No guest room on Little Cayman has a telephone. That should give you an idea of how away-from-it-all this tiny island nine miles west of Cayman Brac is. Here's another indicator: there are only about 100 full-time residents on the island and only one industry--diving.

Several bungalow-style lodges and one hotel-style resort all sit beachfront with quick access to some of the most raved-about diving in the Caribbean.

Bloody Bay and Jackson Walls on the north shore of Little Cayman are fabled as the planet's best wall diving and start as shallow as 20 feet. Bloody Bay Wall is typified by flat, hardpan coral formations that are heavy on sea fans. This shallow shelf intersects the drop-off at a steep right angle. At a dive site called Mixing Bowl, where Bloody Bay and Jackson Walls meet, the slope changes dramatically. A mini-wall runs parallel to shore, separated from the lip of the drop-off by broad patches of snowy white sand. And instead of a sheer drop-off, the lip of the wall is a hunched boulder avalanche, frozen in place by coral growth. 

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