Grand Cayman Beaches, which one is yours:
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Grand Cayman beaches come in so many different shapes and sizes, there must be one for you, whatever your taste. Here are some we enjoyed with a few photos to show you why.
Barkers National Park:Has some beautiful beaches, unspoiled by crowds or fast food litter. There's a price to pay, of course, and that's the lack of amenities, apart from a few BBQ pits and picnic tables, you're on your own here. But there is walking and acres of empty sand and parkland for dawdling the day away.You need transport to get to Barkers but it's worth it for the tranquility, even on many weekends. This picture was taken around noon on a Saturday! The biggest and most popular beach on Grand Cayman is Seven Mile Beach. It's so popular, we've given it it's own page:
7 Mile Beach.
South Sound has a number of small beaches, though the water is too weedy for swimming. You can get to this area from, naturally, South Sound Road. Frank Sound:There aren't too many types of beaches on Grand Cayman. They're almost all sandy but here's one area of the island where there are rocky beaches of bare, sharp ironshore swept by breakers rolling directly in from the sea, no protective reef here. Not a traditional beach, in the sense there's nowhere to sunbathe or swim, but Frank Sound is an interesting spot if you're interested in rocky beaches and the creatures that go with them. Frank Sound Beach
Frank Sound has the 'world famous' (world famous all over Grand Cayman, anyhow) blowholes. These are natural fissures in the ironshore that squirt out water when the breakers crash against the shore. The Morritts Resort's entertaining comedian, The Big Kahuna, warns visitors against seeing the blowholes and
Hell
in the same day because, as he ironically suggests, the effect may be too overwhelming. I know what he meant, they are low-key, but I still liked Hell and the blowholes.There are small sandy beaches along this part of the coast at villages like Breakers, Cottage, or at quieter spots like Half Moon Bay. East End Resorts, such as Morritts and The Reef at Colliers Bay have fine beaches, and they're surprisingly empty. Resort people come in two types -- beach folk and pool folk, and there are lots more pool folk -- so even big resorts at the height of the season have idyllic beaches that don't crowd you. We also walked and sunbathed on a number of other Grand Cayman beaches in the East End that didn't seem to have names but they had white sand, warm shallow water and nobody but us enjoying them. The tranquility at the East End of the island is amazing when you consider how small the island is and how many visitors it gets each year. Visit our East End Beaches page to see what I mean. I can't praise them highly enough. Continuing along the Queen's Highway and North Side Road takes you past many more secluded, empty beaches where you can own the sand for the day. Stay near Old Man bay and you can have lunch or dinner at the Beachside BBQ there. If you want more action, the end of the road brings you to two pleasant Grand Cayman beaches.
Cayman Kai has a small public beach with a playground for the kids, BBQ pit and picnic tables. Like the busier Rum Point, across the road, it's popular with locals as well as visitors.
For those of you already familiar with all the fine Grand Cayman beaches, here's a link with some more beautiful
Caribbean Beaches.
Wondering what the weather will be like during your next stroll on the beach? Check out Cayman Island Weather from the Caribbean Amphibian, your guide to Caribbean Islands and Beaches. Maybe, next time you're laying on the beach, you'll be thinking you could build a site and pay for your trip with your holiday memories and photos. And there's a good chance you can. A year or so ago, I was wondering how to make more use of my writing and photos and the result is this site, and others to come. How did we do it? Visit our About Us page to find out. If beaches are your passion, our new website Ontario Vacation Destinations has a page you may want to check out: Ontario Beaches. Finally, there are more Grand Cayman beaches here on our
East End Beaches page.
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Rum Point:A public beach with golden sand, warm shallow water, a rocky point so safe even children can
