Cayman Islands : Profile

Facts

A British Crown Colony en-route from Jamaica to Cuba or across to the islands of Honduras.
Grand Cayman, lying some 80 miles west of its smaller sisters, has several anchorages and well protected marinas inside a shallow lagoon. Grand Cayman's chief attraction is its underwater world, which can be described as a diver's paradise. The sea surrounding the island is a marine park and conservation area.
Marine supplies and all repair facilities are good in George Town.
Little Cayman and Cayman Brac are less developed and even less visited by cruising yachts than the main island.

Based on reports to noonsite from cruisers, petty theft from yachts is on the rise in the Caribbean in general. Cruisers should take basic safety precautions and use common sense when leaving the boat or going ashore at night. Dinghy thieves operate throughout the Caribbean and best advice is to place your dinghy on deck and chain it overnight.

Check the Noonsite Piracy Pages and the Caribbean Safety & Security Net for information on the current island situation.

The Caribbean Safety and Security Net (safetyandsecuritynet@gmail.com) gather information by anchorage or by island, so sailors can plan their cruising in the Caribbean with an eye to appropriate behaviour and precautions wherever they decide to go. Should you have information about a security incident, as well as contacting Noonsite please also forward details to the Caribbean Safety and Security Net, as theirs is the most comprehensive source of Caribbean security incidents against sailors on the net. Please be sure to include boat name, date of incident and anchorage/port where the incident took place.

Weather

The islands are cooled by the prevailing north east trades, so the mean winter temperature is 75°F (24°C) and in the summer 79-84°F (26-29°C). The winter northerlies make most anchorages untenable, when shelter must be sought either off the south coast or inside North Sound. The hurricane season is June to November

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