We went to Grand Cayman over spring break to go diving. Linda took these with a fancy expensive 35-mm underwater camera rented from Tortuga Divers. In our minds, it was worth every penny we didn't pay for it.

Most of these photos were taken between 40 and 65 feet underwater at two dive sites -- one called "Top Secret" and the other called "Black Rock" --  just off the north shore of Grand Cayman.

Be sure to see the land-based photos of the Caymans, too. (Not to mention the cool map!)

	The big rock-looking thing is a brain coral. The fish, which isn't nearly as tiny as it looks, is a butterfly fish.
	This angel fish met us on our way down to Top Secret and just swam along with us for a long time. The colors underwater are actually much more vibrant and alive than you see here. The camera filters out a lot more light than the water does, so everything in the background looks blue.
	This is the type of color we saw everywhere. This is a barrel coral. (Linda says someone had already drunk the beer out of this one, unfortunately). If you swim over the top, sometimes you can see some little critter living in there.
	Barracudas have a bad rap, but they are actually very mellow creatures. We think this one is a juvenile because it's relatively small. Several others were hanging out at Top Secret hoping to catch a glimpse of the shiny jewelry we weren't wearing. (They like shiny things.)
	We call this tree coral, but that probably isn't the right name for it. Coral is a living creature, made up of millions of tiny animals. Touch one area of the coral with just a fingertip, and you could do damage that takes years to repair. We kept our hands to ourselves.
	Here's our friend the angel fish again. This guy was huge -- about dinner-plate size, though of course we weren't thinking of eating him. He didn't seem too interested in eating us either.
	This is the only picture that I (Robin) took that came out very well. I'm quite proud of it, even though Linda says the composition stinks!
	This is fan coral. It is exquisitely beautiful to see whole "fields" full of this waving back and forth in the slight surge of the water. These corals capture food by straining water through the little holes in the fan. Tasty!
	We call this tube coral, but it might be more properly called a type of barrel coral. You know, when you're underwater, it doesn't really matter what it's called. We just point and look excited.
	This parrot fish was WAY cool, but he wouldn't hold still for his portrait. Parrot fish are one of the few things you can hear underwater. They crunch all over the reef, feasting on hard corals. Then, from their food, they make white sand!
	The coral here is pillar coral. At Top Secret this pillar coral had grown to a height of 25 feet (Linda says it wasn't that tall. But this is a fish story.) It looked like Cinderella's castle. Here's the same parrot fish upside-down, feeding on the pillar.
	This is more fan coral. Notice the deep blue nothingness in the background. Very near this fan coral, the reef drops off in a steep wall (appropriately called The Wall) where the continental shelf ends. it's quite an experience to swim out over the wall and realize that if you sank, you'd go down 10,000 feet to a place darker than you've ever experienced.