Being a divemaster candidate I cannot underestimate the experience I had at Little Cayman Beach Resort and Reef Divers who are a superlative organisation.

French and queen angel fish abound as do butterfly fish, hamlets, file fish, rock beauty, balloonfish and cowfish.

All stages of the spotted drum are abundant and don't hide from view. Of the fairy basslets, I saw a totally yellow bodied one with only the tail and dorsal fin purple. Black durgons, various parrotfish, grunts and groupers abound.

The Nassau Grouper (2) at one site: Benji and "mini-me" were phenomenal as it seemed they sought out our contact and was the first time in 150 dives I would/could touch, pet, stroke and scratch a marine creature. It was awesome!!

From the sailfin blenny to the reef and nurse sharks, all were a delight. Gardens of brown garden eels to single queen triggerfish; schools of blue tang/surgeon fish to trumpetfish or a spotted trunkfish. Pillar coral, elkhorn or brain interspersed with every conceivable sponge type (with the orange spawn) complete with brittle stars inside. Plenty of squirrelfish to satisfy the Nassau Groupers. Moray and spotted eels stay low as the stringrays and golden rays dance low and high while the loggerhead turtles go from surface to sand. Spotted eagle rays glide by as do the barracuda (more curious than not). Scorpionfish on coral heads are found while searching for octupi homes at the base. Sea urchins, arrow crabs, file clams and Carribbean spiny lobster vie for a search with the scorpionfish and nudibranchs. And if you find a brown seahorse, mark its location!!

The massive number of squids (squidrons) was a never before seen occurance, yet a pair of them apart from the group seemed rather intrigued with us - 2 divers - and spent a great deal of time being pink/light lavendar with white spots swimming around us until we departed.