Snorkeling in Half Moon Bay
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Sightings at Crescent Beach and Half Moon Bay
Grand Cayman - Cayman Islands
***** THE BEST SNORKELING IN GRAND CAYMAN *****
Half Moon Bay lies within a Marine Replenishment Zone as defined by the Department of the Environment. Therefore, no taking of any marine life alive or dead, except: (a) line fishing from shore is permitted; (b) line fishing at depths of 80 ft or greater is permitted; (c) taking fry and sprat with a fry or cast net is permitted. Fish traps, spear guns, pole spears and other nets are totally prohibited.
Thank you to our guests for letting us know what they see while snorkeling in Half Moon Bay and while walking around Crescent Beach.
Images and Cartoons
 Yellow Pencil Coral |
 Trigger Fish |
 Blue Tang |
 Sergeant Major |
 Squirrelfish |
 Spotfin Butterfly Fish |
 Pufferfish |
 Tarpon |
 Peacock Flounder |
 Yellow Jack |
 Banded Coral Shrimp |
 Angel Fish |
 Butterfly Fish |
 Snapper |
 Black Grouper |
 Blue Hamlet |
 Sea Urchin |
 Spiny Lobster |
 Green Sea Turtle |
 Loggerhead Turtle |
 Coral Crab |
 Spotted Moray |
 Zebra Moray |
 Hogfish |
 Chub |
 Grunt |
 Scorpion Fish |
 Atlantic Needlefish |
 Smooth Dogfish |
 Sea Anemone |
 Sea Rod |
 Sea Whip |
 Venus Sea Fan |
 Sheet Coral |
 Flower Coral |
 Brain Coral |
 Nurse Shark |
 Eagle Ray |
 Octopus |
 Lemon Fish |
 Porgy |
 Queen Triggerfish |
 Brittle Starfish |
Land encounters
Here are pictures of some of the birds and animals that live around Crescent Beach
 Agouti |
 Anole Lizard (Cameleon) |
 Bananaquit |
 Caribbean Dove |
 Cuban Bullfinch |
 Flicker Woodpecker |
 Frigate Bird |
 Gecko |
 Grand Caymanian Parrot |
 Green-Backed Heron |
 Ground Dove |
 Hickatee |
 Land Crab |
 La Sagra's Flycatcher |
 Lion Lizard (Curly-tail) |
 Little Blue Heron |
 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tom Fighter) |
 Mangrove Cuckoo Rainbird |
 Northern Mockingbird |
 Ring-Billed Gull |
 Smooth-Billed Ani (Old Arnold) |
 Stripe-Headed Tanager |
 Thick-Billed Vireo |
 Tri-Coloured Heron |
 West Indian Woodpecker |
 Yellow-Faced Grassquit |
 Yellow Warbler |
Video encounters
Carl and Greg managed to move Beryl to a wide opening in the ironshore where there was reasonable footing. They then waited for an incoming wave to swell the depth of the water and released Beryl back into the more serene waters of Half Moon Bay. Thanks guys...
2024-07-20: Beryl, our quiet Smooth Dogfish shark who lives in Half Moon Bay, managed to get herself trapped in an ironshore pool on the western side of the bay. Very boring, just swimming around in circles waiting for help!
Paul called Carl, Conservation Officer for the Department of the Environment, who procured a large net which could safely take Beryl's weight and allow her to be moved without too much discomfort.