribbean - he has been diving mainly in the Pacific. The concern is that this is a bad ecological trend, rather than simply the locations we've been to (i.e. a healthy ecology needs representation from the entire food chain). Anyone have thoughts on this? Can anyone comment on what/likelihood of such at Grand Cayman?
Last edited by ChaosReid; September 4th, 2010 at 09:39 AM.
Reason: missed words
I've never seen a shark off Grand Cayman in 8 trips/142 dives since 1997 other than Nurse Sharks. My son, daughter, and wife all swear they have seen at least one Reef Shark. On the other hand, my son and I saw quite a few (maybe 15) Reef Sharks off Littlle Cayman this July including a group of 3 that stayed with us quite a while at Nancy's Cup of Tea and one we saw repetitively on a night dive at Lea Lea's Lookout.
We saw Reef Sharks nearly every dive off Providenciales, Turks & Caicos in the summer of 2009. Many times they would hang around for quite a while. YouTube - Old Shark and Big Shark
I was at Little Cayman just a couple of weeks ago. There were a fair number of nurse sharks and reef sharks. I saw a spotted eagle ray and a fair number of southern sting rays.
I have seen Hammerheads on Grand Cayman's North Wall at least 10 times, and Reef Sharks at East End on numerous dives. I have also seen Manta Rays twice. I agree, though, that on MOST dives the largest thing you will see is a Turtle or an Eagle Ray.
I guess I've done 50 or 60 dives in Cayman. Seen a few Nurse Sharks,the Reef Sharks on the East End and an unidentified tail in the distance at Babylon!
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I have seen Hammerheads on Grand Cayman's North Wall at least 10 times, and Reef Sharks at East End on numerous dives. I have also seen Manta Rays twice. I agree, though, that on MOST dives the largest thing you will see is a Turtle or an Eagle Ray.
In my previous post regarding dearth of sharks, I should have stated that I have not dived East End.
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