Dive site · East End, Cayman Islands
Babylon
Babylon, a wall dive on Grand Cayman's East End, in the Old Man Bay stretch of the reef. Mooring pin at 50 ft, bottom at 100 ft. A freestanding pinnacle tops out at about 45 ft (Ocean Frontiers); Scuba Diving magazine gives the site as about 40 to 150 ft. It can also be reached from shore, a long swim. A boat dive from a moored buoy. The position is the one Ocean Frontiers, the East End dive operator, publishes for its mooring; no Department of Environment record has been checked against it. The site is in the Cayman Islands marine park: look, don't touch, and take nothing.
Open in the viewer from By boat off Queen's Highway →
Quick facts
| Type | Dive site, wall, moored |
|---|---|
| Depth at the mooring pin | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
| Bottom | about 100 ft (30 m) |
| Position | 19.3531°N, 81.1642°W (approximate, ±100 m) |
| From By boat off Queen's Highway | 5.2 km (3.2 mi), bearing 265° W |
| Source | Ocean Frontiers, dive and snorkel sites in East End, Grand Cayman (moored sites list) |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From By boat off Queen's Highway, 5.2 km (3.2 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its depth at the mooring pin.
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Nearby
- McCurley's WallDive site · 14.6 m · 107 m
- Julie's WallDive site · 185 m
- Northern LightsDive site · 298 m
- Top SecretDive site · 1.5 km
- Omega ReefDive site · 2.3 km
- Little Bluff ReefDive site · 2.7 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.