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Projects are still underway to upgrade the Owen Roberts International Airport serving Grand Cayman. But as they go they have already opened certain areas that have been completed (or nearly so). The next time you travel to Cayman it should be a better experience. New arrivals hall with...

The weather system that became hurricane Nate was organizing as it left the Cayman area. It was just enough to throw some rain our way and send some rough waves. But is also left one of Cayman's favourite wreck dives forever changed by toppling the Kittiwake onto its port side. Local...

It's that time of year and dive ops will add on some extra night dives if they can get the interest. Coral spawns in a massive synchronized spawn. This year the spawn is predicted for September 12th and 13th. Most years Ocean Frontiers puts on a program for the coral spawn. Come on down and...

Hot off the VHF airwaves overnight, a new dive boat has arrived in East End. Was not even registered yet according to their transmission to Port Security so I am assuming it is a spanking new boat. As I understand Ocean Frontiers will be the new home of the vessel Gun Bay Diver, a 46ft Newton...

The Cayman Compass reports that Southwest Airlines will begin service to the Cayman Islands from June 2017. Flights will connect Cayman to Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Further details on frequency of flights is still to come.

Dive company Living the Dream has won approval to develop a boutique dive resort right next door to DiveTech's Lighthouse Point on North West Point Road in West Bay. And their neighbor's aren't happy about it. Living the Dream's plans call for a four cottage development with onsite dive shop...

Cayman 27 reports that officials from the Cayman Islands Department of Environment have spoken to the captain of a private mega yacht in relation to yet another reef damage incident that occurred Thursday January 14, 2016. Paul Allen's yacht "Tatoosh" is the vessel involved. Dives are...

Cue up Britney Spears.... Oops I did it Again. Just as we were nearing completion from Carnival Magic's anchor fiasco, here we go again. OK.. Different cruise line and not initial indications that the local pilot had anything to do with it. So maybe not exactly the same. Deja vu: Cruise...

Few details are available yet in a report of a diver death of Northwest Point in Grand Cayman. The 65 year old diver was diving with Reef Divers. CPR was apparently attempted on board the dive boat and continued by EMT's. The fact that CPR continued indicates to me that the diver was not...

Cayman 27 reports Dive instructor saves tangled turtle from fishing line As an air breathing animal this turtle would have surely drown if not for the intervention of the dive instructor. Nice save.

Sometimes we tend to bash cruise ships a bit, but I wanted to step up and celebrate a bit when cruise companies do right. The Central Caribbean Marine Institute in Little Cayman has received a US $23,400 grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF). The grant is in support of...

Seems the Carnival Magic did a rather poor job of anchoring on Wednesday August 27, 2014 dropping its anchor right on the reef in front of Don Foster's on South Church Street. Divers filed several complaints but authorities insisted the anchor was in a sand patch until Don Foster's staff...

A local diver who was out culling lionfish had a very close encounter with a Caribbean Reef Shark a few days ago. A friend showed me the video on YouTube and within a half hour it had 5000 more views. Overnight it has reached 70,000+. Going kind of crazy. Details, as I understand them...

There was an armed robbery in Little Cayman today, 26 Nov 2013. The five robbers escaped in a go fast boat. This comes a couple weeks after the first murder in LC in more than a generation.

Several stingrays which had been held at the captive dolphin center Dolphin Discovery were released today back into the North Sound. Took long enough.

A barnacle encrusted camera housing washed up on a Florida beach after a long drift from the Cayman Islands reports the Caymanian Compass. Reminiscent of a prior incident where a camera rode the currents from Aruba to the Florida Keys, the camera inside the housing was dry and in working order...

Saturday night, Sept 17, 2011, Grand Cayman was shocked by its third murder in 5 days as a spate of tit for tat gang related shootings rocks West Bay. The first occurred on Birch Tree Hill Road, a well-traveled route for locals and tourists alike. You may have traveled this road on the way...

Flying GCM --> MIA --> CTG and I really need to ship a package out (warranty repair on laptop) while in Miami but the airport post office is closed on Saturdays. I will be transiting MIA on a Saturday and only have a 3 hour layover and must clear immigration and Customs. Anyone know how large...

A 60 year old diver visiting the island from Las Vegas was reported missing on a Monday morning dive (21 Sept 2009) at Eagle Ray Pass on Cayman's North Wall. Searches were carried out throughout the day Monday and have resumed Tuesday morning. Winds over the open seas were reported from the...

A 57 year old man from Georgetown, TX died after going for a shore dive at Smith Cove. Sunset Divers sent a boat to aid in the search and found the diver floating unconscious. http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1020627 A week prior a diver died off East End, and there has...